(九)
My grandpa loves playing chess a lot. Every day he plays chess with his friends. Last week, he came to visit us in Canada. 1. , he found nobody here could play chess with him. He was very sad.
One day, when I came back from school, I found my grandpa was sitting 2. (quiet) in a chair, doing nothing. I knew he was lonely. I wondered if I could teach him 3. (play) online chess. "Grandpa, someone is waiting 4. you to play chess," I went to him and said. "Really?" he said, with his eyes opening wide. "Who? And where?" I took him to the computer in my room and said, "Right here." Then I 5. (teach) him how to use the Internet and play chess online. At first, he was slow. Having tried some 6. (time), he became better and began to play chess with different people from all over the world. "It is so fantastic to play chess like this!" he cried excitedly.
Now he is quite good at 7. (use) the computer to play chess online. And he has made a lot of 8. (friend) at the same time. My grandfather is much 9. (happy) than before.
Grandpa will go back home soon. I believe 10. time when we played online chess together is so great that both of us will never forget.

1. However 2. quietly 3. to play 4. for
5. taught 6. times 7. using 8. friends
9. happier 10. the

【分析】
本题是英语语法填空题，需结合语境逻辑、固定搭配、词性变化、时态及冠词用法解题。1. 前文讲爷爷爱下棋且常和朋友玩，来加拿大后没人陪他下棋，是转折关系，故用However；2. 修饰动词sitting需用副词，故将形容词quiet变副词quietly；3. 固定搭配teach sb to do sth要求填不定式；4. 固定短语wait for需填介词for；5. 全文为一般过去时，动词用过去式；6. some后接可数名词复数，time表“次数”时用复数；7. be good at后接动名词；8. a lot of后接可数名词复数；9. than提示用形容词比较级；10. 特指那段时光需用定冠词the。
【解析】
1. 考查连词：前后句为转折关系，故填However；
2. 考查副词：修饰动词sitting，用副词quietly；
3. 考查固定搭配：teach sb to do sth（教某人做某事），故填to play；
4. 考查固定短语：wait for（等待），故填for；
5. 考查动词时态：全文为一般过去时，teach的过去式是taught；
6. 考查名词复数：some后接可数名词复数，time表“次数”时复数为times；
7. 考查非谓语动词：be good at后接动名词，故填using；
8. 考查名词复数：a lot of后接可数名词复数，故填friends；
9. 考查形容词比较级：than提示用比较级，happy的比较级是happier；
10. 考查冠词：此处特指一起下在线棋的时光，用定冠词the。
【答案】
1. However 2. quietly 3. to play 4. for 5. taught 6. times 7. using 8. friends 9. happier 10. the
【知识点】
固定搭配、副词用法、形容词比较级
【点评】
本题为基础英语语法填空题，主要考察常用固定搭配、词性变化及基础语法，难度适中，学生掌握核心知识点即可解答。
【难度系数】
0.7

(十)
Yuan Longping was a pioneer for all people. He was one of the most famous scientists in China. He was named the "Father of Hybrid Rice" 1. the "hybrid rice" that he developed 2. (great) changed the whole world.
Finding ways to grow more rice was his life goal. 3. he was a young man, he saw the great need for more rice. Yuan Longping searched for 4. way to produce more rice without increasing(增加) the area of the fields. Thanks to his research, 5. (farm) can produce more rice than before.
Yuan Longping was quite pleased with 6. (he) life, and he didn't care about being famous. He would rather spend time on his hobbies. He enjoyed 7. (swim), listening to violin music, playing mahjong and reading. 8. (spend) money on himself or having a comfortable life also meant very little to him. So he gave a lot of money 9. (help) others in need.
Yuan Longping always hoped to spread his rice to other countries so that people could plant it all 10. the world.

