中考英语英语语法填空专题练习及答案

1、语法填空专题练习及答案一、英语语法填空1 阅读下面短文，按照句子结构和上下午连贯要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括 号中的词语的正确形式填空。Jason and Andy are twins. They share a lot of things, including room, food and toys.One Saturday, Jason and Andy went out （play） with a toy car. Both of them wanted tobe the owner of the car, so they shouted at each other. （The

2、y） mother heard the boysarguing. She came out and told them to take turns to play with the toy car, but the twins wouldn't.A few days later, Mother brought pet home. "Can't we each have our own pet dog?"asked the boys. They were （tire） of sharing everything."No! The dog must （

3、share）." Mother said. "You will have to feed the dog and makesure it does not get into anything wrong."Several days later, the dog got into mother's room （secret） and made a mess there.Jason saw the dog playing with mother's clothes. He quickly went to find Andy and told him t

4、he dog had done."Oh, no! It's our duty to clean up the mess!" （cry） Andy. They boys picked up theclothes and put them away rapidly."Just think, Jason," said Andy, "what a big mess two （dog） would made!""I agree you," laughed Jason, "Maybe sharing isn&

5、#39;t so bad!"【答案】 to play ； Their ； a； tired ； be shared ； secretly； what ； cried ； dogs ； with【解析】 【分析】本文讲述了兄弟两人通过养狗学会了分享。（ 1 ）句意： 一个星期六，杰森和安迪带着一辆玩具车出去玩。 go out to do ，固定搭配，出去做某事，故填to play 。（ 2）句意：他们的母亲听到男孩们在争吵。 mother 是名词，其前是形容词性物主代词，they 的形容词性物主代词是their ，他们的，故填Their 。（ 3）句意：几天后，妈妈带了一只宠物回家。

6、dog 是可数名词单数，前面应用冠词限定。pet以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a,故填a。（ 4）句意：他们厌倦了分享一切。 be tired of doing sth. ，固定搭配，厌烦做某事，故填tired 。（ 5）句意：“不！这只狗必须分享。 ”母亲说。 share 与 dog 是被动关系， must 是情态动词，故用 must be done ，故填 be shared。（ 6）句意：几天后，这只狗悄悄地进入母亲的房间，把那里弄得一团糟。副词修饰动词短语 got into , secret 的副词是 secretly, 故填 secretly。（ 7）句意：他很快去找安迪，并告诉他狗做了

7、什么。宾语从句中缺少宾语，故用 what 指代事或物，故填what 。（ 8 ）句意：哦，不！收拾烂摊子是我们的责任！ ”安迪喊道。描述过去用一般过去时，cry 的过去式是cried ，故填cried。（ 9）句意：两条狗会弄得多糟啊！ dog 是可数名词， two 修饰可数名词复数，故在 dog 后直接加 s,故填dogs。（10）句意：我同意你，”杰森大笑说，或许分享不是那么坏。" agreewith sb.,固定搭配，同意某人，故填with 。【点评】考查语法填空，注意谓语的时态，语态，词性，连词搭配等多种用法。2 阅读下面短文，根据文章大意用所给单词的适当形式填空（未提供单词

8、的，限填一 词），使文章意思完整、正确。There are problems between teenagers and adults. Lack of（communicate）is one ofthem. As for teenagers, it can often be quite difficult to talk to our parents. It seems our parents are always telling us to study. We feel that our parents hardly understand us, so we tend to either t

9、alk to our friendsjust keep quiet about our problems. We often fail（see） thatour parents care about us. This is a shame because we can actually learn a lot from（they） experiences. We should not forget that our parents used to be teenagerstoo. They once（face） many of the same problems and（difficult）.

