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)
Everyone needs friends. But do you know 1. to find real friends and keep them?
2. American writer named Sally tells young students some good ways to find friends.
Sally says finding friendship is just 3. planting a tree. You plant the seed and take care of it to make it grow.
She says you should first choose someone who can be a good friend. It doesn't matter whether he has money or good looks. A good friend should be kind and helpful. If you have a bad day, a good friend should be a good 4. (listen) and try his best to help you. If you want to make friends with someone, you should make each other live 5. (happy). But what should you do when you fight with your friend? You may try to have a talk with 6. (he) or her. If your friend doesn't want 7. (talk), you can write a letter to tell him or her how you are 8. (feel).
Sally also tells us some small but important 9. (thing). Remember that friendship is one of the 10. (wonderful) things in your life. Life is great when you have friends.

1. how 2. An 3. like 4. listener
5. happily 6. him 7. to talk 8. feeling
9. things 10. most wonderful

【分析】
这是一篇关于如何寻找和保持友谊的短文填空题，解题时需先通读全文把握主旨，再结合每个空格的语境、句子结构、语法规则及括号内的提示词，分析所需词汇的正确形式。例如，第1空考查“疑问词+不定式”结构，结合语境需填表方式的how；第2空考查不定冠词，因American以元音音素开头，用An；第3空考查固定搭配just like；第4空需将动词listen转换为名词listener；第5空修饰动词live用副词happily；第6空介词with后用代词宾格him；第7空考查固定搭配want to do sth；第8空现在进行时需用feel的现在分词feeling；第9空some后接可数名词复数things；第10空考查形容词最高级，one of后接the+most+形容词。
【解析】
1. 考查疑问词+不定式结构，结合语境“如何找到真正的朋友”，填how；
2. 考查不定冠词，American以元音音素开头，用An；
3. 考查固定搭配just like“就像”，填like；
4. 空前有不定冠词a，需填名词，listen的名词形式为listener；
5. 修饰动词live，用副词happily；
6. 介词with后接代词宾格，he的宾格是him；
7. 考查固定搭配want to do sth，填to talk；
8. 空前有are，构成现在进行时，填feel的现在分词feeling；
9. some后接可数名词复数，thing的复数是things；
10. 考查形容词最高级，one of后接the+most+形容词，wonderful的最高级是most wonderful。
【答案】1. how 2. An 3. like 4. listener 5. happily 6. him 7. to talk 8. feeling 9. things 10. most wonderful
【知识点】冠词用法、词性转换、固定搭配
【点评】本题为基础短文填空题，侧重考查学生对词汇、语法的综合运用能力，需结合语境和语法规则准确填词，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.5