Ⅱ.Grammar Cloze.
Dear class,
Today I'm going to talk about my hobby—collecting stones.
I 1. (develop) this hobby two years ago thanks to my grandma. She is a stone lover and collects hundreds of stones. Some of them are 2. (real) valuable. She always handles them 3. great care. Every Sunday, my grandma and I take walks in the mountains to look for new stones. She likes to tell me how to enjoy the beauty in their 4. (nature) patterns. It is almost like 5. art lesson.
Let me show you my favourite stone. My grandma picked it up with 6. (I) by a small river. "This stone was shaped by water and wind for many 7. (year)," she explained. "Every stone has its unique (独特) beauty. 8. you look carefully, you will find it." Indeed, it was amazing 9. (see) its shell-like shape and egg-like color. Thanks to this stone, I became interested in nature, and I started to collect stones with different shapes and colors. Now there 10. (be) over 60 stones in my stone box, and I am learning more and more about the beauty of nature.
Thank you for listening. Any questions?

1. developed 2. really 3. with 4. natural 5. an 6. me 7. years 8. If
9. to see 10. are

【分析】首先通读全文理解文章大意（作者介绍自己收集石头的爱好及由来），再结合每个空格的语境、语法规则（时态、词性、固定搭配、句型等）逐一确定答案：1. 根据时间状语判断时态；2. 修饰形容词用副词；3. 固定搭配；4. 修饰名词用形容词；5. 冠词用法；6. 介词后人称代词用宾格；7. many后接名词复数；8. 条件状语从句引导词；9. 不定式作真正主语；10. there be句型就近原则。
【解析】1. 由时间状语two years ago（两年前）可知，句子用一般过去时，故填develop的过去式developed；2. 此处修饰形容词valuable（有价值的），需用real的副词形式really；3. 固定搭配with great care意为“小心翼翼地”，故填介词with；4. 此处修饰名词patterns（图案），需用nature的形容词形式natural；5. art lesson是单数可数名词，且art以元音音素开头，表泛指时用不定冠词an；6. 介词with后需接人称代词宾格，I的宾格是me；7. many后接可数名词复数，故填year的复数形式years；8. 句意“如果你仔细看，你会发现它”，此处引导条件状语从句，故填If；9. 固定句型it is + adj + to do sth中，it是形式主语，真正主语是不定式，故填to see；10. there be句型遵循就近原则，主语是复数名词over 60 stones，一般现在时，故填are。
【答案】1. developed 2. really 3. with 4. natural 5. an 6. me 7. years 8. If 9. to see 10. are
【知识点】一般过去时、词性转换、固定搭配
【点评】本题为基础语法填空题，考查核心语法知识与词汇的灵活运用，结合语境分析即可轻松解答，属于常见的基础题型。
【难度系数】0.8