五、短文填空。
阅读短文，从方框中选出恰当的单词并用其适当形式填空，使短文通顺、意义完整。每空仅填一词，每词仅用一次。
A|北京四中校本经典题
ready because arrival his with nod
windy grandparent cook quickly
Wenwen's family decided to go to her mum's hometown for the Spring Festival. Wenwen was excited 37. this was the first time for her to go there. The day of the family trip came and they started. After an over five-hour train journey, Wenwen's family changed to a bus to get to her 38. village. When they got off the bus, the weather was cold and 39. . Wenwen saw her grandpa and her little cousin waiting for them. She and her parents walked 40. to greet them. They were happy for their 41. . Wenwen's grandpa was helpful and 42. age couldn't stop him from pulling the heavy luggage into the house. Wenwen shared some snacks with her cousin when her grandma, her aunt, her uncle and her parents were busy 43. in the kitchen. She also told her grandpa about school. Wenwen helped to set the table when dinner was 44. . Her uncle made them laugh 45. some jokes during the dinner. Several days later when they were leaving, Wenwen's grandma said that she wished them to come home more often. Wenwen's mum 46. with tears in her eyes.
拓展设问
What does the Spring Festival mean to you?
Why do you think so?

37. because 38. grandparents' 39. windy 40. quickly 41. arrival 42. his 43. cooking 44. ready 45. with 46. nodded
拓展设问
The Spring Festival means happiness to me. Because I can get together with all the family members and feel warm. /…

【分析】
本题为短文选词填空，解题思路为：1.通读全文，把握短文围绕春节返乡的核心语境；2.分析每个空格的句子结构，确定所需单词的词性；3.结合方框内单词的词义，匹配语境并根据语法规则（如名词所有格、动名词、动词过去式等）调整单词形式；4.检查所有单词是否仅用一次，确保短文通顺合理。
【解析】
37. 前句说明Wenwen兴奋的原因，需填连词，故选because；
38. 此处表示“祖父母的村庄”，需用名词所有格，故将grandparent变为grandparents'；
39. 描述天气状况，需填形容词，故选windy；
40. 修饰动词walked，需用副词，故选quickly；
41. 形容词性物主代词their后需接名词，故选arrival；
42. 修饰名词age，需用形容词性物主代词，故选his；
43. 固定搭配be busy doing sth.（忙于做某事），故将cook变为cooking；
44. 固定搭配be ready（准备好），故选ready；
45. 固定搭配with some jokes（讲笑话），故选with；
46. 全文为一般过去时，需填动词过去式，nod的过去式为nodded；
拓展设问围绕春节的意义作答，需结合个人感受，如春节意味着团圆、幸福等。
【答案】
37. because 38. grandparents' 39. windy 40. quickly 41. arrival 42. his 43. cooking 44. ready 45. with 46. nodded
拓展设问：The Spring Festival means happiness to me. Because I can get together with all the family members and feel warm. /…
【知识点】
短文选词填空、词性运用、固定搭配
【点评】
本题以春节返乡为话题，既考查了学生对词汇的语境运用能力，又渗透了亲情主题的情感教育，是经典的校本练习题，符合初中英语的考查要求。
【难度系数】
0.6

Word Family
wind(n.)→(adj.)
我知道的加后缀-y变成的形容词有：

windy; lucky, sleepy, snowy, cloudy…

【分析】本题考查英语中名词通过加后缀-y构成形容词的构词规则，解题思路分为两步：第一步，将名词wind直接加后缀-y，得到对应的形容词；第二步，回忆并列举自己熟悉的、由名词加后缀-y构成的形容词即可。
【解析】1. 名词wind（风）加后缀-y，构成形容词windy，意为“有风的”；2. 常见的由名词加后缀-y构成的形容词有lucky（幸运的）、sleepy（困倦的）、snowy（下雪的）、cloudy（多云的）等，可任选熟悉的填写。
【答案】windy; lucky, sleepy, snowy, cloudy…
【知识点】英语构词法、后缀-y的用法
【点评】本题属于英语词汇基础考点，考查名词变形容词的常见构词方式，难度较低，学生只要掌握加-y的构词规则即可轻松作答。
【难度系数】0.8