一、词汇运用
A. 请根据括号中的中文提示，写出句中所缺单词或短语，使句子通顺。
1. The doctors all tried everything to keep him (活着) but it was useless.
2. Paper-cutting is an old art, but it is (仍然) popular today.
3. This type of teapot can make the tea (有……味道) good.
4. My sister needs to buy (一把剪刀) before she tries paper-cutting.
5. This woman writer is quite good at (表达她的想法) in simple language.

1. alive 2. still 3. taste 4. a pair of scissors 5. expressing her ideas

【分析】
做这类根据中文提示补全句子的词汇题时，首先要先通读完整句子，理清句子的整体语义，再判断空格处所需内容的词性、在句中充当的成分，同时结合学过的固定搭配、语法规则确定正确的表达形式，还要注意名词单复数、非谓语变形等细节要求，最终匹配符合语境的正确英文表达即可。
【解析】
1. 句意为：医生们尽全力让他活着，但都没用。此处用到固定搭配keep sb + 形容词，表示“使某人保持某种状态”，中文提示“活着”对应的形容词为alive，符合搭配和语境。
2. 句意为：剪纸是一门古老的艺术，但它如今仍然很受欢迎。此处需要填入副词修饰形容词popular，中文提示“仍然”对应的副词为still，放在be动词之后符合语法规则。
3. 句意为：这类茶壶可以让茶尝起来味道很好。此处用到使役动词make的固定结构make sth do，后面接不带to的不定式，中文提示“有……味道”对应的感官动词为taste，后可直接接形容词good作表语，符合要求。
4. 句意为：我妹妹在尝试剪纸之前需要买一把剪刀。scissors（剪刀）本身是复数可数名词，表达“一把剪刀”的固定英文短语为a pair of scissors，是常用固定表达。
5. 句意为：这位女作家很擅长用简单的语言表达她的想法。此处用到固定搭配be good at doing sth，表示“擅长做某事”，介词at后接动名词形式，“表达她的想法”的英文为express her ideas，将express变为动名词expressing，即得到正确答案。
【答案】
1. alive 2. still 3. taste 4. a pair of scissors 5. expressing her ideas
【知识点】
固定搭配识记，词性判断，常用短语应用
【点评】
本题属于基础词汇运用题型，覆盖了初中阶段常见的核心词汇和高频固定搭配，既考察学生对单词、短语的中文释义的记忆能力，也要求学生结合基础语法规则判断单词的正确变形，整体考点偏向基础，能帮助学生巩固课内的词法知识点。
【难度系数】
0.8

B. 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入括号内单词的正确形式，使短文通顺。
Tea and coffee are two of the most popular drinks in the world. However, people usually like one more than the other. These drinks also have very different uses.
Tea drinking (⁶) (start) in China over 4,000 years ago. Tea is made from (⁷) (leaf). These days, some people drink tea for health, using it to help with stress(压力) or losing weight. However, most people in tea-drinking countries think of tea as more than just a (⁸) (health) drink.
In fact, tea drinking in some countries is a part of the culture. In Türkiye, tea is always there when people meet. Whether in (⁹) (someone) home or a company, tea is always offered as a way of welcome. In the UK, homes and (¹⁰) (office) usually have tea time. Tea and other dishes are served at tea time in the afternoon. It is a way of (¹¹) (relax) with friends or co-workers(同事).
Coffee came much later than tea, just over 1,000 years ago. Coffee is (¹²) (make) from beans. Something in the coffee beans makes a person feel active. Most people don't drink coffee to relax. Instead, they drink coffee to get going. Many people drink coffee in the morning to help them wake up. Others also drink coffee during short breaks in the afternoon (¹³) (keep) going through the working day. Some people may visit coffee shops just (¹⁴) (meet) and talk with friends. However, many people in coffee shops drink coffee while working on (¹⁵) (they) computers.
Which is more common(常见的) in your country, tea or coffee?
Between the two, which do you like to drink more?

6. started 7. leaves 8. healthy 9. someone's 10. offices 11. relaxing 12. made 13. to keep 14. to meet 15. their

【分析】
这是一道短文语境下的词形转换题，解题思路如下：首先通读全文把握文章介绍茶和咖啡发展、用途的整体大意，之后逐空分析所在句子的语法结构，结合时间标志、前后搭配、固定句式判断空格所需的词性、时态、语态、单复数/所有格、非谓语形式，再将括号内的提示词转换为对应正确形式，最后代入全文通读验证语句通顺、逻辑合理即可。
【解析】
6. 空格后出现一般过去时的标志性时间状语over 4,000 years ago，谓语动词start需要变为过去式，因此填started。
7. 句意为茶由叶子制成，此处表示泛指的制茶原料，要用可数名词leaf的复数形式，因此填leaves。
8. 空格后是名词drink，需要用形容词作定语修饰名词，名词health对应的形容词形式为healthy，因此填healthy。
9. 空格后是名词home，需要用名词所有格表示“某人的家”，不定代词someone的所有格形式为someone's，因此填someone's。
10. 空格和前文的并列名词homes保持一致，要用可数名词office的复数形式，因此填offices。
11. 空格前是介词of，介词后需要接动名词作宾语，动词relax的动名词形式为relaxing，因此填relaxing。
12. 此处是固定搭配be made from，意为“由……制成（无法直接看出原材料）”，需要用make的过去分词made构成被动语态，因此填made。
13. 此处作目的状语，表达“喝咖啡是为了撑完工作日”的含义，要用动词不定式形式，因此填to keep。
14. 此处作目的状语，表达“去咖啡店是为了和朋友见面聊天”的含义，要用动词不定式形式，因此填to meet。
15. 空格后是名词computers，需要用形容词性物主代词修饰名词，人称代词they对应的形容词性物主代词为their，因此填their。
【答案】
6. started 7. leaves 8. healthy 9. someone's 10. offices 11. relaxing 12. made 13. to keep 14. to meet 15. their
【知识点】
词形转换，动词时态，非谓语动词
【点评】
本题属于基础难度的语法填空题型，考点覆盖了初中阶段核心的词法、句法基础知识点，包括名词单复数/所有格、形容词作定语、介词后接动名词、被动语态、不定式作目的状语等，只要学生能准确分析句子成分、判断空格的语法属性，就可以顺利完成作答，适合用来巩固英语基础语法应用能力。
【难度系数】
0.7