二、词汇运用。
Tree houses are wonderful places to play with friends. You can even just stay in 1.
them
(they) and dream as you like. But for some kids, tree houses are only a dream. Many kids have never been in a tree house because they are not able 2.
to climb
(climb). They have disabilities. Bill Allen and Phil Trabulsy wanted to make these 3.
kids'
(kid) dreams come true.
They 4.
started
(start) Forever Young Treehouses in Vermont in 1998. In this group, tree houses are made for kids with disabilities. And they have special roads that can help kids in wheelchairs get into the houses.
Kristen Messer visited a tree house for the 5.
first
(one) time. "It was really great 6.
to have
(have) a tree house that I could get into without any help," he said 7.
excitedly
(excite). Chaz Freeman uses a wheelchair. After 8.
visiting
(visit) a tree house in New Hampshire, he said with a smile, "I get to experience what it is like to be a normal kid." Allen and Trabulsy's group is working hard to build tree houses around America. How great and 9.
helpful
(help) they are! American people consider(认为) them as national 10.
heroes
(hero).
解析:
【分析】
做这类给出提示词的短文词汇填空题,首先第一步要通读全文,理清文章整体语境和基本时态,之后逐空分析句子结构:先判断空格处需要的词性、是否符合固定搭配规则,再结合提示词做对应的变形,最后把答案代入通读检查语义是否通顺、语法是否正确。比如遇到介词后面的代词要变宾格,遇到时间状语是过去时间要把谓语动词变过去式,遇到修饰动词的成分要把形容词变副词,遇到名词后还有其他名词的情况要考虑是否用所有格,一步步推导就能得到正确答案。
【解析】
1. 空格前是介词in,介词后需接人称代词宾格,指代前文的复数名词tree houses,主格they的宾格形式为them,故填them。
2. 此处符合固定搭配be able to do sth. 意为“能够做某事”,需要填动词不定式结构,故填to climb。
3. 空格后是名词dreams,此处要表达“这些孩子们的梦想”,these后接可数名词复数kids,再变为名词所有格kids' 修饰dreams,故填kids'。
4. 句中时间状语in 1998是过去的具体时间,句子要用一般过去时,谓语动词start的过去式为started,故填started。
5. 此处是固定搭配for the first time,意为“第一次”,基数词one要变为序数词first,故填first。
6. 此处符合固定句型It is + 形容词 + to do sth.,it作形式主语,真正主语是后面的不定式,故填to have。
7. 空格处用于修饰动词said,修饰动词需要用副词,excite对应的副词形式excitedly意为“兴奋地”,故填excitedly。
8. 空格前是介词after,介词后要接动名词作宾语,动词visit的动名词形式为visiting,故填visiting。
9. 空格处和并列连词and前的形容词great并列,共同作表语,动词help要变为形容词helpful,意为“乐于助人的”,故填helpful。
10. 空格前的them指代Bill Allen和Phil Trabulsy两个人,可数名词hero要变为复数形式heroes,故填heroes。
【答案】
1. them 2. to climb 3. kids' 4. started 5. first 6. to have 7. excitedly 8. visiting 9. helpful 10. heroes
【知识点】
词形变换,固定搭配,名词所有格
【点评】
本题是初中英语典型的短文类词汇运用题型,综合考察代词、动词时态、非谓语、词性转换、名词变形等基础词法知识点,需要学生结合句子成分分析和固定搭配积累来推导答案,能有效巩固学生的词法基础,排查基础语法漏洞。
【难度系数】
0.7