第二节 请认真阅读下面短文，从方框中选择适当的单词或短语，在横线上填入其正确形式。每个单词或短语仅用一次。

I have a neighbour and we call her “Happy”. She seems never angry at 39 and we never hear her say a bad word about anyone.
Happy and her husband Ben, 70, have a big garden. They spend many happy hours together 40 it.
Today, Happy and Ben invite most of the neighbourhood over for an “all - day food festival”.
They tell us to bring gloves and arrive early in the morning. We don't know what will happen.
At 9:00 a.m., there are nine of us in the garden 41 tomatoes, potatoes and carrots. At 10:00 a.m., we share a lot of stories with each other and laugh 42. By five o'clock, we sit together and enjoy the fresh and tasty food. After dinner, we 43. As we are leaving, Happy and Ben hand each of us a shopping bag of fresh vegetables grown in their garden. What a great gift!
39. 40. 41. 42. 43.

39. anything 40. working on 41. picking 42. happily
43. play games

【分析】
本题为选词填空题，需结合短文语境、语法规则（如否定句的代词形式、固定搭配、非谓语动词、词性转换等），从方框所给词汇中选择并调整为正确形式，每个词汇仅用一次。解题时先通读短文理解大意，再逐个分析空格的句子结构和语义，确定所需词汇及变形。
【解析】
39. 空格所在句有否定词never，否定句中需用不定代词anything表示“任何事”，方框中的something需转换为anything，符合“她似乎从不对任何事生气”的语境。
40. 固定搭配“spend + 时间 + (in) doing sth”表示“花费时间做某事”，方框中的动词短语work on需变为动名词形式working on，契合“他们花很多愉快的时间打理花园”的语义。
41. 句子结构为“there be + sb + doing sth”，表示“有某人正在做某事”，方框中的动词pick需变为现在分词picking，对应“九点时我们九人在花园里摘蔬菜”的动作。
42. 空格处修饰动词laugh，需用副词，方框中的形容词happy需转换为副词happily，表达“开心地笑”的含义。
43. 结合语境“晚饭后我们玩游戏”，方框中的动词短语play games用原形，符合一般现在时的语境。
【答案】
39. anything 40. working on 41. picking 42. happily 43. play games
【知识点】
不定代词用法、固定搭配、非谓语动词、词性转换
【点评】
本题考查英语词汇的语境运用与变形，需学生掌握基础语法和词汇知识，结合上下文分析，难度适中，适合初中阶段学生练习。
【难度系数】
0.5

五、短文填空(每小题 1 分，满分 10 分)
请认真阅读下面短文，在设空处填入一个恰当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Li Bai was one of the greatest poets of the Tang Dynasty. When he was 24, he left home and started to travel around 44 (Chinese). In his life, he wrote more than one thousand poems 45 nature, friendship and many other things.
Li Bai had many friends, and Wang Lun was a famous one because of the poem *To Wang Lun*. At that time, Wang Lun admired(羡慕) Li Bai for his talent and dreamed of 46 (see) him. So, he wrote a letter to Li Bai, 47 (invite) him to visit his hometown. In the letter, Wang Lun said his hometown was very beautiful and had some good wine houses, and he could make some food by 48 (he).
After receiving Wang Lun's letter, Li Bai was very 49 (will) to visit Wang Lun's hometown. 50 when Li Bai got to the hometown, he found 51 that Wang Lun “lied” to him. There were no wine houses. However, Li Bai was not angry and laughed at Wang Lun's little joke. Li Bai knew that Wang Lun wanted to see him and they 52 (final) became good friends. How 53 (interest) the story is!
44. 45. 46. 47. 48.
49. 50. 51. 52. 53.

44. China 45. about 46. seeing 47. inviting 48. himself
49. willing 50. But 51. out 52. finally 53. interesting
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了李白和汪伦之间的友谊。