1. because 2. greatly 3. When 4. a
5. farmers 6. his 7. swimming
8. Spending 9. to help 10. over

【分析】
本题是一篇介绍袁隆平的英语语法填空题，需结合上下文逻辑、语法规则（如词性转换、固定搭配、从句引导词等）确定每个空的正确形式。解题时先通读全文理解主旨，再逐句分析句子结构与成分，结合前后文逻辑和语法要求推导答案。
【解析】
1. 空格前后为因果关系，前半句说明他被称为“杂交水稻之父”，后半句是原因，故填连词because；
2. 此处需副词修饰动词changed，形容词great的副词形式为greatly；
3. 引导时间状语从句，表达“当他年轻时”，故填When；
4. 固定搭配a way to do sth表示“一种做某事的方法”，way为可数名词单数，前面加不定冠词a；
5. 此处指“农民”能生产更多水稻，farm对应的名词“农民”为farmer，用复数形式farmers；
6. 修饰名词life需用形容词性物主代词，he对应的形容词性物主代词为his；
7. enjoy后接动名词作宾语，swim的动名词形式为swimming；
8. 动名词短语作主语，spend的动名词形式为Spending，首字母大写；
9. 固定搭配give sth to do sth表示“给某物来做某事”，故填to help；
10. 固定搭配all over the world表示“全世界”，故填over。
【答案】
1. because 2. greatly 3. When 4. a 5. farmers 6. his 7. swimming 8. Spending 9. to help 10. over
【知识点】
副词用法、非谓语动词、固定搭配
【点评】
本题围绕袁隆平的事迹展开，考查基础英语语法知识，涵盖连词、词性转换、冠词、代词、非谓语动词及固定搭配等，是巩固语法基础的典型题型。
【难度系数】
0.6

Last weekend, I read an article online about a 10-year-old boy in Thailand. He didn't want to go to school, so his mother made him 1. (collect) waste in the street to make some money. It made me think of one of my most unforgettable 2. (experience).
Last summer, I didn't want to go to school anymore 3. I was sad about my test scores. I found a part-time job during my summer holiday. Since I didn't have any work skills, the manager just asked me 4. (send) newspapers.
5. ______ the beginning, I had thought that it would be a piece of cake. To my surprise, when I went to people's houses, they started to look me up and down. I could feel that they looked down on me. I was 6. ______ (deep) hurt and felt discouraged. Then I went to one house where a black dog jumped out suddenly. I was so afraid that I screamed(尖叫), but no one came to help me. At that time, I 7. ______ (realize) that sending newspapers was a lot more difficult than reading a book in the classroom. I thought about giving up, but I didn't. I tried my best to do the job better.
Now I 8. (sit) in the classroom and studying harder than ever before. And I am 9. more confident and happier. As long as I don't lose heart and work harder, I will make great 10. (progress).

1. collect 2. experiences 3. because
4. to send 5. In 6. deeply 7. realized
8. am sitting 9. also 10. progress

【分析】
本题为语篇型语法填空题，需结合固定搭配、时态、词性及上下文语境逐一分析每个空：1.考查使役动词make的固定搭配；2.考查“one of + 可数名词复数”结构；3.考查因果连词；4.考查ask的固定搭配；5.考查固定短语；6.考查副词修饰动词；7.考查一般过去时态；8.考查现在进行时态；9.考查副词；10.考查固定短语及不可数名词。
【解析】
1. 固定搭配make sb do sth（使某人做某事），此处用动词原形，故填collect；
2. “one of + 可数名词复数”表示“……之一”，experience作“经历”时为可数名词，故填experiences；
3. 前后句为因果关系，后句说明不想上学的原因，故填because；
4. 固定搭配ask sb to do sth（要求某人做某事），此处用不定式，故填to send；
5. 固定短语in the beginning（起初），句首单词首字母大写，故填In；
6. 此处修饰动词hurt，需用副词，deep的副词形式为deeply，故填deeply；
7. 全文讲述过去的经历，用一般过去时，realize的过去式为realized，故填realized；
8. 时间状语now提示用现在进行时，结构为am/is/are + 现在分词，主语为I，故填am sitting；
9. 结合句意“我也更自信、更快乐”，需填表示“也”的副词also，故填also；
10. 固定短语make progress（取得进步），progress为不可数名词，无复数形式，故填progress。
【答案】
1. collect 2. experiences 3. because 4. to send 5. In 6. deeply 7. realized 8. am sitting 9. also 10. progress
【知识点】
固定搭配、动词时态、词性辨析
【点评】
本题为语篇语法填空，侧重考查初中英语核心基础知识，涵盖固定搭配、时态、词性等考点，需结合语境和语法规则解题，难度适中，适合中等水平学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.5