《2025年启东中学作业本八年级英语上册译林版徐州专版》

五、阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。(2025·江苏苏州吴江实验初中教育集团调研)
Tina is a thirteen-year-old middle school student. Last year, she went to __1__a summer school in France and stayed with a local family, the Truffauts.
At first, things didn't go well __2__because she couldn't speak French. Simple things like finding the right bus stop became big problems. The Truffauts helped her a lot and treated her like part of the family. They played __3__games (game) and shared traditional food with her. Tina was helpful as well. She did some housework with the family every day. On the weekend, she __4__joined (join) a Community Club and did volunteer work. For most of the time, she used body language to communicate. People showed __5__their (they) thanks with smiles and she would always smile back. Language was not a problem __6__for her anymore. Other members __7__invited (invite) Tina to have parties. Day by day, she made more friends. Tina began __8__loving/to love (love) her new life. “A smile is a second language we were born to speak. It is also the best gift I have got,” she often said __9__happily (happy).
Smiles and a helping hand can always make people __10__closer (close) than a language can.
1. ______ 2. ______ 3. ______ 4. ______ 5. ______
6. ______ 7. ______ 8. ______ 9. ______ 10. ______

答案： 1. a 2. because 3. games 4. joined 5. their 6. for 7. invited 8. loving/to love 9. happily 10. closer

( )1. Why did Li go and teach at a village school?
C
( )2. What does the word “That” refer to(指代) in the last paragraph?
A
( )3. What is the story about?
C

答案： 1. C 【点拨】根据第二段中“I read the news that teachers were not enough in the village, so I wanted to give some classes to the kids there”可知，李去了一所乡村学校支教，因为学校没有足够的老师。故选 C。 2. A 【点拨】根据最后一段中“The kids there live a hard life, but they are hopeful about the future. That helps me get over hard things in life”可知，孩子们对未来充满希望，这有助于李克服困难；据此可以推断，画线单词“That”指代“the kids are hopeful about the future”。故选 A。 3. C 【点拨】综合全文可知，本文主要讲述了李参加的一次志愿活动。故选 C。