四、短文填空(在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的适当形式)
Does it snow where you live? In many places, it snows every winter. Snow can be fun, but it 1. make things harder.
Snow brings us much fun. Some children are usually 2. (excite) when they see snowflakes(雪花) falling down from the sky. They love winter just because they can make 3. (snowman). A lot of people love to go sledding(滑雪橇) on 4. (snow) days. Some people choose to go skiing. These are outdoor 5. (activity) that are popular in winter.
However, snow makes some things harder. It is not easy to walk in deep snow. It is hard to see things 6. (clear) when it snows. People need to drive slowly and carefully if they don't want to hit anything in front of 7. (they) cars. Sometimes it snows a lot, too much snow might be very 8. (danger). Heavy snow can break tree branches(树枝). Sometimes snow can destroy roofs(屋顶). If there is too much snow on the roof, it may break easily.
People can do many things 9. (help) themselves keep safe on snowy days. 10. example, they can sweep away snow on snowy days. After all, nobody wants to slip and fall.

1. also 2. excited 3. snowmen 4. snowy
5. activities 6. clearly 7. their 8. dangerous
9. to help 10. For

【分析】这是一道英语短文填空题，需结合文章语境、词性变化、固定搭配及语法规则逐一分析空白处。先通读全文明确主旨：介绍下雪的利弊及雪天安全应对措施，再逐个推导每个空的答案：1. 前后为递进关系需填副词；2. 修饰人需用-ed结尾形容词；3. 固定短语且表复数概念；4. 修饰名词需用形容词；5. these后接可数名词复数；6. 修饰动词需用副词；7. 修饰名词需用形容词性物主代词；8. be后接形容词；9. 表目的用不定式；10. 固定搭配需大写首字母。
【解析】1. 前文说雪有趣，后文转折说雪让事情更难，为递进关系，故填also；2. 主语是children（人），用-ed结尾形容词excited修饰人的感受；3. 固定搭配make snowman，此处指孩子们堆雪人，用复数snowmen；4. 修饰名词days，用形容词snowy；5. these后接可数名词复数，activity变activities；6. 修饰动词see，用副词clearly；7. 修饰名词cars，用形容词性物主代词their；8. be动词后接形容词，danger变dangerous；9. 表目的用不定式作状语，故填to help；10. 固定搭配for example，句首大写For。
【答案】1. also 2. excited 3. snowmen 4. snowy 5. activities 6. clearly 7. their 8. dangerous 9. to help 10. For
【知识点】英语短文填空、词性转换、固定搭配
【点评】本题考查英语基础知识的综合运用，涵盖词汇变形、固定搭配、语境理解，难度适中，需结合语法规则和上下文解题，是常见的英语基础题型。
【难度系数】0.6