(十二)
Have you ever heard of friendships(友谊) among animals? At a zoo in Germany, an unusual friendship developed 1. a cat and a bear.
No one is quite sure how the friendship began. One day, some 2. (worker) in the zoo noticed a black cat was in the bear's cage(笼子), and the two animals were playing together peacefully. They were surprised 3. well the small cat seemed to get along with the large bear. The bear keeper allowed the cat to stay with the bear. And later the pair and 4. (they) unusual friendship became a hot topic at the zoo.
After several years, a new cage was built for the bear, but his good friend, the cat, 5. (be) still in the old cage. So the bear walked around 6. (angry) and cried to be with the cat. The bear keeper finally took pity on the bear 7. let it stay with the cat. The cat and the bear got 8. (close) than before. They often sat together and shared meals in 9. sun.
Sometimes it may be natural for animals 10. (have) their own ideas about who would be a good friend. These may surprise humans, who usually expect animals to form relationships with others of the same species.

1. between 2. workers 3. how 4. their
5. was 6. angrily 7. and 8. closer 9. the
10. to have

【分析】
本题是一篇关于德国动物园中猫与熊的特殊友谊的完形填空，需结合语境、语法规则（介词搭配、名词单复数、副词用法、形容词比较级、固定句型等）逐个填空。解题时先通读全文把握大意，再分析每个空的句子结构、所需词性及固定搭配，如第1空对应“两者之间”的介词搭配，第2空对应some后接名词复数的规则等，逐步推导答案。
【解析】
1. 考查介词搭配，between...and...表示“在……和……之间”，符合“猫和熊之间的友谊”语境，故填between。
2. 考查名词复数，some后接可数名词复数，worker的复数为workers，故填workers。
3. 考查感叹句结构，how修饰副词well，构成“how + adv + 主语+谓语”的感叹句，故填how。
4. 考查形容词性物主代词，修饰名词friendship，需用they的形容词性物主代词their，故填their。
5. 考查be动词时态，全文为过去时态，主语the cat是单数，故be动词用was。
6. 考查副词，修饰动词短语walk around，需用angry的副词形式angrily，故填angrily。
7. 考查连词，前后两个动作took pity和let是并列关系，用and连接，故填and。
8. 考查形容词比较级，句中出现than before，需用close的比较级closer，故填closer。
9. 考查定冠词，in the sun是固定搭配，意为“在阳光下”，故填the。
10. 考查固定句型，it is + adj + for sb to do sth，需用have的不定式形式to have，故填to have。
【答案】
1. between 2. workers 3. how 4. their 5. was 6. angrily 7. and 8. closer 9. the 10. to have
【知识点】
介词搭配、名词复数、形容词比较级
【点评】
本文围绕动物间的特殊友谊展开，考察初中阶段基础语法知识，难度适中，既巩固了核心语法，又传递了动物也有情感的理念，兼具练习价值与趣味性。
【难度系数】
0.6

We all know that we should take good care 1. ourselves, relax often and have fun at work. But it's easy 2. (forget) to do so because of the daily work. Here are some 3. (idea) for learning to take action in your life.
Get healthy: Doing regular exercise can make your mind and body much 4. (strong). Eat right, especially at lunch.
Take a break: When you take 5. break, your brain will have a good rest and relax. Remember: When you take a break, 6. (real) take a break. Don't do 7. (you) work. 8. you're not having fun, why do you do that? Sure, money is important, 9. having fun should also be important.
Be always happy: Don't look for 10. (other) bad points. Instead, look for the good points in everyone you meet and in everything that you do. Then you'll be happy.

1. of 2. to forget 3. ideas 4. stronger
5. a 6. really 7. your 8. If 9. but
10. others'

【分析】本题为英语短文填空，需结合固定搭配、词性变化、语法规则及上下文语境完成。解题时先通读全文理解主旨，再针对每个空格分析句子结构，判断所需词性或固定搭配，进而确定答案。
【解析】1. 固定搭配take care of意为“照顾”，故填of；2. 固定句型it's + adj. + to do sth.，故填to forget；3. 由some可知需用可数名词复数，idea的复数为ideas，故填ideas；4. much修饰形容词比较级，strong的比较级是stronger，故填stronger；5. 固定搭配take a break意为“休息一下”，故填a；6. 此处需副词修饰动词take，real的副词形式是really，故填really；7. 此处需形容词性物主代词修饰名词work，you的形容词性物主代词是your，故填your；8. 此处表条件“如果”，用连词If，故填If；9. 前后句为转折关系，用连词but，故填but；10. 此处表示“别人的”，需用名词所有格，other的复数形式为others，其所有格是others'，故填others'。
【答案】1. of 2. to forget 3. ideas 4. stronger 5. a 6. really 7. your 8. If 9. but 10. others'
【知识点】固定搭配、词性转换、连词用法
【点评】本题考查英语基础语法与常用搭配，结合日常健康生活主题，难度适中，能帮助学生巩固基础知识点，提升语境运用能力。
【难度系数】0.6

(十四)
Here's a story about how I learnt to swim. For some people, swimming is a piece of cake. They learnt
1. to swim when they were children. I was afraid of water when I was 2. five-year-old girl, but I wanted 3. (learn) to swim!
I had swimming 4. (lesson). During the first two lessons, I did 5. (bad). I felt very sad, so I told my problems to my friend. And I asked 6. (she) to give me some advice. My friend said I was not patient(有耐心的) enough. I thought she was right. From then on, I got up 7. 6 a. m. every day and went to the pool to practise. Little by little, I 8. (improve).
At the moment, I can swim 9. (well) than before. And I believe that 10. I keep on practising, I will be able to swim very well in two weeks. Be patient and hard-working—this is what I learnt from my swimming lessons.

1. how 2. a 3. to learn 4. lessons
5. badly 6. her 7. at 8. improved
9. better 10. if

【分析】
先通读全文理解文章大意：本文讲述作者学习游泳的经历，需结合语境、语法规则、固定搭配逐一分析每个空：1. 表示“如何游泳”，用疑问词；2. 泛指“一个五岁的女孩”，需用不定冠词；3. 涉及固定搭配；4. 需判断名词单复数；5. 修饰动词需用副词；6. 动词后接人称代词宾格；7. 具体时刻前用特定介词；8. 结合全文时态判断动词形式；9. 由than判断用比较级；10. 引导条件状语从句需用对应连词。
【解析】
1. 考查疑问词，根据语境“学会如何游泳”，填how；
2. 考查不定冠词，泛指“一个五岁的女孩”，five以辅音音素开头，用a；
3. 考查固定搭配want to do sth，填to learn；
4. 考查名词复数，swimming lesson为可数名词，此处表多节游泳课，用lessons；
5. 考查副词，修饰动词did，用bad的副词形式badly；
6. 考查人称代词宾格，动词ask后接宾格，用her；
7. 考查介词，具体时刻前用介词at；
8. 考查一般过去时，全文叙述过去经历，用improved；
9. 考查副词比较级，由than可知用well的比较级better；
10. 考查连词，引导条件状语从句，用if。
【答案】
1. how 2. a 3. to learn 4. lessons 5. badly 6. her 7. at 8. improved 9. better 10. if
【知识点】
冠词用法，动词不定式，副词与比较级
【点评】
本题围绕学习游泳的记叙文展开，考查初中英语基础语法，涵盖冠词、动词不定式、副词、比较级等核心知识点，需结合语境和语法规则填空，难度适中，适合巩固基础。
【难度系数】
0.6