二、短文填空
阅读短文，在空格处填入一个适当的单词或括号中单词的正确形式。
My friend Xiao Fan is 13 years old. He is my classmate. We are good friends.
Xiao Fan (1)
is
(be) good at playing Chinese chess. We are in the Chinese Chess Club. He (2)
plays
(play) it best in our club.
Xiao Fan is (3)
helpful
(help). Every time our club meets, he is ready (4)
to help
(help) other members. He knows so much (5)
about
how to play Chinese chess well. Now, each of us plays it better.
Xiao Fan has many (6)
questions
(question) about the world. He enjoys (7)
travelling
(travel) during the holidays. He likes visiting all (8)
kinds
(kind) of museums. In (9)
this
way, he learns a lot.
Xiao Fan wants to be (10)
a
Chinese chess player one day. I am sure his dream can come true.
解析：
【分析】本题为英语短文填空题，需结合时态、词性变化、固定搭配、介词及冠词用法等知识解题。解题思路：1. 通读全文，确定全文时态为一般现在时（介绍日常情况）；2. 分析每个空格的句子成分，判断所需词性；3. 结合括号内单词的提示，进行适当变形；4. 利用固定搭配、介词用法、冠词用法等确定最终答案。
【解析】1. 主语Xiao Fan是第三人称单数，一般现在时中be动词用is；2. 主语He是第三人称单数，一般现在时谓语动词用三单形式，play变plays；3. 此处需形容词作表语，help的形容词为helpful；4. 固定搭配be ready to do sth，意为“准备做某事”，故填to help；5. 固定搭配know about，意为“了解关于……”，填介词about；6. many后接可数名词复数，question变questions；7. 固定搭配enjoy doing sth，意为“喜欢做某事”，travel变travelling；8. 固定短语all kinds of，意为“各种各样的”，kind变kinds；9. 固定搭配in this way，意为“用这种方法”，填this；10. 此处泛指“一名中国象棋选手”，Chinese以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a。
【答案】1. is；2. plays；3. helpful；4. to help；5. about；6. questions；7. travelling；8. kinds；9. this；10. a
【知识点】一般现在时、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，涉及时态、词性、固定搭配等核心考点，难度适中，学生通过掌握基础知识点即可完成解答。
【难度系数】0.7
