四、阅读下面短文,在空格处填入一个适当的词或填入括号中单词的正确形式。(每小题1.5分,共15分)
I'm a singer. I first performed(表演) a song when I was 12. Now I'm 39. I still 1. (get) stage fright(怯场). Last week when the bright 2. (light) shone on my face, I saw a crowd of people. I opened my dry mouth to sing, and ... I forgot the words!
3. I am not alone. Even superstars get stage fright sometimes. A music school said stage fright was 4. kind of stress. "It's 5. your brain (大脑) and body believing that you 6. (be) in danger. But there is no real danger."
Can we beat stage fright? Experts(专家) say, "Don't 7. (try) to be perfect." It is OK to make 8. (mistake).
As for me, 9. best way to beat stage fright is perseverance(坚持不懈). Each time I perform, it becomes a little 10. (easy).

1. get
2. lights
3. But
4. a
5. like
6. are
7. try
8. mistakes
9. the
10. easier

【分析】
本题为英语完形填空，需结合语境、语法规则（时态、词性、固定搭配、冠词、形容词比较级等）逐空分析：1. 主语为I，一般现在时，故用动词原形；2. 此处指舞台灯光，常用复数形式；3. 前后句为转折关系，用转折连词；4. 固定搭配a kind of（一种）；5. 句意表“像”，用介词like；6. 主语为you，一般现在时be动词用are；7. 祈使句否定式Don't后接动词原形；8. 固定搭配make mistakes（犯错，复数表泛指）；9. 形容词最高级前需加定冠词the；10. a little修饰形容词比较级，故用easy的比较级。
【解析】
1. 考查一般现在时：主语I为第一人称，结合语境用动词原形get；
2. 考查名词复数：此处指舞台灯光，常用复数lights；
3. 考查转折连词：前文说自己怯场忘词，后文说不止自己，表转折，用But；
4. 考查冠词：固定搭配a kind of（一种），故填a；
5. 考查介词：句意“就像大脑和身体相信你处于危险中”，用like；
6. 考查be动词：主语为you，一般现在时，be动词用are；
7. 考查祈使句：Don't后接动词原形，故填try；
8. 考查固定搭配：make mistakes（犯错，复数表泛指），故填mistakes；
9. 考查定冠词：形容词最高级best前需加定冠词the；
10. 考查形容词比较级：a little修饰比较级，easy的比较级为easier，故填easier。
【答案】
1. get
2. lights
3. But
4. a
5. like
6. are
7. try
8. mistakes
9. the
10. easier
【知识点】
一般现在时、名词复数、冠词、固定搭配、形容词比较级
【点评】
本题为英语基础完形填空题，主要考查初中阶段核心语法和固定搭配，结合语境即可解答，难度适中，适合初中学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.7

五、方框选词，有一个多余。（每小题1.5分，共15分）
without disease hope study refuse end together stop remember they plan
Simon and Pedro are brothers. They 1. to go to school, but they don't have money. So they make a(n) 2. . Pedro works to make money and Simon goes to school. When Simon leaves school and finds a job, he will pay for Pedro to go to school. Simon 3. hard and becomes the best student.
A year later, Pedro has a serious 4. and can't work. He feels very sad because he can't pay for Simon to go to school any more. 5. money, Simon has to go back home.
One day, a car 6. at their house. Out of the car comes a teacher. "Simon, we would like you to come back to school," he says.
Simon is moved but he 7. . "I'm sorry," he says. "I can't leave my brother. He will feel lonely." The teacher answers, "Don't worry. Pedro can go with you."
Later, the two brothers go to school 8. . They become great engineers and build many buildings in 9. country. They also help others from their little town go to school.
The story of the two brothers has a happy 10. . The love between them is the key to a great future!

1. hope
2. plan
3. studies
4. disease
5. Without
6. stops
7. refuses
8. together
9. their
10. ending

【分析】本题为方框选词填空题，需通读全文理解文意，结合每个空格前后的语境、所需词性、时态及固定搭配，从给定词汇中选择合适的词，部分词汇需根据句子主语、时态等变化形式，确保文意通顺，且所有词汇恰好使用一次（无多余）。
【解析】1. 空格处需动词作谓语，主语they为复数，结合“想去上学但没钱”的语境，选hope；2. 固定搭配make a plan意为“制定计划”，符合语境，选plan；3. 主语Simon是第三人称单数，时态为一般现在时，“努力学习”对应study的第三人称单数形式studies；4. 形容词serious后接名词，结合“不能工作”的语境，选disease；5. 空格处需介词，结合“不得不回家”的语境，选Without（首字母大写，句首）；6. 主语a car是第三人称单数，时态为一般现在时，“停在房子”对应stop的第三人称单数形式stops；7. 主语Simon是第三人称单数，结合“不能离开哥哥”的语境，选refuse的第三人称单数形式refuses；8. 结合“两兄弟一起上学”的语境，选together；9. 修饰名词country，需用形容词性物主代词，选their；10. 空格处需名词，结合“故事有快乐的结局”的语境，选end的名词形式ending。
【答案】1. hope 2. plan 3. studies 4. disease 5. Without 6. stops 7. refuses 8. together 9. their 10. ending
【知识点】选词填空、动词时态、固定搭配
【点评】本题考查英语词汇在语境中的综合运用，需结合上下文逻辑、词性变化及固定搭配解题，是初中英语常见题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6