10、So try to beopen-minded towards their opinions. Remember that our parents just want the（good） for us. Take the time to sit down and（real） talk to them.They might provide yousome useful advice.【答案】 communication ； or ； to see ； their ； faced； difficulties ； more ； best； really ； with 【解析】【分析】本文介绍了孩子与

11、父母件怎么沟通太有效。（ 1）句意：缺乏交流是问题之一。句中 communicate 是动词，作介词of 的宾语，要用名词形式，communication 交流，抽象名词 ，故填 communication 。（2）句意：是我们要么和朋友交谈，要么就对我们的问题保持沉默，eithero葭么要么；固定搭配，故填 or。（ 3）句意：我们总是看不到父母对我们的关心。 fail to do sth ，不能成功地做某事，故此处是不定式 ，故填 to see 。（ 4）句意：这很遗憾，因为我们事实上可以从他们的经历中学到很多东西。修饰名词experiences ，要用形容词性物主代词their ， th

12、ey 是主格，故填their 。（ 5）句意：他们曾经也遇到过相同的问题和困难。描述过去要用一般过去时态，故填faced。（ 6）句意：他们曾经也遇到过相同的问题和困难。句中 and 连接并列结构， difficult 要和前面的 problems 保持一致，用 difficulties 表达各种各样的困难，故填 difficulties 。（ 7）句意：我们要努力用更开放的思维对待父母的观点。 be 系动词后是形容词，此处暗含比较，故用比较级，复合形容词 open-minded 前加 more 是比较级，故填more 。（ 8 ）句意： 父母总想把最好的给我们。 the 定冠词是最高级的标志

13、， good 的最高级是 best ，故填best 。（ 9）句意：花点时间坐下来和他们交谈。副词修饰动词 talk ， real 是形容词，副词是 really ，故填 really 。（ 10）句意：他们可能会给你提供一些有用的建议。 provide sb with sth ，固定搭配，提供 某人某物 ，故填 with 。【点评】考查语法填空，注意谓语的时态，词性，连词，比较级搭配等多种用法。3 阅读下面短文，根据语境、音标或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的词， 要求所填的词意义准确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。When I was in the middle school, I

14、got into an argument with a boy in my class. The teacher (decide) to teach us a very important lesson.She brought us up to the front of the 'kla:sru:mand placed him on one side of herdesk andon the other. In the middle of her desk was a large, round object. I could(hard)see that it was black. Sh

15、e asked the boy what color the object was. "White," he' a:nsa(r)dI couldn'tb ?'li?vhe said the object was white, when it was clearly black! Anotherargument started between my classmate and me, this time about theof the object.The teacher told me to stand where the boy was stand

16、ing and told him to come stand where I had been. We changed(place), and now she asked me what the color of the object was.I had to answer, "White."It was an object with two differently colored sides, and from his viewpoint (视角 ) it was. Only from my side it was black.I have always remember

17、ed the lesson I learned that day. Sometimes we need to look at the problem from the other (person) viewpoint in order to truly understand his/her view.【答案】 decided ； classroom ； me ； easily； answered ； believe ； color ； places； white ； person's 【解析】 【分析】本文介绍了作者明白的认识道理，我们需要从别人的角度来看待问题， 以便真正理解他的观点

18、。（ 1）句意：老师决定给我们上一节很重要的课。根据When I was in the middle school 可知时态是一般过去时， 故填 decided 。（ 2 ）句意：她把我们带到教室前面根据，定冠词 the 后是名词， 'kla:sru:m 是 classroom ，教室，是名词，故填classroom 。（ 3 ）句意：让他在桌子的一边，我在另一边，在她的桌子中间有一个很大的圆形物体。此处是 placed 的并列宾语，故用宾格，此处指代作者，故用第一人称单数， me ，是代词， 我，故填 me 。（ 4）句意：我很容易看出它是黑色的。根据it was black 可知这

19、个结果是很显然的，故此处是轻松地，副词修饰动词， hard ，是副词，困难地， easily ，是副词 ， 故填easily。（ 5）句意：“白色， ”他回答。描述过去用一般过去时， ' a:nsa（r）d answered ，是动词过去式 ，故填 answered 。（ 6）句意：我真不敢相信他说那东西是白色的。根据，couldn't 是情态动词，其后是动词原形， b?'li?v believe ，是动词，相信，故填believe 。（ 7 ）句意：另一个争论开始于我和我的同学之间，这次是关于物体的颜色。根据上下文的白色和黑色可知，是谈论颜色， the 定冠词后是名词

