五、短文填空
Do you have close friends? Having close friends is one of the best 1(thing) in our life. In fact, everyone should have some close friends.
If you have close friends, you can always have someone to work together with. For example, I am 2 outgoing girl but my friend Karen is quiet. Of all my friends, I think Karen studies as 3(hard) as me. What's more, she is more talented in music than us. Karen and I like 4(write) songs together. We write all kinds of wonderful songs by helping each other.
Another reason for 5(have) close friends is that they can cheer you up. They try 6(they) best to do this whenever you are sad. For example, when I got a bad grade on my Maths test last week, my friend Rick told jokes 7(humorous) to make me laugh and decided to help me learn Maths twice a week. Now I feel much better. Thanks 8 his help, I make fewer mistakes than before.
Close friends reach out to us 9 touch our hearts. Life is much 10(good) with close friends!
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. things 2. an 3. hard 4. writing/to write
5. having 6. their 7. humorously 8. to
9. and 10. better

【分析】
本题为短文填空题，需结合语法规则、固定搭配及语境逐一分析。解题思路：1. 看到“one of...”结构，其后需接可数名词复数；2. 第2题后为单数可数名词girl，且outgoing以元音音素开头，需用不定冠词an；3. “as...as...”结构中用形容词/副词原级；4. like后可接动名词或不定式；5. 介词后需接动词动名词形式；6. 固定搭配“try one's best”需用形容词性物主代词；7. 修饰动词需用副词；8. 固定搭配“thanks to”为固定用法；9. 连接并列动作需用并列连词；10. much修饰形容词比较级。
【解析】
1. “one of + 可数名词复数”表示“……之一”，故填things；
2. outgoing以元音音素开头，且修饰单数可数名词girl，故填an；
3. “as...as...”结构中用副词原级，修饰动词studies，故填hard；
4. like后接动名词或不定式，故填writing/to write；
5. 介词for后接动名词，故填having；
6. 固定搭配“try one's best”，此处用形容词性物主代词their，故填their；
7. 修饰动词短语told jokes需用副词，故填humorously；
8. 固定搭配“thanks to”意为“多亏”，故填to；
9. 连接并列动作reach out和touch，用并列连词and，故填and；
10. much修饰形容词比较级，故填better。
【答案】
1. things 2. an 3. hard 4. writing/to write 5. having 6. their 7. humorously 8. to 9. and 10. better
【知识点】
名词复数、不定冠词、固定搭配
【点评】
本题考查基础语法知识及常用固定搭配，结合语境即可完成，是常见的短文填空题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.7