A 选词填空
much manage mix tin moneybox
try buy it but as
Kira has a clever dog called Money, who teaches her useful lessons about money. Money says one of the best ways to save is to use “dream tins”. You just take a spare tin, turn it into a 1. , and write a dream on it. Each dream needs 2. own tin, which can be of any size. Once ready, you put all your money into them.
At first, Kira thinks getting more pocket money—even doubling it—would be better. 3. Money gets serious and tells her that more money often brings more problems. He says, “The more we get, the 4. we spend.” Kira doesn’t understand at first; she even imagines her “dreamland” with ten times more pocket money.
Money uses Kira’s parents 5. an example. They have over 100 times her pocket money but still can’t 6. it. He explains that the number of money isn’t important—it’s what you do with it. First, you need to learn to deal with the money you have.
Kira worries about 7. up many tins. Money suggests she pick her most important wishes. Kira looks at her list: her top wish is to go on a trip abroad, and the second is to 8. a laptop. She decides to make two dream 9. for the first two wishes and start saving. Kira promises Money she’ll give it a 10. .

1. moneybox
2. its
3. But
4. more
5. as
6. manage
7. mixing
8. buy
9. tins
10. try

【分析】这是一道英语选词填空题，需结合上下文语境、词汇词义及词性变化、固定搭配来选择合适的单词。解题思路：先通读全文把握主旨，再逐个分析每个空格的前后逻辑、所需词性，匹配给定词汇，同时注意形式变化（如动名词、名词复数、物主代词等），最终确定每个空的正确答案。
【解析】1. 由前文“把空罐子变成存钱罐”可知，此处需表示“存钱罐”，故填moneybox；2. 此处表示“每个梦想需要它自己的罐子”，用it的形容词性物主代词its；3. 前文Kira认为多零花钱更好，后文Money指出多钱有问题，是转折关系，故填But；4. 固定结构“the + 比较级，the + 比较级”，表示“越…越…”，故填more；5. 固定搭配“use...as example”（把…作为例子），故填as；6. 此处表示“父母有很多钱但仍管理不好”，需动词manage；7. “worry about doing sth”（担心做某事），mix up是“混合”，故填mixing；8. 此处表示“买笔记本电脑”，需动词buy；9. 数词two后接名词复数，故填tins；10. 固定搭配“give it a try”（试一试），故填try。
【答案】1. moneybox 2. its 3. But 4. more 5. as 6. manage 7. mixing 8. buy 9. tins 10. try
【知识点】英语选词填空、固定搭配、词性变化
【点评】本题考查学生对英语基础词汇的词义、用法及固定搭配的掌握，需结合上下文语境分析，难度适中，适合初中阶段学生巩固词汇运用能力。
【难度系数】0.6

B 语法填空
“The Gift of the Magi” is a famous short story by American writer O. Henry, who's well-known for his surprising 1. (end)—and this story doesn't disappoint.
The story is about 2. young couple with little money. It starts with Della, a young woman who has only 1.87 [sixty 3. ______ (cent) in pennies] to buy her husband Jim a Christmas gift. Della and Jim are very poor: Jim 4. ______ (make) just 20 a week, and 8 of that goes to rent their small flat. But they each have a special 5. _________ (treasure): Della's long, beautiful hair, and Jim's gold watch.
But they don't have enough money 6. _________ (buy) gifts for each other. To get Jim a nice gift, Della makes a hard 7. _________ (choose)—she sells her hair to buy a shiny chain for his watch. When Jim comes home, he's shocked to see Della's hair gone. But then he gives her a gift: an expensive set of combs for her long hair.
Here's the surprise: Jim sold his gold watch to buy those combs! In the end, their gifts seem “useless”—Della has no hair for the combs, and Jim has no watch for the chain. But the story doesn't ask us to laugh 8. _________ them. Instead, it calls them “the wisest” of all. Why? 9. _________ they understand that true love is worth far more than gold or any gift. Their love for each other is 10. _________ (great) treasure of all.

1. endings
2. a
3. cents
4. makes
5. treasure
6. to buy
7. choice
8. at
9. Because
10. the greatest

【分析】
做语法填空时，需先通读全文理解文章大意，再结合每个空格的语法结构、词性要求、固定搭配及上下文语境分析：1. 空格前是形容词，需填名词，结合作者特点用复数；2. 表示“一对”用不定冠词；3. 数词后接名词复数；4. 第三人称单数主语的一般现在时谓语形式；5. 不定冠词后接名词单数；6. 固定结构enough to do；7. 固定搭配需用名词；8. 固定短语的介词搭配；9. 对应前文Why的答语；10. 范围词of all提示用形容词最高级。
【解析】
1. 形容词surprising后需接名词，end的名词形式为ending，此处指欧亨利小说的多个出人意料的结局，故用复数endings；
2. 固定搭配“a young couple”表示“一对年轻夫妇”，填不定冠词a；
3. 数词sixty后接可数名词复数，cent的复数为cents，填cents；
4. 主语Jim是第三人称单数，一般现在时谓语用单三形式makes，填makes；
5. 空格前有不定冠词a，需填名词单数treasure，填treasure；
6. 固定结构“enough to do sth”表示“足够做某事”，填to buy；
7. 固定搭配“make a choice”表示“做选择”，choose的名词为choice，填choice；
8. 固定短语“laugh at”表示“嘲笑”，填介词at；
9. 前文用Why提问，答语用Because引导，填Because；
10. 由of all（三者及以上）可知用形容词最高级，great的最高级为greatest，最高级前加the，填the greatest。
【答案】
1. endings
2. a
3. cents
4. makes
5. treasure
6. to buy
7. choice
8. at
9. Because
10. the greatest
【知识点】
固定搭配、名词的数、形容词最高级
【点评】
本题为英语语法填空题型，以经典故事《麦琪的礼物》为语境，考查基础语法与固定搭配的运用，需结合上下文分析空格属性，难度适中，是英语学习的常见基础题型。
【难度系数】
0.5