六、语法填空(10 分)
On Saturdays, Cathy doesn't need 1.
to go
(go) to school but she is still busy. She often spends six hours 2.
learning
(learn) to make shadow puppets (皮影) from her grandpa.
Cathy comes from Hua County, Shaanxi Province. She is a middle school student. She is nice to others and good at all her school subjects, but she seems not so "popular" at school. Do you know why? Because she studies shadow puppets in most of her free time and she seldom does after-school 3.
activities
(activity) with her classmates.
As we know, Hua County is the birthplace of many folk arts. And shadow puppetry is one of 4.
them
(they). Cathy loves it 5.
largely
(large) because of her grandpa. When Cathy was very young, she enjoyed 6.
playing
(play) with the puppets her grandpa made. "Shadow puppetry is part of my 7.
grandpa's
(grandpa) life. He tells me each puppet has 8.
its
(it) story. He makes puppets with all his love and heart," Cathy says.
Puppets are 9.
made
(make) of special paper or leather. It's really difficult to make a puppet. That's because making a puppet usually 10.
takes
(take) 24 steps. What a great art!
解析:
【分析】
解答语法填空需先通读全文理解主旨,再结合每个空格的语法结构、固定搭配、词性变化及语境逐一分析:1.考查need的实义动词用法;2.考查spend的固定搭配;3.考查可数名词复数;4.考查介词后人称代词的格;5.考查副词修饰从句;6.考查enjoy的固定搭配;7.考查名词所有格;8.考查形容词性物主代词;9.考查被动语态;10.考查主谓一致。
【解析】
1. 固定搭配need to do sth(需要做某事),此处need为实义动词,故填to go;
2. 固定搭配spend time (in) doing sth(花费时间做某事),in可省略,故填learning;
3. activity为可数名词,after-school activities是固定表达,泛指课外活动,故填activities;
4. 介词of后需接人称代词宾格,they的宾格为them,故填them;
5. 此处需副词修饰because引导的原因状语从句,large的副词形式为largely,故填largely;
6. 固定搭配enjoy doing sth(喜欢做某事),故填playing;
7. 表示“爷爷的生活”,需用名词所有格,故填grandpa's;
8. 修饰名词story需用形容词性物主代词,it的形容词性物主代词为its,故填its;
9. 被动语态结构为“be + 过去分词”,be made of意为“由…制成”,故填made;
10. 主语为动名词短语making a puppet,谓语动词需用第三人称单数形式,take的三单形式为takes,故填takes。
【答案】
1. to go 2. learning 3. activities 4. them 5. largely 6. playing 7. grandpa's 8. its 9. made 10. takes
【知识点】
动词固定搭配、名词所有格、被动语态
【点评】
本题为初中英语基础语法填空题,考查核心词法与固定搭配,难度适中,学生需掌握常见动词短语、词性转换、名词复数及物主代词等知识点,结合语境分析即可完成。
【难度系数】
0.6