一、词汇运用。（改编自Reading短文）
When I was young, my family often did small but warm things together at home.
Behind our house, there used to be a small piece of 1.
unused
(use) land. So Mother decided to turn the place into a peanut field. All of us felt 2.
excited
(excite) about the plan and started to work at once.
After several months of hard work and careful care, we 3.
had
(have) a big harvest. Mother advised us 4.
to hold
(hold) a special party in the garden. We all looked forward to the 5.
celebration
(celebrate) together.
Father then asked us to think about the true value of peanuts. 6.
Unlike
(like) apples and peaches, peanuts grow fruits under the ground. They look very common but are 7.
really
(real) useful in our daily life. Though they are not 8.
attractive
(attract) at all, they bring much pleasure to people.
Father hoped we could learn from peanuts and stop 9.
caring
(care) about others' unnecessary praise. His meaningful words 10.
have remained
(remain) deep in my mind ever since that special day.
解析：
【分析】本题为英语词汇运用题，需结合短文语境、词性变化、固定搭配、动词时态等知识，判断每个空格应填的单词正确形式：1. 修饰名词land需用形容词，结合语境填“闲置的”对应词；2. 修饰人（we）的感受用-ed形容词；3. 描述过去的动作用一般过去时；4. 考查固定搭配advise sb to do sth；5. 定冠词后接名词；6. 表对比用介词；7. 修饰形容词用副词；8. 系动词后接形容词；9. 考查固定搭配stop doing sth；10. 时间状语ever since对应现在完成时。
【解析】1. 空后为名词land，需形容词，根据语境“闲置的土地”，将动词use转换为形容词unused；2. 主语为we（人），修饰人的感受用excited（exciting修饰物）；3. 描述过去几个月后的收获，用一般过去时，have变为had；4. 固定搭配advise sb to do sth，故填to hold；5. 定冠词the后需名词，celebrate的名词形式为celebration；6. 此处表对比“不像苹果和桃子”，用介词Unlike；7. 修饰形容词useful需用副词，故填really；8. 系动词are后接形容词，attract的形容词形式为attractive；9. 固定搭配stop doing sth（停止做某事），故填caring；10. 时间状语ever since（自从那时起），句子用现在完成时，remain的现在完成式为have remained。
【答案】1. unused 2. excited 3. had 4. to hold 5. celebration 6. Unlike 7. really 8. attractive 9. caring 10. have remained
【知识点】词性转换、动词时态、固定搭配
【点评】本题结合短文语境考查英语词汇的正确运用，涵盖词性变化、时态、固定搭配等基础知识点，是初中英语常见题型，难度适中，只要掌握基础词汇用法即可正确作答。
【难度系数】0.5
