Ⅳ. 语法填空
A
（改编自RJ版八上U2课文）
“Ah, home again!” said Mum with a smile 1. her face. Grandma, my aunt, and my uncle were busy 2. (cook) dinner in the kitchen. They were very happy to see us. After a little while, my parents 3. (go) to the kitchen to help.
“Could you 4. (bring) Wenwen her favourite snacks?” Grandma asked Grandpa.
I shared the snacks 5. my cousin and told Grandpa about school. He was happy to hear I was doing well at school. When dinner was ready, I asked, “Can I help?”
“You can set the table,” Dad said.
We then 6. (enjoy) all the delicious food.
“Mm, the familiar taste of home!” said Mum.
During the dinner, my uncle told us some 7. (joke) and we had a good laugh.
Several days later when we were leaving, Grandma held my hands and asked us, “Will you come home more often?”
Mum nodded, with 8. (tear) in her eyes.

【语篇导读】本文以第一人称视角,讲述了自己与家人回到妈妈的家乡和外公外婆团聚的温馨经历。
1. on 句意:"啊,又回家了!"妈妈的脸上带着微笑说。with a smile on one's face 是固定搭配,意为"脸上带着微笑",用介词 on 表示"在……上"。
2. cooking 句意:外婆、舅母和舅舅正在厨房里忙着做晚饭。be busy doing sth 是固定搭配,意为"忙于做某事",因此 cook 须变为动名词形式 cooking。
3. went 句意:过了一会儿,我的父母去厨房帮忙。短文整体为一般过去时,动词 go 应用过去式 went。
4. bring 句意:"你能给雯雯拿来她最爱吃的零食吗?"外婆问外公。Could you do sth?意为"你可以做某事吗?",为固定用法,情态动词 could 后跟动词原形。
5. with 句意:我和表弟分享了零食,还跟外公讲了学校的事。share sth with sb 是固定搭配,意为"和某人分享某物",用介词 with 引出分享的对象。
6. enjoyed 句意:然后我们享用了所有美味的食物。短文整体为一般过去时,动词 enjoy 应用过去式 enjoyed。
7. jokes 句意:吃饭时,舅舅给我们讲了一些笑话,我们笑得很开心。some 后接可数名词复数,joke 的复数形式为 jokes,some jokes 表示"一些笑话"。
8. tears 句意:妈妈点了点头,眼里含着泪水。此处 tear 表泛指,应用复数形式 tears。

B
The sweetest memory of my childhood is about a round table. When I was a little boy, my whole family often got together on different traditional festivals 1. (have) dinner. We kids sat around or played games under 2. table while the grown-ups were having a 3.
(discuss).
When I got a bit older, my aunt brought back her boyfriend and my grandma cheerfully 4. (add) another seat to the round table. It seemed a little more crowded, but we all felt much 5. (close) to each other. When I was twelve, my grandpa passed away. That made 6. (we) feel sad. However, when the whole family got together once again, we all agreed that his chair, his bowl and his chopsticks should remain the same. 7. his seat was empty(空的), we felt like that he had never left us.
The round table is a symbol of reunions for our family members to show our feelings. The reason why we come together may be different, but the feelings behind it are the same. 8. (usual) different cultures are accepted by us around the table. What's more, we 9. (show) the love not only to our family, but also to our community, our nation and even the whole world. So far, the round table has been a symbol of 10. (China) feelings. It was, it is and will always be.

【语篇导读】本文主要讲述了作者童年时与家人在圆桌旁共度美好时光的回忆。
1. to have 句意:当我还是个小男孩的时候,我们全家经常在不同的传统节日里聚在一起吃晚饭。根据语境可知,此处填 to have,动词不定式作目的状语。
2. the 句意:大人们在讨论的时候,我们孩子闲坐着或在桌子底下玩游戏。此处是上文提到的 a round table 又一次提到,应用定冠词 the。
3. discussion 句意:大人们在讨论的时候,我们孩子闲坐着或在桌子底下玩游戏。冠词 a 后加可数名词单数,have a discussion 意为"讨论"。
4. added 句意:当我长大一点儿的时候,我姑姑把她的男朋友带回来了,我奶奶高兴地在圆桌上增加了一个座位。根据"my aunt brought back her boyfriend"可知,此处动词使用过去式。
5. closer 句意:它似乎有点儿更拥挤了,但我们都觉得离彼此更亲近了。根据 a little more crowded 可知,此处指更亲近了,应使用形容词比较级,much 可以修饰形容词比较级。
6. us 句意:这让我们感到难过。make sb do sth 是固定用法,意为"使某人做某事",此处使用人称代词宾格形式。
7. Although/Though 句意:虽然他的座位是空的,但我们觉得像他从未离开我们一样。根据语境可知,此处是让步关系,应用 although 或 though 引导让步状语从句。句首单词首字母大写。
8. Usually 句意:通常我们在餐桌上可以接受不同的文化。分析句子结构可知,此处用副词作状语修饰整个句子。句首单词首字母大写。
9. show 句意:更重要的是,我们表达的爱不仅是对我们的家人,而且是对我们的社区,我们的国家,甚至整个世界。结合前后句可知,本句是一般现在时,主语是 we,动词 show 应用原形。
10. Chinese 句意:到目前为止,圆桌已经成为中国人情感的一种象征。此处修饰可数名词 feelings,应用 China 的形容词形式 Chinese"中国人的;中国的"。