B. 阅读下面的短文,根据括号内所给汉语意思写出单词的正确形式(每空限填一词)。
Lily's family invited a 6 (有耐心的) foreign teacher to dinner last weekend. She was 7 (好奇的) about Chinese table manners and didn't know how to use a 8 (叉子) properly. Accidentally, she 9 (推) Lily's arm while reaching for food, and the soup spilled on Lily's dress.
Lily felt a little upset at first, but the teacher apologized sincerely and said she didn't mean it. Lily chose to 10 (原谅) her—after all, it was 11 (仅仅) an accident. Her parents told the teacher that there's no need to worry about a 12 (单一的) small mistake.
During the dinner, the teacher kept asking 13 (是否) there were other interesting customs in China. Suddenly, Lily's little brother started to 14 (咳嗽) because he ate too fast. Everyone helped him calm down, and the teacher praised Lily's family for being warm-hearted. In the end, Lily made a 15 (决定) to learn more about foreign cultures to communicate better with people from different countries.

6. patient 7. curious 8. fork 9. pushed 10. forgive 11. simply 12. single 13. whether 14. cough 15. decision

【分析】本题要求根据汉语提示写出单词的正确形式，需结合句子语境、词性、时态及固定搭配确定单词形式。先理解每句含义，匹配对应英语词汇，同时注意动词时态、名词单复数、固定短语等细节。
【解析】6. 修饰名词短语foreign teacher，用形容词“有耐心的”对应patient；7. 固定搭配be curious about表“对……好奇”，填curious；8. 前有不定冠词a，用名词单数“叉子”对应fork；9. 描述过去动作，动词用过去式，“推”的过去式是pushed；10. 固定搭配choose to do sth.，用动词原形“原谅”对应forgive；11. 修饰句子用副词“仅仅”对应simply；12. 修饰名词mistake用形容词“单一的”对应single；13. 引导宾语从句表“是否”用whether；14. 固定搭配start to do sth.，用动词原形“咳嗽”对应cough；15. 固定搭配make a decision表“做决定”，填decision。
【答案】6. patient 7. curious 8. fork 9. pushed 10. forgive 11. simply 12. single 13. whether 14. cough 15. decision
【知识点】英语单词拼写、固定搭配、动词时态
【点评】本题考查基础英语词汇运用，涵盖多类词性及基础语法，是常见词汇题型，难度适中，能检验学生词汇掌握情况。
【难度系数】0.5

二、语法填空
阅读下面的短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
Tim is a boy who loves science. Last month, his teacher talked 16 how things float(漂浮) in water in class. Tim decided 17 (try) it at home.
When he got home, he found 18 big bowl and filled it with water. Then he took some 19 (thing) from his room: an eraser, a paper boat, and a small stone. First, he put the eraser into the water. It went to the bottom. He wrote "Sinks" in his notebook. Then he put the paper boat on the water. It stayed on top! He was so happy 20 he jumped up and down. At last, he dropped the stone into the water. Just like the eraser, it sank. He was so 21 (interest) in that and thought to himself, "22 can only the paper float while others sink?"
Tim showed 23 (he) findings to his family. His parents 24 (smile) and said, "You're really good at science!" Now, Tim does science researches 25 (two) a week. Science makes his life fun!

16. about 17. to try 18. a 19. things 20. that 21. interested 22. Why 23. his 24. smiled 25. twice

【分析】
先通读短文理解主旨，再逐个分析每个空的语法规则、固定搭配或词性变化：16题考查固定搭配；17题考查非谓语动词；18题考查冠词用法；19题考查名词复数；20题考查固定句型；21题考查形容词形式；22题考查疑问词；23题考查物主代词；24题考查动词时态；25题考查频率副词的固定表达。
【解析】
16. 固定搭配talk about意为“谈论”，故填about；
17. decide to do sth是固定用法，意为“决定做某事”，故填to try；
18. 此处泛指“一个大碗”，big以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a，故填a；
19. some后接可数名词复数，thing的复数是things，故填things；
20. so...that...是固定句型，意为“如此……以至于……”，故填that；
21. be interested in是固定搭配，修饰人用-ed形式的形容词，故填interested；
22. 此处是疑问，询问“为什么只有纸能浮”，用疑问词Why，故填Why；
23. 修饰名词findings需用形容词性物主代词，he的形容词性物主代词是his，故填his；
24. 全文为一般过去时，smile的过去式是smiled，故填smiled；
25. twice a week是固定表达，意为“一周两次”，故填twice。
【答案】
16. about 17. to try 18. a 19. things 20. that 21. interested 22. Why 23. his 24. smiled 25. twice
【知识点】
固定搭配、词性转换、时态
【点评】
本题为初中基础语法填空题，考察核心语法点和常用词汇用法，需学生掌握基础语法规则和固定搭配，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6