五、词汇运用(共15小题,每小题1分,共计15分)
A. 用方框中所给的词语的适当形式填空,每词限用一次。
volunteer give up decision since program
Mario Green and Mary Brown from Riverside High School
51. several hours each week to help others.
Mario loves animals and wants to be an animal doctor. He
52. at an animal hospital every Saturday morning. Mario believes it can help him to get his future dream job. “It isn’t easy work,” he says, “but I want to learn more about how to care for animals. I get such a strong feeling of satisfaction when I see the animals get better and the look of joy on their own faces.”
Mary is a book lover. She could read by herself 53. the age of four. Last year, she made a 54. to try out for an after-school reading 55. . She still works there now and it makes her happy to help kids learn to read.

51.give up 52.volunteers 53.since 54.decision 55.program

【分析】
先通读短文把握整体语境，明确每个空的句子结构、时态及搭配要求，再结合方框内词汇逐一分析：1.第51空主语为复数，时态是一般现在时，需表达“放弃时间帮助他人”，对应give up用原形；2.第52空主语是第三人称单数，时态一般现在时，需表达“在动物医院做志愿”，对应volunteer变第三人称单数形式；3.第53空需表达“四岁时”的时间起点，对应介词since；4.第54空考查固定搭配“make a decision”，对应名词decision；5.第55空需表达“课后阅读项目”，对应名词program。
【解析】
51. 句子主语为复数Mario Green and Mary Brown，时态为一般现在时，结合语境“每周抽出时间帮助他人”，方框中give up符合语义，故填give up；
52. 主语为第三人称单数He，时态为一般现在时，语境为“在动物医院做志愿工作”，方框中volunteer需变为第三人称单数形式volunteers，故填volunteers；
53. 句子需表达“自从四岁”的时间起点，方框中since可作介词，后接时间点the age of four，符合语境，故填since；
54. 固定搭配make a decision意为“做决定”，方框中decision为名词，符合搭配，故填decision；
55. 语境为“课后阅读项目”，方框中program意为“项目”，符合语义，故填program。
【答案】
51.give up 52.volunteers 53.since 54.decision 55.program
【知识点】
词汇运用、一般现在时、固定搭配
【点评】
本题考查初中英语基础词汇运用，涉及词义理解、词性变化、时态运用及固定搭配，难度较低，学生结合语境分析即可正确作答。
【难度系数】
0.8

B. 根据短文内容和所给中文提示,用单词的正确形式完成以下短文。
Late in the day, my nephew and I 56. (回来) from a narrow desert canyon(峡谷). We passed a Japanese family with two small children. Their clothes were out of place, and it seemed that they were 57. (旅行者) from a big city. We told them that we were in a real dangerous trip. Perhaps they didn't know what we 58. (意思是) while they were walking to the far canyon in a 59. (快速的) speed.
Back at our camper, we put away our equipment and took a rest, waiting for them. A couple hours went by, then the sun set. Pressing on into the night, we became more worried about their 60. (安全). So we went out of our camper and went along the route we ever took to 61. (收到) the family. Finally after a few miles we were so excited to find them coming towards us. We 62. (拥抱) them out of relief, and asked if they were OK.
Sharing our flashlight to get over the rocks, we went back to our camper 63. (高兴地).
We gave the family some drinks and snacks along with a few 64. (礼物) to entertain the children during the long trip back to Salt Lake City. The mother and father were 65. (感激的) that we worried and cared about them so much, but I thought we were more motivated to find them in time.

56.returned 57.travellers 58.meant 59.quick 60.safety 61.receive 62.hugged 63.happily 64.presents 65.thankful

【分析】
本题为根据短文内容和中文提示填写单词正确形式的题型，解题思路：1. 先分析每个空缺处的句子成分，确定所需词性；2. 结合上下文时态（全文以过去时为主）、名词单复数、形容词/副词转换等规则，匹配对应中文含义的单词并调整为正确形式。
【解析】
56. 句意为“我和侄子从沙漠峡谷回来”，需用动词过去式，“回来”对应return，过去式为returned；
57. 句意为“他们是来自大城市的旅行者”，主语为they，“旅行者”对应traveller，复数形式为travellers；
58. 句意为“他们不知道我们的意思”，主句为过去时，“意思是”对应mean，过去式为meant；
59. 句意为“快速走向远处的峡谷”，修饰名词speed需用形容词，“快速的”对应quick；
60. 句意为“担心他们的安全”，形容词性物主代词their后需接名词，“安全”对应safety；
61. 句意为“去迎接这家人”，不定式符号to后接动词原形，“迎接/收到”对应receive；
62. 句意为“我们拥抱他们”，描述过去动作，“拥抱”对应hug，过去式为hugged；
63. 句意为“高兴地回到露营车”，修饰动词短语went back需用副词，“高兴地”对应happily；
64. 句意为“一些礼物”，a few后接可数名词复数，“礼物”对应present，复数为presents；
65. 句意为“父母很感激”，系动词were后接形容词，“感激的”对应thankful。
【答案】
56.returned 57.travellers 58.meant 59.quick 60.safety 61.receive 62.hugged 63.happily 64.presents 65.thankful
【知识点】
动词时态变化、名词单复数、形容词与副词转换
【点评】
本题考查基础词汇的正确形式运用，需结合语境判断词性、时态等，是英语学习中常见的基础题型，需掌握常见词汇的变形规则。
【难度系数】
0.7