一、阅读七选五
You may know maths helps kids think.
1. The more maths kids learn, the more easily they will work in the future. Why should you get your kid to study maths right away? 2.
Maths is good for the brain(大脑). It can help a kid think better and do well in class.
3. Little by little, he or she will enjoy studying more and more.
Maths can make a child creative(富有创造力的) too. Just like reading, studying maths can show kids a new world. They get to try new ways to work out maths problems. It makes them think more clearly.
4. In fact, many jobs share one thing: They all use maths in different ways. Kids will be more interested when they see how useful maths is in different areas. Learning maths in school can help them get exciting jobs in the future.
Maths teaches kids life skills(技能).
5. Maths helps them work out problems and do some things in their daily lives. For example, using maths, they can know how much money they need to save for a toy they want.
A. Here are some reasons.
B. How can kids learn maths well?
C. Why do so many students like learning maths?
D. Maths can make kids interested in some jobs.
E. Then he or she can get good grades in school.
F. Kids of all ages can learn important life skills from maths lessons.
G. But there are many good things about maths you don't know.

1.G 2.A 3.E 4.D 5.F

【分析】
本题为英语七选五题型，解题思路是先通读全文把握主旨（数学对孩子的益处），再逐空分析上下文逻辑关系，结合选项的语义衔接性匹配答案：第1空需承上启下引出数学的其他好处，第2空需引出下文列举的原因，第3空需承接前文数学对大脑的益处，第4空需呼应后文工作与数学的关联，第5空需承接前文的生活技能主题。
【解析】
1. 第1空：前句提到数学帮助孩子思考，后句说明学数学多对未来工作的好处，需引出数学的其他益处，G选项“但你不知道数学有很多好处”承上启下，符合语境。
2. 第2空：前句提问“为什么要让孩子立刻学数学”，后文开始列举数学的好处，A选项“这里有一些原因”引出下文，逻辑通顺。
3. 第3空：前句说明数学对大脑有益、能提升课堂表现，后句提到孩子会越来越喜欢学习，E选项“然后他/她能在学校取得好成绩”承接前文的课堂表现，衔接自然。
4. 第4空：后句围绕“很多工作都用到数学”展开，D选项“数学能让孩子对一些工作感兴趣”与后文呼应，符合段落主题。
5. 第5空：前句提到“数学教孩子生活技能”，后句举例数学在日常生活中的应用，F选项“各个年龄段的孩子都能从数学课上学到重要的生活技能”承接前文主题，逻辑连贯。
【答案】
1.G 2.A 3.E 4.D 5.F
【知识点】
七选五阅读、英语阅读理解
【点评】
本题围绕数学对孩子的益处展开，解题关键是把握上下文的逻辑衔接关系，属于常见的七选五基础题型，学生通过梳理段落间的语义联系即可完成解答。
【难度系数】
0.5

二、阅读填空
阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
My name is Chen Jun. I'm 1. Grade 7 student now. I'm busy this term 2. I have more subjects in middle school. Some subjects like maths, Chinese and English are the same as those in primary school. Some are new to 3. (I), like geography and history. I like all my subjects, but my favourite is biology. When I learn biology, it 4. (feel) like magic. My teachers and classmates are very nice, and I like my school life a lot.
There 5. (be) a lot of biology books in my room. I really like the book The Insect World (《昆虫记》). I think it's a 6. (use) book. I love it for two 7. (reason). First, it tells so much about different kinds of insects in the world. It's exciting to learn 8. them from the book. Second, it helps me a lot with my biology. I learn how 9. (remember) information from it.
I would like to be a 10. (science). I think it's a cool job. I want to spend most of my time studying living things in the future. What about you?

1. a 2. because 3. me 4. feels 5. are 6. useful
7. reasons 8. about 9. to remember 10. scientist

【分析】
这是一篇介绍初中生活的英语短文填空，需结合语法知识、固定搭配及语境完成填空。解题思路：1. 第1空泛指一名七年级学生，用不定冠词a；2. 第2空前后是因果关系，前果后因，用连词because；3. 第3空介词to后接人称代词宾格，故用me；4. 第4空主语it是第三人称单数，一般现在时谓语动词用feels；5. 第5空there be句型遵循就近原则，后面是复数名词books，故用are；6. 第6空修饰名词book，需用形容词useful；7. 第7空前有基数词two，名词用复数reasons；8. 第8空固定搭配learn about表示“了解”，故填about；9. 第9空“疑问词+不定式”结构，故填to remember；10. 第10空表示职业“科学家”，用名词scientist。
【解析】
1. 考查冠词：Grade 7 student是单数可数名词，此处表泛指，故填a；
2. 考查连词：前句“我这学期很忙”和后句“我在中学有更多科目”是因果关系，故填because；
3. 考查代词：介词to后用人称代词宾格，I的宾格是me，故填me；
4. 考查动词时态：主语it是第三人称单数，一般现在时，feel的第三人称单数是feels，故填feels；
5. 考查there be句型：be动词由后面的名词决定，books是复数，故填are；
6. 考查形容词：修饰名词book需用形容词，use的形容词是useful，故填useful；
7. 考查名词复数：two后接可数名词复数，reason的复数是reasons，故填reasons；
8. 考查固定搭配：learn about是固定短语，意为“了解”，故填about；
9. 考查非谓语动词：“疑问词+不定式”作宾语，故填to remember；
10. 考查名词：此处表示职业“科学家”，science对应的职业名词是scientist，故填scientist。
【答案】1. a 2. because 3. me 4. feels 5. are 6. useful 7. reasons 8. about 9. to remember 10. scientist
【知识点】冠词；代词；动词形式
【点评】本题考查初中英语基础语法与词汇运用，结合语境和核心语法规则即可完成填空，注重基础知识点的掌握，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.8