20、，color ，是名词，故填color 。（ 8）句意：我们换了地方。此处缺少宾语，故是名词，表示彼此的位置，是复数，place是名词，故填places。（ 9）句意：这是一个两面颜色不同的物体，在他看来是白色的。系动词is 后是形容词，根据上文我真不敢相信他说那东西是白色的，可知这个位置看是白色的， white ，是形容词，故填 white 。（ 10）句意：我一直记得那天的教训有时我们需要从别人的角度来看待问题，以便真正理解 他 / 她 的 观 点 。 viewpoint 是 名 词 ， person 是 名 词 ， 故 此 处 是 名 词 所 有 格 ， 故 填 person's

21、 。【点评】考查语法填空，注意谓语的时态，词性，所有格，和所给单词的读音等多种用法。4 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。Today almost everyone knows computers and the Internet. If I ask you" What is the most important in your life? ", maybe you will say" Computers and the Internet".The（one） computer was made in 1946. It

22、 was very big but it worked（slow）.Today computers are getting smaller and smaller. Butwork faster and faster. What cancomputers do? A writer has said, "People can't livecomputers today."The Internet came a little later than computers. It is about twenty-three years later than computers

23、. But now it can（find） almost everywhere. We can use it to read books, writeletters, do（shop）, play games or make friends.Many students like the Internet very much. They often surf the Internet as soon as they are free. They make friends on the Internet and maybe they have never seen these friends.

24、They don't know their real（name）, ages, and even sex（ 性别 ）. They are so（interest）in making the "unreal friends" that they can't put their hearts into study. Many of them can't catch up with others on many subjectsof that.We can use computers and the Internet to learn more about

25、 the world. But atsametime, we should remember that not all the things can be done by computers and the Internet.【 答 案 】 first ； slowly ； they ； without ； be found ； shopping ； names ； interested ； because； the【解析】 【分析】文章大意：文章介绍了电脑的发明时间，以及电脑的 用途。还有电脑对 我们生活的影响。（ 1）句意：第一台电脑是在 1946 年制造的。根据定冠词 the ，可知应使

26、用序数词first ，故答案是 first 。（ 2）句意：它很大，但是工作得很慢。slow 修饰动词 worked ，应使用副词slowly ，故答案是 slowly 。（ 3）句意：但是他们工作的越来越快了。空缺处指代前文的computers ，因此使用 they ，故答案是 they 。（ 4 ）句意：现在没有了电脑人们不能生活。因为电脑在我们日常生活中越来越重要。所以没有电脑就不能生活，没有without ，故答案是without 。（ 5）句意：但是现在到处都可以发它。主语it 和 find 是被动关系，应使用被动语态，含有情态动词的被动语态是：情态动词+be+过去分词，故答案是be

27、 found。（ 6）句意：我们可以用电脑读书、写信和购物，购物do shopping ，固定搭配，故答案是shopping。(7)句意：他们不知道他们真正的名字。name名字，可数名词，根据 their可知应使用复数形式，故答案是 names。(8)句意：他们对于结交不真实的朋友那么感兴趣，以致于不能把心思用在学习上。beinterested in ,对感兴趣，故答案是 interested。(9)句意：因为这个原因，他们中的许多人在许多课程山上跟不上其他学生。because of应因为，固定搭配，故答案是because。(10)句意：但是同时，我们应该记住电脑和网络并不能够做所有的事。at

28、 the sametime ,同时，固定短语，故答案是the。【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力，答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意，然 后细读文章，字斟句酌逐一作答，注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一 遍，检查验证。5.用所给单词的适当形式填空，未给词的限填一词。I used to be strongly against telling lies. I can't stand ( 忍受)lies., a white lie changed my idea.Several days ago, I invited some friends (get) together

29、at a bar to celebrate my birthday. They promised to meetat 5 p.m. When that day came, I got to barearly. To my disappointment (失 M), only one friend arrived by 4:50 p.m. Did they forget my birthday? I had to keep(wait) for them. Most of them said that they were theway while some said they were still

30、 at home. I realized that they wouldn't come on time. At 5 p.m., there(be) just three people with me. I sat on my chair(happy). How could they do this to me? They didn't care about me! I got so angry that I decided to leave. But just at that moment, a group of my(friend) came into the room w

