Ⅴ. 阅读短文,在空白处填入一个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式
Emily lived in a small town. She 31.
(read) a book when suddenly the rainstorm started. The wind blew 32.
(strong) outside.
Emily's neighbours were busy 33.
(try) to protect their homes from the serious storm. Some were cleaning up fallen trees and fixing 34.
(break) houses while others were trying to repair 35.
(they) roofs. Emily's parents told her to sleep. 36.
Emily couldn't stop worrying about the storm. She watched through the window as the rain continued to fall heavily and the wind blew outside.
Finally, after a few hours, the storm 37. ______ (begin) to die down. The sun came out, and the sky turned blue again. Emily went outside and saw that her neighbourhood was in 38. ______ mess. Emily's parents helped clean the mess while her neighbours worked together 39. ______ (repair) the houses. Now the neighbourhood provides them 40. ______ a good environment again.
解析：
【分析】本题为英语短文填空题，需结合语境、语法规则及固定搭配确定每个空白处的单词或正确形式。解题思路：先通读短文把握整体语境，再针对每个空，根据括号内提示词的词性、句子结构、时态要求、固定搭配或逻辑关系推导答案，如时间状语从句的时态、副词修饰动词、固定短语搭配等。
【解析】31. 考查过去进行时。when引导的时间状语从句用一般过去时，主句描述过去某一时刻正在进行的动作，结构为was/were + 现在分词，主语为she，故填was reading。
32. 考查副词。此处修饰动词blew，需用副词形式，strong的副词是strongly，故填strongly。
33. 考查固定搭配。be busy doing sth是固定用法，意为“忙于做某事”，故填trying。
34. 考查形容词。此处修饰名词houses，需用形容词，break的形容词broken表示“破碎的”，故填broken。
35. 考查物主代词。此处修饰名词roofs，需用形容词性物主代词，they的形容词性物主代词是their，故填their。
36. 考查连词。前后句为转折关系，前句说父母让她睡觉，后句说她担心暴风雨，故填But。
37. 考查一般过去时。全文讲述过去发生的事，此处用begin的过去式began，故填began。
38. 考查固定搭配。in a mess是固定短语，意为“一团糟”，故填a。
39. 考查非谓语动词。work together to do sth表示“一起做某事”，不定式作目的状语，故填to repair。
40. 考查固定搭配。provide sb with sth是固定用法，意为“给某人提供某物”，故填with。
【答案】31. was reading 32. strongly 33. trying 34. broken 35. their 36. But 37. began 38. a 39. to repair 40. with
【知识点】过去进行时、词性转换、固定搭配
【点评】本题考查英语基础语法与词汇的综合运用，侧重时态、词性变化及固定短语的掌握，需结合上下文语境分析，是初中英语常见题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.6
