一、完形填空
Frank and his brother Jack lived near the ocean. Frank was outgoing, but Jack was 1. Frank liked to play games of beach volleyball, football and other 2, while Jack liked to draw and build sandcastles(沙堡).
Frank thought Jack's hobbies were boring. He believed doing sport was 3 than building sandcastles because children could play together. Jack didn't agree and he decided to show Frank what doing things together looked like! After Jack finished 4 a beautiful sandcastle, he took pictures of it. Then he used them to make colourful posters saying “Can you top(超过) this?” He put up his 5 everywhere in town. He expected people of all ages to come and 6.
On a Saturday morning, Jack began digging on the beach. Later, four kids joined him. By noon, the kids became 7. After Frank came back from his ball game, he went to see his brother's sandcastles. He 8 believe his eyes. At least 20 people were building sandcastles, and 9 was laughing and working together! It was the most beautiful thing he had seen on the beach. “I was 10,” Frank said. Jack gave him a shovel(铲) with a smile, and they started digging together.
No two leaves are the same in the world. We should always be able to see things in others' place.
() 1. A. confident B. shy C. pale D. busy
() 2. A. sports B. books C. lessons D. experiences
() 3. A. more enjoyable B. less interesting
C. much cheaper D. more boring
() 4. A. breaking B. making C. finding D. touching
() 5. A. pictures B. sandcastles C. stamps D. posters
() 6. A. look B. cheer C. try D. relax
() 7. A. more B. braver C. fewer D. closer
() 8. A. shouldn't B. couldn't C. needn't D. wouldn't
() 9. A. anyone B. nobody C. somebody D. everyone
() 10. A. correct B. different C. wrong D. excited

1. B 2. A 3. A 4. B 5. D 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. D 10. C

【分析】
这是一篇关于兄弟俩不同爱好的记叙文完形填空，解题时需先通读全文把握主旨（Frank与Jack爱好不同，Jack用行动让Frank改变对自身爱好的看法），再逐题结合上下文逻辑、词汇词义及固定搭配分析选项：1. 由but转折对应外向的反义性格；2. 结合前文列举的球类运动判断；3. 依据Frank对运动与建沙堡的评价对比；4. 结合finish doing及建沙堡的搭配；5. 呼应前文提到的海报；6. 理解海报的目的；7. 结合人数变化；8. 结合Frank看到场景的反应；9. 描述人群的状态；10. 对应Frank的自我反思。
【解析】
1. 第1题：前半句“Frank was outgoing”（Frank外向），but表转折，需选与outgoing相反的性格，shy（害羞的）符合，故选B。
2. 第2题：前文列举的beach volleyball、football均属于sports（运动），故选A。
3. 第3题：Frank认为做运动比建沙堡更有趣，因为能和他人一起玩，more enjoyable（更有趣的）符合语境，故选A。
4. 第4题：finish后接动名词，make sandcastles是固定搭配（建沙堡），故选B。
5. 第5题：前文提到“used them to make colourful posters”，此处指张贴posters（海报），故选D。
6. 第6题：Jack制作海报是邀请各年龄段的人来尝试建沙堡，try（尝试）符合，故选C。
7. 第7题：前文提到四个孩子加入，到中午孩子数量更多，more（更多）符合，故选A。
8. 第8题：看到至少20人在建沙堡，Frank不敢相信自己的眼睛，couldn't believe（不能相信）符合，故选B。
9. 第9题：描述人群的状态，everyone（每个人）都在笑和协作，符合语境，故选D。
10. 第10题：Frank之前觉得Jack的爱好无聊，现在意识到自己错了，wrong（错误的）符合，故选C。
【答案】1.B 2.A 3.A 4.B 5.D 6.C 7.A 8.B 9.D 10.C
【知识点】完形填空词汇运用、语境理解、固定搭配
【点评】本文通过兄弟俩的故事传递换位思考的道理，题目侧重考查初中英语核心词汇在语境中的运用，逻辑清晰，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.7