31、ith a big cake in their hands, singing "Happy birthday to you". I was so(surprise). Ever since then, I didn't hate telling white lies anymore.【答案】 However; to get; me; the; waiting ; on; were; unhappily ; friends; surprised 【解析】【分析】作者曾经强烈反对说谎，无法忍受谎言。但一次他的朋友们在聚会上给他惊喜的经历让他自此以后不再讨厌善意的谎言。(

32、1)句意：然而，一个善意的谎言改变了我的想法。前句说：我曾经强烈反对说谎。我 无法忍受谎言。这里又说一个善意的谎言改变了我的想法，说明出现了转折，这里不是并 列句，位于句首逗号前，用 however,但是，故填 However。(2)句意：几天前，我邀请了一些朋友聚在酒吧庆祝我的生日。invite sb to do意为"邀请某人做。故填to get。(3)句意：他们答应在下午5点见我。他们是要来赴约见我，动词 meet后加人称代词宾格做宾语，我，me是宾格，故填 me。(4)句意：那天到了，我早早到了酒吧。名词 bar意为“酒吧"，这里是特指，表示就是那 个要开派对的酒吧，

33、用定冠词 the,故填the。(5)句意：我不得不一直等他们。keep doing, 一直做；wait,动词，等待，动名词是waiting ,故填 waiting。（6）句意：他们中的大多数人说他们在路上，而有些人说他们还在家里。on the way,在路上，表示他们还没到，还在路上，故填on 。（ 7）句意：下午5 点，只有三个人和我在一起。这是there be 句型，陈述过去的事情用一般过去时，最近的主语是 people,对应的be动词是were,故填were。（8）句意：我不开心地坐在椅子上。没来多少人我肯定不开心，根据How could they dothis to me? 可知是不开

34、心，副词修饰动词sat ， unhappily ，是副词，不开心地，故填unhappily 。（ 9）句意：但就在那一刻，我的一群朋友带着一块大蛋糕走进房间，唱着"祝你生日快乐"。 a group of 修饰可数名词复数，故填friends 。（ 10）句意：我是如此的惊讶。这里是在be 动词后加形容词表示状态，形容词 surprised意为 "惊讶的 " ，故填 surprised 。【点评】考查语言综合运用能力，注意谓语的时态，词性，连词搭配等多种用法。6 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式（最多 限填 3 个单词

35、）。A fisherman lived with his wife in an old shack（ 棚屋 ）by the sea. Each day he caught a fish, and cookedfor his wife. One day he caught a talking fish. The fish asked the fisherman to lethim live and the fisherman （agree）. For the rest of the day, he caught nothing else.the fisherman got home empty-

36、handed, his wife asked why. He told her about the magical fish. " It's a magical fish, so ask it to grant（ 同意 ）your wish. I hate my shack Ask the fish a nice house," she shouted. The man didn't want a house but he didn't want his wife to get angry either, so he didn't know

37、if he should is ten to his hearthis wife.The next day, the fisherman told the fish his wife's wish. When he got home, his wife was standing by the sidea nice house. For a week, she was happy but then she started tocomplain. " Go and ask for a castle（ 城堡 ）," she said. "If you don&#

38、39;t, I' be（happy）forever."So he went back and spoke to the fish again. When he got home, his wife was standing in front of a castle.Life was good for a few （day）but early one morning, the fisherman's wife sad. "I want（be）the queen of the land." The fisherman couldn't beli

39、eve it. I won't go." he told her. "Then, I will never speak to you again" she said. The fisheman went back and told the fish（nervous）.【答案】 it； agreed； When ； for ； or； of； unhappy ； days； to be ； nervously【解析】 【分析】这篇短文讲的是渔夫和金鱼的故事。一个渔夫和其中在海边一个旧房子里居住，一天渔夫钓了一条会说话的鱼。于恳请渔夫把它放了，然后满足他的愿望

40、。渔夫把这件事告诉他的妻子，他的妻子让金鱼给她一个新家。于是第二天他们有了一个新家。接着他的妻子提出更多的愿望，最后他的妻子居然想成为王后。（ 1）句意：每天他捉一条鱼并且为他妻子煮了吃。此处指上文提到的 a fish ，故用代词 it 代替，故答案为： it 。（2）句意：这条鱼让渔夫让它活下来，渔夫同意了。根据He told her about the magicalfish. " It's a magical fish, so ask it to grant（ 同意 ）your wish. 所以渔夫将金鱼放了。可知他同意了， agree 同意，句子时态是一般过去时，故答

