Ⅳ. Complete the passage with the proper words according to the Chinese given.
Do you have a hobby? A(n) 23. (业余爱好) is an activity a person likes to do in his or her free time. I 24. (享受……的乐趣) taking photos. I started to take photos some years ago when our school held a photo 25. (节庆). Everybody had to take some photos about 26. (大自然). My partner and I found a wild nest in the tree. An idea suddenly hit me. We took some photos about the mother bird feeding her babies. It had so much fun. And we won first prize. The photos warmed everyone’s 27. (心).
From then on, I have great interest in taking photos. It is also a great chance to gain more knowledge about the world. A life 28. (没有) a hobby is just like food with no salt.

23. hobby
24. enjoy 25. festival 26. nature
27. heart 28. without

【分析】首先通读短文理解整体语境，再结合每个空给出的中文提示，分析所需单词的词性，同时关注固定搭配、语法规则，逐一确定正确单词。比如23空对应“业余爱好”，结合前文语境匹配词汇；24空注意主语与“享受……的乐趣”的固定搭配；25空结合“节庆”的常用表达；26空对应自然类基础词汇；27空结合所有格确定名词形式；28空结合语境匹配表“没有”的介词。
【解析】23. 中文提示为“业余爱好”，结合前文语境，填hobby；24. 中文提示为“享受……的乐趣”，主语为I，搭配enjoy doing sth，填enjoy；25. 中文提示为“节庆”，结合photo的搭配，填festival；26. 中文提示为“大自然”，填nature；27. 中文提示为“心”，结合everyone’s（所有人的），填heart；28. 中文提示为“没有”，结合语境，填介词without。
【答案】23. hobby 24. enjoy 25. festival 26. nature 27. heart 28. without
【知识点】根据汉语提示填单词、固定搭配（enjoy doing）
【点评】本题考查根据汉语提示完成短文，侧重基础词汇的运用，难度适中，需要学生掌握常见英语词汇及简单语法。
【难度系数】0.8

Ⅴ. Complete the passage with proper words or the proper forms of the words given.
We love our country. What will you paint if someone asks you 29. (tell) them about China? For a girl called Zhang Dan, the answer is a colourful combination of 30. ancient and the modern.
Zhang began to learn painting 31. an early age. The paper and brushes have not only become her wings of imagination, 32. also her tools to build her friendship. When Zhang was in the 33. (two) grade, she got a chance to visit an American school. There, she 34. (use) fun pictures to tell American students the meanings of 35. (difference) Chinese characters. The students there 36. (real) loved her paintings. She even developed a great friendship with one of the 37. (student). Painting has become 38. (she) lifelong(终生的) hobby.

29. to tell
30. the 31. at 32. but 33. second
34. used 35. different 36. really
37. students 38. her

【分析】
本题为英语短文填空题，需结合固定搭配、语法规则及词形变化逐一解题：29题考查固定搭配，需用不定式；30题考查“the+形容词”表一类事物的用法；31题考查固定短语；32题考查并列连词结构；33题考查序数词用法；34题考查一般过去时；35题考查形容词修饰名词；36题考查副词修饰动词；37题考查“one of+名词复数”结构；38题考查形容词性物主代词修饰名词。
【解析】
29. 固定搭配ask sb to do sth意为“要求某人做某事”，故填to tell；
30. “the+形容词”可表示一类事物，the ancient and the modern指“古代与现代的事物”，故填the；
31. at an early age是固定短语，意为“在很小的时候”，故填at；
32. not only...but also...是固定递进结构，意为“不但…而且…”，故填but；
33. 表示年级顺序需用序数词，second grade意为“二年级”，故填second；
34. 由上下文语境可知动作发生在过去，需用一般过去时，动词use的过去式为used，故填used；
35. 此处修饰名词characters，需用形容词，different意为“不同的”，故填different；
36. 此处修饰动词loved，需用副词，really意为“真正地”，故填really；
37. one of后接可数名词复数，student的复数为students，故填students；
38. 此处修饰名词hobby，需用形容词性物主代词，her意为“她的”，故填her；
【答案】
29. to tell
30. the
31. at
32. but
33. second
34. used
35. different
36. really
37. students
38. her
【知识点】
固定搭配、冠词用法、词形变换
【点评】
本题考查初中英语基础知识点，涵盖固定短语、语法结构及词形变化，题型常规，注重基础知识的应用，适合巩固英语基础。
【难度系数】
0.7

词汇拓展
Can you guess the part of speech and the meaning of the underlined words in the passage(s) above?
39. support:
40. relation:
41. combination:

39. v. 支持
40. n. 关联 41. n. 结合

【分析】这类词汇拓展题需结合常见词汇的用法判断词性与词义：回忆support的常用用法，它常作为动词表“支持”；relation是由动词relate派生的名词，意为“关联”；combination是由动词combine派生的名词，意为“结合”。
【解析】39. support的常见词性为动词，含义是“支持”；40. relation的词性为名词，含义是“关联”；41. combination的词性为名词，含义是“结合”。
【答案】39. v. 支持；40. n. 关联；41. n. 结合
【知识点】英语词汇词性；英语词汇词义
【点评】本题考查基础词汇的词性与词义，属于英语学习中的核心基础内容，难度较低，适合巩固词汇基础。
【难度系数】0.8