七、短文填空（10分）
It was a cold day in January in New York. Snow started to fall and the wind
1.
blew
(blow) strongly. Mr Hunt turned on the television to watch the weather report. Mr Hunt is 2.
a
doctor and he should arrive at the hospital 3.
before
7 a.m. on workdays.
“Today is going to 4.
be
(be) very cold. The temperature is −10 ℃ to 3 ℃,” said the weatherman. “Wear warm clothes when you go out and be careful when driving.”
Mr Hunt put on his warm clothes and went out. “The weatherman was right! What a cold day!” Mr Hunt said while 5.
throwing
(throw) snow off his car windows. He is from Miami—a warm and 6.
sunny
(sun) city. And he doesn’t like the cold weather here. He just moved to New York a few months ago because 7.
of
the new job.
Mr Hunt drove slowly to work. Everyone else on the road was driving slowly too.
8.
Suddenly
(sudden), the car in front came to a stop. “An accident must have happened!” Mr Hunt thought. He stopped his car and got out very quickly. “Did you hurt 9.
yourself
(you)?” Mr Hunt asked the driver. The driver said, “No, I’m fine. No one is hurt. I just didn’t see those 10.
snowmen
(snowman) the kids built by the roadside in time!”
解析：
【分析】
先通读全文，明确故事发生在过去，结合语境和英语语法规则（时态、冠词、介词、非谓语、词性转换、固定搭配等），逐个分析每个空的语法要求和语境逻辑，确定正确的单词形式。
【解析】
1. 由前文“started”（过去式）可知，此处需用一般过去时，blow的过去式为blew；
2. 泛指“一名医生”，doctor是可数名词单数，且以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a；
3. 结合语境“工作日要在早上7点前到达医院”，用介词before；
4. 固定结构“be going to + 动词原形”，故填be；
5. while引导时间状语，主语Mr Hunt与throw是主动关系，用现在分词throwing；
6. 修饰名词city，需用sun的形容词形式sunny；
7. because of后接名词短语表原因，此处接“the new job”，故填of；
8. 修饰整个句子，用sudden的副词形式Suddenly，句首大写；
9. 询问司机“你自己是否受伤”，用反身代词yourself；
10. those后接可数名词复数，snowman的复数为snowmen。
【答案】
1. blew 2. a 3. before 4. be 5. throwing 6. sunny 7. of 8. Suddenly 9. yourself 10. snowmen
【知识点】
一般过去时、冠词用法、词性转换
【点评】
本题为初中英语常见的短文填空题，考查时态、冠词、介词、非谓语动词、词性转换等基础知识点，需结合上下文语境和语法规则作答，难度适中，适合巩固英语基础。
【难度系数】
0.6
