【正文】 e, I had to call the firefighters to put out a fire. I still remember how fast it made my heart beat, ________it was a small fire. I was glad and thankful when the firefighters put it out________（quick）. Firefighters help in all kinds of sudden serious and________（danger） events or situations. I saw firefighters carrying people from their flooded homes while________（watch） the news today. Often, they are the first helpers when________accident happens. Some firefighters train to help people and pets that fall into frozen lakes. To prepare for reallife rescue like this one, they must practice putting________ice suits, working with ropes, and using hand signals to municate. If you want to learn more about these________（/bre?v/） men and women, read the articleDanger! Rescue on Thin Ice. Where would we be without the first helpers? Maybe you39。ll ________（/dЗэ?un/） me this month in finding a way to thank them. Giving a card, a drawing, or a plate of cookies to your local fire________（/39。ste??n/） could be the start of a new tradition for your families and our________（hero）will be thankful for it. Happy holidays!Your friend,Christine【答案】 though/although；quickly；dangerous；watching；an；on；brave；join；station；heroes 【解析】【分析】（1）句意：我仍然記得它使我的心跳得有多快，盡管那是個小火。根據(jù)兩句話的意思是轉折，故填 though/although 。 （2）句意：當消防員迅速撲滅時，我很高興也很感激。被填的的詞修飾動詞詞組put out，應用副詞， quick 的副詞 quickly。故填 quickly。 （3）句意：消防員在各種突發(fā)的嚴重和危險事件或情況中提供幫助。名詞 events or situations 事件或情況前用形容詞， danger 的形容詞 dangerous ，故填 dangerous 。 （4）句意：我今天看到消防員從被淹的房子里抬著人看新聞。固定搭配 while doing當做某事的時候， watch的現(xiàn)在分詞 watching，故填 watching 。 （5）句意：當事故發(fā)生時，他們往往是第一批幫助者?？蓴?shù)名詞單數(shù)前應用a/an， a用在輔音讀音開頭的的單詞前，an用在元音讀音開頭的的單詞前；故填an。 （6）句意：他們必須練習穿上冰衣。固定搭配，put on，穿上，故填on。 （7）句意：如果你想更多地了解這些勇敢的男人和女人，讀這篇文章。根據(jù)音標 /bre?v/可知是 brave勇敢的 ，故填 brave 。 （8）句意：也許這個月你會和我一起感謝他們。根據(jù)音標 /dЗэ?un/ 可知應是 join，加入，故填 join 。 （9）句意：送一張卡片，一張畫，或者一盤餅干到當?shù)氐南勒究赡苁悄愕募胰诵聜鹘y(tǒng)的開始。 根據(jù)音標/39。ste??n/，可知 是station，站，故填 station 。 （10）句意：我們的英雄會感激它的。根據(jù)上 文helpers 是復數(shù)，他們是英雄， hero的復數(shù)是heroes ，故填 heroes 。 【點評】本題考查單詞在語境中的運用，需要根據(jù)單詞在語境中的詞性進行必要的變形，同時熟記固定搭配和基本句型。10．閱讀下面的短文，在空白處填入一個適當?shù)脑~，或填入括號中所給單詞的正確形式。 A wealthy old man lived alone in a big house. He was growing ________（weak） day by day. Since he was unable to look after ________（him）, he decided to hire （雇傭） a nurse to take care ________him. One day, the old man interviewed two ________（nurse）—Anthony and Peter. Anthony was a handsome young man while Peter looked quite ordinary. The old man asked Anthony to make tea for him. After Anthony left, the old man turned to Peter and said, Anthony has ________（give） me a very bad account of you. He said you are rude and untrustworthy. Is this correct? Peter thought for a minute and said, ________Anthony has a bad opinion of me, there must be something wrong with me. I should take some time to change these things. The old man was very impressed by Peter39。s words. At the same time, Anthony came back with ________cup of tea for the old man. The old man sent Peter to make breakfast for him. He then returned to Anthony and told him. Peter spoke very poorly of you while you were gone. ________do you think about this? After hearing this, Anthony shouted ________（angry）. In the end, Peter ________（choose）. Peter looked quite mon, but he had impressive inner beauty.【答案】 weaker；himself；of；nurses；given；If；a；What；angrily；was chosen 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了一個老人在錄用護士時，故意挑起對方的矛盾，通過兩人截然不同的反應，從而判斷誰適合。 （1）句意： 他一天比一天虛弱。weak是形容詞，形容詞修飾系動詞grow，根據(jù)day by day可知是比較級weaker，故填 weaker。 （2）句意： 因為他不能照顧自己 ，他決定雇一個護士來照顧他。look after oneself，照顧自己，主語是he，故反身代詞是himself，故填 himself。 （3）句意：因為他不能照顧自己 ，他決定雇一個護士來照顧他。take care of，固定搭配，照顧，故填of 。 （4）句意：一天，老人面試兩個護士—— Anthony and Peter 。two后是可數(shù)名詞復習，nurse，是可數(shù)名詞，故填nurses。 （5）句意： 安東尼對你的評價很差。根據(jù)助動詞has可知此處是現(xiàn)在完成時，故填過去分詞，give的過去分詞是given，故填given 。 （6）句意：如果安東尼對我有看法，我一定有什么問題。此處是條件狀語從句，故是引導詞if，如果，故填If。 （7）句意：同時，安東尼給老人端了杯茶回來。cup是名詞單數(shù)，以輔音音素開頭，故用不定冠詞a表示泛指，a cup of，固定搭配，一杯……，故填a。 （8）句意：你對此怎么想？此處是特殊疑問句，think后缺少賓語，故用what提問，故填What。 （9）句意：聽到這，安東尼生氣地大喊。副詞修飾動詞shouted，angrily，是副詞，生氣地，故填angrily。 （10）句意：最后，Peter被錄用。根據(jù) Peter looked quite mon ， 可知時態(tài)是一般過去時，choose與主語Peter是被動關系，故用一般過去時的被動語態(tài)，主語是第三人稱單數(shù)，故助動詞是was，choose的過去分詞是chosen，故填 was chosen 。 【點評】考查語法填空，注意調整詞性，時態(tài)，主謂一致和名詞的數(shù)等。