41、案为： agreed 。（ 3 ）句意：当渔夫空手回到家时，他妻子问为什么。根据For the rest of the day, hecaught nothing else. 接下来这一天，他什么都没捉住。可知他回家时妻子问他原因， when 当时候，引导时间状语从句，故答案为：When。（ 4）句意：“向金鱼要一所新房子。 ”她大喊。 ask for ，索要，固定短语，故答案为：ask。（ 5 ）句意：这个人不想要房子但是他不想让他妻子生气，因此他不知道他应该听从他的内心还是他的妻子。 The man didn't want a house but he didn't wan

42、t his wife to get angryeither, 可知此处表示选择关系，用连词or ，故答案为：or。（6）句意：当他到家时，他的妻子正站在一所新房子旁边。by the side of,在旁边，故答案为： of 。（ 7）句意：如果你不去，我将永远不高兴。根据If you don't 可知渔夫不去要城堡，她将不高兴，happy 高兴的， unhappy 不高兴的，故答案为： unhappy 。（ 8）句意：几日来生活很好。但是一天早上他妻子伤心了。 day 天，可数名词， a few ， 几个，后面跟可数名词复数，故答案为：days。（ 9 ）句意：我想成为这个土地的王后。

43、want to do sth. 想要做某事，固定搭配，故答案为： to be 。（ 10 ）句意：渔夫返回紧张地告诉金鱼。副词修饰动词， nervous 紧张的，形容词， nervously ，紧张地，副词，故答案为： nervously 。【点评】此题考查语法填空。我们先跳过空格阅读短文，对短文内容有个大致了解，然后根据句意和上下文的联系确定句子中所缺的词，根据语法知识和固定搭配，用所给词的适当形式填空，或填上适当的词。7 阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。A group of boys gathered around a tree. "a

44、tall tree!" they said to each other. Thegroup of boys decided to play a game to see who could climb to the top of the tree first. The mothers were sitting not far away and (look)at the children as they played. One ofthe(climber)was an 8-year-old boy named David. He was (short)child in thegroup.

45、 Nobody thought he would win the competition.Then the game started. All of the boys tried (they)best to climb as high as they could.they all made it halfway up the tree before David did, he reached the top of the tree fastest in the end.His mother was glad (see)this. She asked him, "David, how

46、did you manage to reachthe top of the tree so (quick)?""It was easy, "David said." The other children (keep)looking down as they climbed.When they realized how high they were, they got scared and were afraid of falling down. However, I looked only up. When I saw how close I was,

47、I went on going higher and higher until I reached the top."It is true in life that if we just keep going forward looking back, we are more likely toreach our goals.【 答 案】 what ； looking ； climbers ； the shortest ； their ； Although/Though ； to see ； quickly ； kept ； without【解析】 【分析】本文通过David 爬树的

48、故事告诉我们如果我们继续向前，而不回头，我们更有可能达到我们的目标。（ 1）句意：好高的一棵树啊！根据a tall tree ，可知省略了主语和谓语，故是感叹句的形式， tree 是名词单数，用 what 感叹，故填what 。（ 2）句意：母亲们坐在不远处，看着孩子们玩耍。根据The mothers were sitting not faraway and 可知是并列谓语并省略了were ，故填looking 。（ 3）句意：其中一个登山者是一个名叫大卫的 8 岁男孩。 之一，固定搭配， one of+ 限定词+名词复数，故填climbers 。（ 4）句意：他是小组里个子最矮的孩子。没有人

49、想到他会赢得这场比赛。根据in thegroup可知是最高级的比较范围，the+形容词的最高级，short的最高级是 shortest,故填the shortest 。（ 5 ）句意：所有的男孩都尽力爬到尽可能高的地方。尽某人最大努力做某事，固定搭配， try one's best to do ，故此次是形容词性物主代词，故填 their。（ 6 ）句意：虽然他们都比大卫先爬到了树的一半，但他最终还是最快到达了树顶。根据they all made it halfway up 和 reached the top of the tree fastest in the end 可知此处是让步

