A 语法填空。
I've studied in China for a year and now it's the Christmas holiday. I've been back in the UK for three days. I'm happy 1. (see) my family and enjoy the nice holiday food. But I've met some unexpected digital problems since I 2. (return).
Today I wanted to buy some vegetables and meat from a shop. I decided to go there by 3. (share) bike. It took me a long time to find one, and the 20-minute ride cost me an arm and a leg—4.8 pounds, which was 4. (real) expensive.
When I got to the shop, I quickly got everything I needed. I tried to pay with my phone by scanning a QR code, but 5. shopkeeper didn't understand. The digital 6. (pay) system didn't work, either, so I had to go back home for cash. 7. I always make digital payments in China, I never carry my wallet.
When I got home, I was too tired to cook and ordered some dishes online 8. an app. The delivery was very slow, and the food was stone-cold when it arrived. I had to heat the dishes one by one in the oven. I was so tired and hungry.
Although my holiday is great, I can't wait 9. (go) back to China. Digital life there is much 10. (convenient).

1. to see 2. returned 3. shared 4. really 5. the 6. payment 7. Because/As 8. through 9. to go 10. more convenient

【分析】
本题为英语语法填空题，需结合语境、固定搭配、时态、词性变化、冠词、连词、介词、比较级等知识点解题。先通读全文理解语境，再分析每个空格的句子成分，确定所需的词形或形式，逐一突破。
【解析】
1. 考查固定搭配：be happy to do sth是固定结构，意为“很高兴做某事”，故填to see。
2. 考查时态：since引导时间状语从句时，主句用现在完成时，从句需用一般过去时，return的过去式为returned，故填returned。
3. 考查非谓语动词作定语：shared bike是固定表达“共享单车”，过去分词shared作定语修饰bike，故填shared。
4. 考查副词：此处修饰形容词expensive，需用副词，real的副词形式是really，故填really。
5. 考查冠词：此处特指这家商店的店主，需用定冠词the，故填the。
6. 考查名词作定语：payment system是固定搭配“支付系统”，此处用名词payment作定语，故填payment。
7. 考查连词：根据语境，“我在中国常用数字支付”是“我从不带钱包”的原因，故用Because/As引导原因状语从句，故填Because/As。
8. 考查介词：此处表示“通过一个app点餐”，用介词through，故填through。
9. 考查固定搭配：can't wait to do sth是固定结构，意为“迫不及待做某事”，故填to go。
10. 考查比较级：much修饰形容词比较级，convenient的比较级为more convenient，故填more convenient。
【答案】
1. to see 2. returned 3. shared 4. really 5. the 6. payment 7. Because/As 8. through 9. to go 10. more convenient
【知识点】
固定搭配、时态运用、词性转换、冠词用法
【点评】
本题结合日常语境考查英语基础语法知识点，涵盖固定搭配、时态、词性变化等，需要学生结合上下文分析每个空格的用法，难度适中，适合巩固基础语法。
【难度系数】
0.6

B 选词填空。
hundred build curious call she
open fun word because read
On 17 May 2157, Margie wrote in her diary that Tommy had found a real old book. The pages were yellow and old, and the 1. stayed still on the page instead of moving like on a screen.
Tommy thought it was a waste 2. people would just throw the book away after 3. it, while their screen had millions of books.
Tommy said the book was about school 4. of years ago. Back then, students went to a special 5. and had human teachers. Margie became 6. about these “funny schools”, but just then, her mother 7. her to class.
8. own classroom was right next to her bedroom, and her teacher was a machine. It was on and waiting for her. It was a maths lesson. The machine asked Margie to put her homework into the 9. . Margie felt sad. She imagined the old schools, where children laughed and played together, learned side by side, and went home with friends, and the teachers were people ... Margie couldn’t help thinking about how much 10. they had back then.

1. words 2. because 3. reading 4. hundreds 5. building 6. curious 7. called 8. Her 9. opening 10. fun

【分析】这是一道英语选词填空题，需结合语境、语法规则（词性、时态、固定搭配）及单词词义选择合适词汇。先明确所给单词的属性：hundred（数词）、build（动词）、curious（形容词）、call（动词）、she（代词）、open（动词/名词）、fun（名词）、word（名词）、because（连词）、read（动词）。再逐个分析空格：1. 旧书上的“字”需用可数名词复数；2. 前后是因果关系，选连词；3. 介词after后接动名词；4. 需用固定搭配修饰“years”；5. 形容词special后接名词；6. 系动词become后接形容词；7. 描述过去动作，用动词过去式；8. own前需用形容词性物主代词；9. the后接名词；10. how much后接不可数名词。
【解析】1. 空格指旧书上的“字”，word为可数名词，此处用复数形式words；2. 前后句为前果后因的关系，用连词because；3. after是介词，其后接动词的动名词形式，read的动名词为reading；4. 固定搭配hundreds of表示“成百上千的”，修饰years；5. special是形容词，后接名词，build的名词形式为building，指学校建筑；6. become是系动词，其后接形容词，curious意为“好奇的”，符合语境；7. 描述过去发生的动作，用动词call的过去式called；8. own前需用形容词性物主代词，she的形容词性物主代词为Her；9. the后接名词，open的动名词opening表示“开口”，符合把作业放入开口的语境；10. how much后接不可数名词，fun为不可数名词，符合语境。
【答案】1. words 2. because 3. reading 4. hundreds 5. building 6. curious 7. called 8. Her 9. opening 10. fun
【知识点】英语选词填空、词性辨析、固定搭配
【点评】本题考查英语基础选词填空，需结合语境、语法（词性、时态）及固定搭配解题，是初中英语常见题型，侧重基础词汇的实际运用。
【难度系数】0.5