【分析】
先通读短文理解主旨，再逐个分析设空处：
1. 44题：around是介词，后需接名词，括号内Chinese是形容词，对应名词为China（中国），故填China。
2. 45题：句意表“关于自然、友谊的诗”，需用介词about表“关于”，故填about。
3. 46题：dream of是固定短语，of为介词，后接动名词，see的动名词是seeing，故填seeing。
4. 47题：此处用现在分词inviting作伴随状语，表主动关系，故填inviting。
5. 48题：by oneself是固定搭配，he的反身代词是himself，故填himself。
6. 49题：be willing to是固定短语，意为“乐意做某事”，故填willing。
7. 50题：前后句为转折关系，需用转折连词But，故填But。
8. 51题：find out是固定短语，意为“发现”，符合语境，故填out。
9. 52题：修饰动词became需用副词，final的副词形式是finally，故填finally。
10. 53题：感叹句中How后接形容词，修饰story用interesting，故填interesting。
【解析】
44. 考查名词转换：around为介词，后接名词，Chinese的名词形式为China，故填China。
45. 考查介词：根据句意“关于自然、友谊的诗”，用介词about表“关于”，故填about。
46. 考查非谓语动词：dream of中of是介词，后接动名词，see的动名词为seeing，故填seeing。
47. 考查现在分词作状语：此处用现在分词inviting作伴随状语，表主动关系，故填inviting。
48. 考查反身代词：by oneself是固定搭配，he的反身代词为himself，故填himself。
49. 考查固定短语：be willing to do sth.是固定短语，意为“乐意做某事”，故填willing。
50. 考查连词：前后句为转折关系，用转折连词But，故填But。
51. 考查固定短语：find out是固定短语，意为“发现”，符合语境，故填out。
52. 考查副词：此处修饰动词became，需用副词，final的副词形式为finally，故填finally。
53. 考查形容词：感叹句结构“How + 形容词 + 主语 + 谓语！”，修饰story用interesting，故填interesting。
【答案】
44. China 45. about 46. seeing 47. inviting 48. himself 49. willing 50. But 51. out 52. finally 53. interesting
【知识点】
名词转换、介词用法、非谓语动词、固定短语搭配
【点评】
本题考查英语基础词汇、固定搭配及语法知识，需结合上下文语境和语法规则完成填空，侧重基础知识的运用，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.8

六、阅读表达(第 54 题 2 分，第 55 题 2 分，第 56 题 3 分，满分 7 分)
请认真阅读下面短文，回答短文后的问题。
Feng Yinan is an amazing woman who loves learning. She began taking self - study exams at the age of 72 and has joined 97 exams(考试) in 16 years. Now she has three self - taught university degrees(大学学位) from famous universities in Jiangsu.
Why does she keep studying at such an old age? In fact, Feng's love for learning began over 30 years ago. Feng wanted to study when she was young, but her poor family made it hard. After she retired(退休), she decided to follow her dream. She found out that self - study exams were open to everyone. So, she decided to have a try and began studying again.
It was not easy for Feng. She faced many difficulties. For example, she had a poor memory(记性) and it was hard to keep up with new things. But she tried her best to get over these difficulties. She spent most of her time on her studies. Even when she travelled or got sick, she kept learning.
Feng's hard work paid off. She passed 44 subjects and received her university degrees. People were surprised by her strong will. She said learning made her dreams come true.
Feng has stopped taking exams now. However, she still loves learning. She hopes that her story can help young people study hard and never stop learning.
54. When did Feng start to follow her dream?

55. How does Feng get over the difficulties?

56. Do you think it's important to keep learning in our whole life? Why?

54. After she retired.
55. She spent most of her time on her studies. Even when she travelled or got sick, she kept learning.
56. Yes. Because our world is developing fast and we need to keep learning to catch up with new knowledge and technology.（答案不唯一，言之有理即可）
【文章大意】本文是一篇记叙文，主要讲述了冯忆难老人从 72 岁开始参加自学考试，历经 16 年，克服诸多困难获得三个大学学位的事迹，传达了学习可以实现梦想的理念，鼓励年轻人努力学习、终身学习。

【分析】
本题为记叙文阅读理解题，包含细节理解题与开放表达题。解题时，54题需定位原文中冯忆难开始追寻梦想的时间相关语句；55题需定位原文中她克服困难的具体做法；56题需结合文章主旨，围绕终身学习的重要性用通顺英语表达观点，言之有理即可。
【解析】
54题：根据原文第二段“After she retired, she decided to follow her dream.”，可直接提取答案；
55题：根据原文第三段“She spent most of her time on her studies. Even when she travelled or got sick, she kept learning.”，直接提取对应内容；
56题：结合文章主旨，终身学习能帮助我们跟上时代发展、实现梦想，按要求给出合理表述即可。
【答案】
54. After she retired.
55. She spent most of her time on her studies. Even when she travelled or got sick, she kept learning.
56. Yes. Because our world is developing fast and we need to keep learning to catch up with new knowledge and technology.（答案不唯一，言之有理即可）
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、开放表达
【点评】
本文通过讲述冯忆难老人高龄坚持学习并获学位的故事，考查学生提取文本细节信息与结合主旨表达观点的能力，传递终身学习的积极理念，题目难度适中，符合初中英语阅读考查要求。
【难度系数】
0.8