七、用所给词的适当形式补全短文。（共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分）
In the first lesson, Linda finds her teacher's mistakes. Her teacher praises her and gets her to introduce 1. (her). She is a bit 2. (nervously), so she has a bad conversation with her English teacher.
Linda is very clever. Writing is one of her 3. (hobby). She likes writing magic stories. She often reads books in the school library. She feels a bit lonely because her best friend goes to a 4. (difference) school. But she makes friends quickly by joining the school clubs. She is also a bird-watcher. She likes watching wild birds in 5. (natural) with her father.
Linda's parents are happy about their daughter's 6. (grow). They write a letter to Linda and tell her that primary school is like a pool. They hope Linda can face new problems bravely(勇敢地) and work 7. (hard) than before. Linda's grandfather likes 8. (play) the erhu. He takes part in the school art festival with Linda this autumn. When they fire up their 9. (instrument), everybody moves with their music.
During the winter holiday, Linda works as a volunteer at an old 10. (people) home. Some of the old grandmas like her cooking very much.

1. herself 2. nervous 3. hobbies 4. different
5. nature 6. growth 7. harder 8. playing
9. instruments 10. people's

【分析】
本题为英语语篇型词形填空题，解题思路为：先通读短文把握整体语境，再分析每个空格在句中的语法成分，判断所需词汇的词性、形式（如反身代词、名词复数、形容词、比较级等），最后对所给词汇进行正确变形，确保符合语境与语法规则。
【解析】
1. 固定搭配introduce oneself（介绍自己），此处需用her对应的反身代词herself；
2. be动词后需接形容词作表语，副词nervously变形为形容词nervous；
3. one of后接可数名词复数，hobby的复数形式为hobbies；
4. 需用形容词修饰名词school，名词difference变形为形容词different；
5. 固定搭配in nature（在自然界），此处用名词nature；
6. 名词所有格daughter's后需接名词，动词grow变形为名词growth；
7. 句中出现比较级标志词than，形容词hard需用比较级harder；
8. 固定搭配like doing sth（喜欢做某事），动词play变形为动名词playing；
9. 形容词性物主代词their后需接名词复数，instrument的复数形式为instruments；
10. 表示“人们的家”，需用名词所有格，people的所有格为people's。
【答案】
1. herself 2. nervous 3. hobbies 4. different 5. nature 6. growth 7. harder 8. playing 9. instruments 10. people's
【知识点】
词形转换；词性辨析；固定搭配
【点评】
本题考查初中英语基础词汇的变形运用，结合语篇语境和语法规则解题，是常规基础题型，注重核心词汇的掌握，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.7

八、用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式补全短文。（共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分）
wait for feel lonely have see mean
Little Mary lives in a big house with her parents. She is the only child in the family, so she 1. sometimes. She really wants to have a baby brother to play with.
One day, when she comes home from school, Mum and Dad 2. her. “We have some good news(消息) for you,” they say. “You 3. a baby brother soon.”
After hearing the news, Mary is very happy. “Is this true? When will he be here?” she asks. “I can’t wait to see him.” Her father says, “We will get him in two weeks.” “Two weeks?” asks Mary. “Doesn’t it take longer than that for a baby?”
Mum smiles at Mary. “We are going to adopt (收养) a baby boy,” she says. “That 4. we are going to choose a baby who has no family. We will be his new family. We will take care of him.” Mary is so excited about this. She is looking forward to 5. him. She will be a big sister in just two weeks!

1. feels lonely 2. are waiting for 3. will have
4. means 5. seeing

【分析】
本题要求用方框中所给单词或短语的适当形式补全短文，解题思路为：先明确每个短语的含义，再结合上下文语境判断句子时态、主谓一致及固定搭配，最终确定短语的正确形式。
【解析】
1. 由前文“她是家里唯一的孩子”可知，此处表示“她有时感到孤独”，短语为feel lonely，主语she是第三人称单数，句子为一般现在时，故填feels lonely。
2. 此处表示父母正在等她，when引导时间状语从句，主句用现在进行时，短语为wait for，主语Mum and Dad是复数，故填are waiting for。
3. 由时间状语soon（不久）可知，句子用一般将来时，短语为have，故填will have。
4. 此处表示“那意味着……”，主语that是第三人称单数，句子为一般现在时，短语为mean，故填means。
5. 固定搭配look forward to doing sth.（期待做某事），短语为see，故填seeing。
【答案】
1. feels lonely 2. are waiting for 3. will have 4. means 5. seeing
【知识点】
动词时态运用、固定短语搭配
【点评】
本题考查基础短语的适当形式填空，需结合语境判断时态、主谓一致及固定搭配，难度适中，适合基础阶段学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.5