Ⅳ. 阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
17-year-old Shantanu Gangwar 1. (notice) a problem. Blind students at school had a hard time moving around. They wished to have a smart machine 2. (warn) them about the objects in their way, so Shantanu decided to do something 3. (help).
He invented a smart walking stick. It can sense 4. (object) nearby and shake to warn the user. Shantanu won 5. award and received many congratulations for his invention. However, he wanted to make it even 6. (good). He also hoped to apply it 7. real life after finishing high school. "We can produce a lot of these sticks to help more blind people," he said.

1. noticed 2. to warn 3. to help
4. objects 5. an 6. better 7. to

【分析】
本题为英语语法填空题，需结合语境、语法规则及固定搭配逐一分析每个空：
1. 描述过去发生的动作，用一般过去时；
2. 需非谓语动词作定语修饰machine，表目的，用不定式；
3. 不定式作目的状语，表Shantanu做某事的目的；
4. object为可数名词，结合语境“附近的物体”不止一个，需用复数；
5. award为可数名词单数，且以元音音素开头，表泛指“一个奖项”，用不定冠词；
6. even修饰形容词比较级，good的比较级为better；
7. 考查固定搭配apply...to...。
【解析】
1. 考查时态：由上下文语境可知，此处讲述过去发生的事，应用一般过去时，故填noticed；
2. 考查非谓语动词：此处需不定式作定语修饰名词machine，表目的，故填to warn；
3. 考查非谓语动词：此处用不定式作目的状语，表Shantanu决定做某事的目的，故填to help；
4. 考查名词复数：object是可数名词，结合语境“附近的物体”不止一个，应用复数形式，故填objects；
5. 考查冠词：award是可数名词单数，且以元音音素开头，表泛指“一个奖项”，故用不定冠词an；
6. 考查形容词比较级：even常用来修饰形容词比较级，good的比较级为better，故填better；
7. 考查固定搭配：apply...to...是固定搭配，意为“把……应用于……”，故填to。
【答案】
1. noticed 2. to warn 3. to help 4. objects 5. an 6. better 7. to
【知识点】
一般过去时、非谓语动词、冠词与固定搭配
【点评】
本题为英语语法填空题，主要考查基础时态、非谓语动词、冠词及固定搭配等核心语法知识，难度适中，要求学生掌握基础语法规则并能结合语境灵活运用。
【难度系数】
0.6

Ⅴ. 选择恰当的句子补全对话,其中有两项多余。
Paul: Hey Roy, the subject for my school project is "Small inventions that changed the world". Can you help me think of an invention?
Roy: 1. Let me think... Hmm... I know! The zipper(拉链)!
Paul: The zipper? Is it really such a great invention?
Roy: 2. You can see zippers on dresses, trousers, shoes, bags... almost everywhere!
Paul: Well, you do seem to have a point...
Roy: Of course! I thought about it because I visited a website last week. The pioneers of different inventions were listed there. 3. But at that time, it wasn't used widely.
Paul: Really? 4.
Roy: Around 1930.

1. C 2. A 3. D 4. E

【分析】
要解决补全对话题，需先通读对话，理解上下文语境和逻辑关系，结合问句、答句的内容匹配恰当句子：
1. 第一空：Paul请求Roy帮忙想发明，Roy需回应请求，对应表示乐意帮忙的句子；
2. 第二空：Paul询问拉链是否是伟大发明，Roy需说明拉链的使用情况，对应提及日常使用频率的句子；
3. 第三空：Roy提到网站列了发明先驱，后接“当时没广泛用”，需举拉链的发明时间例子，对应举例说明的句子；
4. 第四空：Paul对“当时没广泛用”表示惊讶，Roy答时间，对应询问流行时间的句子。
【解析】
1. 第一空：Paul问“Can you help me think of an invention?”，Roy需回应请求，选项C“With pleasure!”（乐意帮忙！）符合请求回应的语境，故选C；
2. 第二空：Paul问“Is it really such a great invention?”，Roy答“You can see zippers on dresses, trousers... almost everywhere!”，选项A“Think about how often it's used in our daily lives.”（想想它在日常生活中使用的频率）能说明拉链使用频繁，是伟大发明，故选A；
3. 第三空：Roy说“The pioneers of different inventions were listed there. ______ But at that time, it wasn't used widely.”，需举例拉链的发明时间，选项D“For example, it mentioned that the zipper was invented by Whitcomb Judson in 1893.”（例如，它提到拉链是惠特科姆·贾德森在1893年发明的）衔接上下文，故选D；
4. 第四空：Roy答“Around 1930.”，是时间，所以Paul问的是流行时间，选项E“So when did it become popular?”（那么它什么时候流行起来的？）符合答句的时间回应，故选E。
【答案】
1. C 2. A 3. D 4. E
【知识点】
补全对话、日常交际用语
【点评】
本题为英语补全对话题，考查日常交际用语的运用及上下文逻辑的匹配，需结合对话前后内容选择恰当句子，是初中英语常见基础题型。
【难度系数】
0.5