II. Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make
the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given
word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other
blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.
9:00 A. M., Saturday, November 14
The moment Fatima Bennett had dreamed of was finally here.
Therefore, she couldn’t be ___1___(happy).
The 4C Challenge (also known as the Clark County Coding
Competition) was the event of the year ___2___target participants were STEM-minded eighth graders like
Fatima and her two best friends, Julia Sheen and Felipe Alvarez.
Their classmates were busy posting pictures on social media
of their glorious summer vacations while the three best friends, who called ___3___Team Java Time, had
spent countless hours storyboarding, coding, and adjusting their program. Their
app, Romeo and Juliet Remixed, turned the famous play into a multiplayer
adventure that retold the story,___4___(integrate) Shakespeare’s language with the rhymes of songs.
The completed app was due by September 1, and the teens had
worked hard to get it done.___5___at any point they lost momentum (动力), they were pushed
by weekly texts from Neil Green, who had taken over the competition
coordination (协调)
this year.
On the day when their app ___6___ (submit) to the competition’s submission website, Fatima
said, “A prize would be great, but we all know the very best reward.” The teens
shouted, “K-J-H-S!”
Fatima, Julia, and Felipe were excited to show off their
digital skills in front of the other teams of eighth graders, but they were
most interested in the reward ___7___(give) to the top three teams: guaranteed admission to
Katherine Johnson High School, the county’s STEM magnet school. Felipe, Fatima,
and Julia, friends since kindergarten,___8___barely contain their excitement. Their dream of going to
KJHS together was ___9___their reach!
That was ____10____Fatima didn’t mind getting out of bed at 8 A.M. on this cold
November Saturday to spend the day at Clarksville University, the site of the
annual competition.
【答案】1.happier
2. whose 3. themselves
4. integrating
5. If 6. was submitted
7. given 8. could
9. within 10. why
【解析】
【导语】本文是一篇新闻报道。文章主要报道了三个好朋友Fatima，Julia，和Felipe积极参加编程竞赛，以获得精英中学的入学资格。
【1题详解】
考查形容词。句意：因此，她再高兴不过了。句型：can’t be+形容词比较级，意为“再……也不过分”。故填happier。
【2题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：4C挑战赛（也被称为克拉克县编程比赛）是今年的活动，目标参与者是有stem思维的八年级学生，比如Fatima和她的两个最好的朋友Julia Sheen 和 Felipe Alvarez。考查定语从句的关系词，先行词为“the event”，和“target”之间为所有关系，用whose。故填whose。
【3题详解】
考查代词。句意：同学们忙着在社交媒体上晒自己暑假的照片，而这三个自称“Java时间团队”的好朋友花了无数个小时制作故事板、编码和调整程序。指代主语，用反身代词；主语为who，指的是“the three best friends”，用themselves。故填themselves。
【4题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：他们的应用程序《罗密欧与朱丽叶混音版》将这部著名的戏剧变成了一款多人冒险游戏，将莎士比亚的语言与歌曲的押韵结合在一起，重新讲述了这个故事。这里为非谓语动词担当状语，和主句主语“their app”之间为主动关系，用动词ving形式。故填integrating。
【5题详解】
考查状语从句。句意：如果在任何时候他们失去了动力，他们就会受到Neil Green每周发来的短信的推动，他今年接管了竞争协调工作。这里为状语从句的连接词，根据句意可知，空处指的是“如果”，用if引导；出现在句首，首字母大写。故填If。
【6题详解】
考查时态和语态。句意：当他们的应用程序被提交到竞赛的提交网站时，Fatima说：“获奖固然很好，但我们都知道最好的奖励是什么。” 这里为从句谓语动词，根据时间状语“on the day”可知，从句时态为一般过去时；主语为their app，单数，和动词submit之间为被动关系，所以用被动语态。故填was submitted。
【7题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：Fatima，Julia，和Felipe很兴奋地在其他八年级学生面前展示他们的数字技能，但他们最感兴趣的是给前三名的奖励：保证进入凯瑟琳约翰逊高中，这是该县的STEM精英中学。这里为非谓语动词担当后置定语，动词“give”和被修饰词“the reward”之间存在被动关系，用动词的过去分词。故填given。
【8题详解】
考查情态动词。句意：Felipe，Fatima，和Julia从幼儿园开始就是朋友，他们几乎不能抑制自己的兴奋。根据句意可知，三个好朋友决定胜利在望，所以不能抑制自己的兴奋，用情态动词could。故填could。
【9题详解】
考查介词。句意：他们一起去KJHS的梦想就在眼前！固定短语：within one’s reach，意为“伸手可及”。故填within。
【10题详解】
考查表语从句。句意：这就是为什么Fatima不介意在这个寒冷的11月周六早上8点起床，去克拉克斯维尔大学度过一天的原因，那里是一年一度的比赛的举办地。这里为表语从句的连接词，根据句意可知，表语从句缺少原因状语，用why引导。故填why。