50、状 语从句，故是引导词尽管， Although/Though ，故填 Although/Though 。（7）句意：他的母亲很高兴看到这一点。很高兴做某事，固定搭配，be glad to do,故填to see。（ 8）句意：她问他： “大卫，你是怎么这么快就爬到树顶的？ ”副词修饰动词reach ， quick的副词 quickly ，故填 quickly 。（ 9）句意：其他孩子在爬山时不断向下看。根据as they climbed. 可知时态是一般过去时， keep 的过去式是kept ，故填kept 。（ 10）句意：这是真实的生活，如果我们继续向前，而不回头，我们更有可能达到我们的目

51、标。根据looking 可知其前应是介词，根据keep going forward 可知是不要回头，没有，without ，故填 without 。【点评】考查语言综合运用能力，注意谓语的时态，非谓语动词，词性，连词搭配等多种用法。8 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词 .One of the world's most important and lovely animals is quickly disappearing, Can you guess which one it is? It (have) the longest neck among all a

52、nimals. Yes, it's the giraffe.In 1985, there were between 152,000 and 163,000 giraffe, and they lived in the plains ( 平原 ) and forests of Africa." The number of giraffes(fall) by as much as 40 percent since the1980s," says a new report on endangered wild animals and plants.Why are ther

53、e fewer and fewer giraffes? Because humans(cut) down many trees tobuild more houses. And they are also killing the animals(eat) their meat. A report fromthe International Union for Conversation of Nature says," Giraffes (disappear) silently inthe near future. And it is time that we do something

54、 for the giraffe before it is too late."People think giraffes are everywhere. Kids' books are full of giraffes, and there are always giraffes in zoos. But giraffes are in great danger now. Humans（stop） killing off certainendangered wild animals and try hard （help）save them.【答案】 has； has fal

55、len ； are cutting ； to eat ； will disappear ； should stop ； to help【解析】 【分析】大意：短文主要介绍了长颈鹿的生存现状。（ 1）句意：它在所有的动物之中有着最长的脖子。根据主语 it ，可知应用 have 的三单形 式has。故答案为has。（ 2 ）句意：自从十九世纪八十年代，长颈鹿的数量已经减少高达百分之四十。根据时间状语since the 1980s自从十九世纪八十年代，可知本句应用现在完成时have/has+过去分词。根据主语The number of 数量，可知助动词应用has， fall 的过去分词为 falle

56、n 。故答案为 has fallen 。（ 3）句意：因为人类正在砍下大量的树去建更多的房子。根据上文Why are there fewerand fewer giraffes?为什么长颈鹿越来越少，可知询问的是现状，应用现在进行时be+现在分词。根据主语humans ，可知be 动词应用 are， cut 的现在分词为 cutting 。故答案为 arecutting 。（ 4 ）句意：他们也在猎杀动物吃它们的肉。动词不定式做目的状语，表“为了” 。故答案为 to eat 。（ 5）句意：长颈鹿在不远的将来将会默默地消失。根据时间状语in the near future 在不远的将来，可知本

57、句时态为一般将来时will+动词原形。故答案为will disappear o（ 6）句意：人类应该停止猎杀濒危的野生动物。根据上文But giraffes are in great dangernow. 但长颈鹿正处于巨大的危险之中，可知人类应该停止猎杀。情态动词 should 表 “应 该”，后接动词原形。故答案为 should stop。（ 7）句意：然后努力试着去帮助拯救他们。固定搭配try to do sth. 尽力做某事。故答案为to help 。【点评】考查语法填空，注意根据单词在语境中的词性进行必要的变形，同时熟记固定搭 配和基本句型。9 用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空，必要时

58、可加助动词或情态动词。My seventh grade English teacher was named Mr. Forest. He had dark hair and a bushy（ 浓密的 ） beard. All of the student liked him because he picked out really good stories for us（read）in class. Well, we all liked him until he（return） our graded homework.When he gave back my paper, it looked

59、like it（cover） in blood. He （check）everything and made comments with a red pen .There were so many marks and comments that you couldn't even tell what I had written. Mr. Forest wanted me（fix） everything.At that time, I was sure Mr. Forest didn't understand anything about being in the seventh grade. Why was he was strict