五、根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，使短文完整通顺。
I am a student in Beijing Foreign Studies University now and my score in the English subject was 146 on the national college entrance examination. But when I first started studying English seriously, I noticed that my grammar was p 1 . My writing was often full of m 2 . To fix this, I created a study plan to improve my grammar.
I started by reviewing the basic(基础的) grammar rules. I realized that I had been making mistakes because I never really u 3 the rules exactly. For example, I would often mix up verb tenses(动词时态). To solve this, I s 4 a few weeks just going over the basics. It was a little b 5 at first, but it made a huge difference.
One of the turning points for me was when I began k 6 a grammar diary. Whenever I made a mistake, I would write it down along with the correct usage myself. I remember once I kept mixing the past perfect tense w 7 the simple past. Writing out the differences and practising w 8 sentences in my diary helped me internalize(内化) the rules.
In f 9 , to get better at any subject, you need to find what you're not good at and face it directly. Remember, every mistake is just a chance to learn s 10 new.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. poor 2. mistakes 3. understood 4. spent 5. boring 6. keeping 7. with
8. writing 9. fact 10. something

【分析】本题为英语短文填空，需结合上下文语境、首字母提示及语法知识填写单词。解题思路：先通读全文把握主旨（作者分享英语学习提升的方法），再逐个分析每个空格所在句子的逻辑，结合首字母、时态、固定搭配等确定单词形式，确保符合短文通顺要求。
【解析】1. 由前文“刚开始认真学英语时”及后文“写作充满错误”可知，此处指语法很差，首字母为p，故填poor；2. 结合语境“写作充满……”及首字母m，此处指错误且用复数，故填mistakes；3. 此处为过去时态，表“理解规则”，首字母u，故填understood；4. 固定搭配spend time doing sth（花费时间做某事），过去式，首字母s，故填spent；5. 修饰复习基础这件事“有点无聊”，首字母b，故填boring；6. 固定搭配keep a diary（写日记），begin后接动名词，首字母k，故填keeping；7. 固定搭配mix up with（把……和……混淆），首字母w，故填with；8. 固定搭配practise doing sth（练习做某事），表“写句子”，首字母w，故填writing；9. 固定短语in fact（事实上），首字母f，故填fact；10. 形容词修饰不定代词需后置，表“新的东西”，首字母s，故填something。
【答案】1. poor 2. mistakes 3. understood 4. spent 5. boring 6. keeping 7. with 8. writing 9. fact 10. something
【知识点】英语词汇运用、固定搭配、语境理解
【点评】本题考查学生对短文语境的理解及基础词汇、固定搭配的掌握，需结合上下文逻辑准确判断单词，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.5

六、完形填空。
Never give up! This is one lesson I learned when I was very young.
At the age of four, not knowing a single word of 1, I started school. I felt 2 because I couldn't talk to other kids. Maybe I was 3 because I never got used to talking with others. I only knew Spanish, and English was just a mixture(混合) of 4. When the teacher spoke English, the 5 became faster and faster and then became a tornado(龙卷风) ripping through(钻入) my mind. I was unable to 6. I got so confused(困惑的) and I didn't know what to do. I sometimes felt like crying, but I kept telling myself never to 7.
I started to learn English hard. At the end of the year, I could understand, read, speak and write English. The next year I ______ 8 ______ my friend Jack. It was his first year of school and he didn't ______ 9 ______ English like me in the beginning, so I started to ______ 10 ______ him this difficult language. At first it was very ______ 11 ______ , but at last he got used to English and picked it up quickly. We ______ 12 ______ learning more and more every year, and now we are both very good English ______ 13 ______ .
I also began to teach my younger sisters because I didn't want them to feel isolated(孤立的) and shy as I did.
This year I am in the eighth grade and have got straight A's in every class since kindergarten. My 14? I never give up. Now I am learning Japanese. It may be a little 15, but I will keep on learning it. No matter how hard something is, I keep trying until I do it right.
Nothing is difficult in the world if you put your heart into it.
()1. A. Chinese B. English C. Japanese D. French
()2. A. afraid B. funny C. relaxed D. lonely
()3. A. friendly B. shy C. smart D. humorous
()4. A. sound B. subject C. voice D. language
()5. A. phrases B. stories C. words D. music
()6. A. hear B. think C. understand D. believe
()7. A. give up B. end up C. look up D. get up
()8. A. found B. met C. watched D. looked
()9. A. know B. like C. see D. hear
()10. A. show B. give C. teach D. send
()11. A. exciting B. boring C. surprising D. interesting
()12. A. stopped B. allowed C. decided D. kept
()13. A. speakers B. listeners C. writers D. talkers
()14. A. skill B. knowledge C. secret D. idea
()15. A. easy B. difficult C. strange D. interesting

1. B 2. D 3. B 4. A 5. C 6. C 7. A 8. B 9. A 10. C 11. B 12. D 13. A
14. C 15. B

【分析】
做完形填空需先通读全文把握主旨（本文讲述作者从只会西班牙语、不懂英语，到坚持学习并帮助他人，践行“永不放弃”的故事），再逐空结合上下文语境线索、词汇词义辨析、固定搭配来选择答案，每道题都要联系前后文的提示信息，确保所选答案符合语境和逻辑。
【解析】
1. 由后文“I only knew Spanish, and English was just a mixture...”可知，作者开始上学时不懂英语，故选B；
2. 因无法和其他孩子交流，作者感到孤独，故选D；
3. 由后文“never got used to talking with others”可知，作者害羞，故选B；
4. 英语对只会西班牙语的作者来说是声音的混合，故选A；
5. 老师说的英语单词越来越快，故选C；
6. 作者听不懂老师的英语，故选C；
7. 前文点明主题“Never give up”，此处指作者告诉自己不要放弃，故选A；
8. 第二年作者遇到朋友Jack，故选B；
9. Jack和作者一开始一样不懂英语，故选A；
10. 作者开始教Jack英语，故选C；
11. 教英语一开始很无聊，故选B；
12. 作者和Jack坚持学习英语，故选D；
13. 两人都成为优秀的英语使用者（speakers），故选A；
14. 作者的秘诀是永不放弃，故选C；
15. 日语学习有点难，故选B。
【答案】
1.B 2.D 3.B 4.A 5.C 6.C 7.A 8.B 9.A 10.C 11.B 12.D 13.A 14.C 15.B
【知识点】
完形填空语境分析、英语词汇辨析
【点评】
本文以“永不放弃”为核心，通过作者的亲身经历传递励志道理，是典型的初中完形填空题材，解题需紧扣上下文线索，能有效考查学生的阅读理解和词汇运用能力，适合巩固基础。
【难度系数】
0.6