一、词汇运用(2025·台州椒江)
A. 用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空,每词限用一次。
require challenge interview personality career
I have a brother named Billy. Since he was a young boy, he has paid much attention to his future 1. . He wants to be a pilot. He knows being a pilot is not easy. Instead, it is a 2. job. He also knows such a job 3. skills and focus. Pilots must work hard throughout their training and working time. During the 4. , the airline checks not only their flying skills but also their 5. to make sure they can deal with stress well.

A部分 1. career 2. challenging 3. requires 4. interview 5. personalities

【分析】首先通读短文理解整体语境，明确所给单词（career职业；challenge挑战；interview面试；personality个性；require需要）的词义与词性，再结合每个空格的语法功能（如修饰名词、主谓一致、名词单复数等）及句意，选择单词并进行适当变形。
【解析】1. 空格前有形容词future，需填名词，结合句意“关注未来的职业”，选career；2. 空格修饰名词job，需填形容词，challenge的形容词形式为challenging，意为“有挑战性的”；3. 主语such a job是第三人称单数，一般现在时，动词需用第三人称单数形式，require的三单形式为requires；4. 空格前有定冠词the，需填名词，结合句意“在面试期间”，选interview；5. 空格前有形容词性物主代词their，需填名词，此处指飞行员的多种个性，personality用复数形式personalities。
【答案】1. career 2. challenging 3. requires 4. interview 5. personalities
【知识点】词汇适当形式填空、名词词义辨析、词形变化
【点评】本题考查基础词汇在语境中的灵活运用，需结合句意、词性及语法规则完成变形，难度适中，侧重对词汇基础用法的掌握。
【难度系数】0.6

B. 阅读下面短文,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。
Lucy is my aunt. She is a 6. (女警察) who hardly has free time. One day, she worked so hard that her face looked 7. (苍白的). Her son, Tom, didn't work hard at his lessons and often 8. (失败) his exams. That evening, Lucy sat on the 9. (长沙发), hoping to have a serious 10. (谈话) with him.
“Tom, you have 11. (许诺) to study harder, right?” she asked.
Before Tom could answer, his phone rang. It 12. (打断) their talk. Lucy felt a little 13. (失望的). “This is important!” she said.
Tom sighed(叹气), “Mum, I know, but ...”
“There’s no ‘but’!” Lucy said, her tone leaving no room for 14. (意见不合).
Tom realised he had 15. (完全地) misunderstood her meaning. Feeling sorry, he said, “I’ll work harder, Mum. I won’t let you down again.”

B部分 6. policewoman 7. pale 8. failed 9. sofa 10. conversation 11. promised 12. interrupted 13. disappointed 14. disagreement 15. completely/fully

【分析】本题为英语词汇填空题，需结合中文提示、句子语境、词性要求及语法规则（如时态、固定搭配、词性转换）确定每个空的正确形式。解题时，先明确每个空所需词性，再根据上下文时态或固定搭配调整单词形式，确保符合语法和语义要求。
【解析】6. 中文提示“女警察”对应名词policewoman，符合语境；7. 系动词look后需接形容词，“苍白的”对应pale；8. 前文worked为一般过去时，并列谓语动词需用过去式，“失败”对应fail的过去式failed；9. “长沙发”对应名词sofa；10. 固定搭配have a conversation意为“谈话”，故填conversation；11. 句中有助动词have，构成现在完成时，“许诺”需用promise的过去分词promised；12. 前文rang为一般过去时，“打断”需用interrupt的过去式interrupted；13. 修饰人（Lucy）的“失望的”需用形容词disappointed；14. 介词for后接名词，“意见不合”对应disagreement；15. 修饰动词misunderstood需用副词，“完全地”对应completely或fully。
【答案】6. policewoman 7. pale 8. failed 9. sofa 10. conversation 11. promised 12. interrupted 13. disappointed 14. disagreement 15. completely/fully
【知识点】英语词汇运用、动词时态、固定搭配
【点评】本题侧重基础词汇运用，结合中文提示考查词性转换、时态变化及固定搭配，是初中英语常见题型，难度适中，需学生熟练掌握核心词汇的不同形式。
【难度系数】0.5