Unit 4 A good read
单元话题短文首字母填空练习
（2022下·江苏扬州·八年级校联考期中）根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，完整地写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。(每空一词)
Tom walked away from the school. He was leaving to become a criminal（罪犯）, never to r 1 . He was a lonely boy; nobody loved him. He met his best friend, Joe Harper. Joe was looking for Tom for the same r 2 . Joe’s mother had beaten him. But Joe hadn’t done a 3 wrong. She was tired of him and she wanted him to go away. The two boys began to make their plans. Joe a 4 with Tom’s idea about starting a life of crime and becoming pirates.
Five kilometres south of St Petersburg was an i 5 called Jackson’s Island. It was uninhabited, and it was close to the other shore of the river. They decided to go there. They looked for Huckleberry Finn, and he j 6 them immediately. They decided to meet at a place on the river bank three kilometres from the village at midnight. There was a small raft there which they intended to take. Each would bring hooks（鱼钩） and lines for f 7 , and whatever provisions they could steal— like r 8 criminals.
Tom arrived with a boiled ham, Joe had some bacon, and Huck had a frying pan. They took some fire from an empty boat, then they set off on the raft. At about two o’clock in the morning, they landed on Jackson’s Island, and carried their things o 9 the shore. They took the old sail from the raft to make a tent to shelter their provisions. They decided to sleep o 10 , because that was what criminals did. Then they let the raft go down the river.
（2022下·江苏盐城·八年级校联考期中）Long long ago, there lived a very cruel sultan. The sultan ruled his kingdom w 11 an iron fist (铁拳). Everyone in the land did e 12 what the sultan ordered (命令). The kingdom’s prisons (监狱) were full of people who had not done what the sultan had ordered.
As the sultan’s next birthday came, everyone was too a 13 to get up and face the day. L 14 , most people had nothing to worry about except Ali and Baboo, for they were told to go before the sultan. They were told to take part in a camel race. The w 15 of the race was the person whose camel came last. The loser would get five years in prison.
Ali and Baboo came to the starting line of the race and set off, but they went very very s 16 . Neither man wanted to go in front of the other. So before long their camels stopped. They had no idea.
The kingdom’s wisest person, a woman n 17 Shiraz, came to the two men. She w 18 something in each other’s ear. Then each man leaped (跳跃) on a camel and rode the camels faster and faster. They raced towards the finishing line as quickly as they c 19 .
Everyone was s 20 at what was happening. One man asked Shiraz what she had told the camel riders. “Simple,” she said, “I just told each of them to get on the other man’s camel. After all, the winner is the person whose camel comes last.”
（2022下·江苏镇江·八年级统考期中）
There was a small hill not far away and Alice d 21 to walk to it. “I shall be able to see the garden better from the t 22 of the hill,” she said.
She tried very hard to reach the hill, but it seemed i 23 to get to it. She went first this way, then that way, but every time she turned a corner, she found h 24 back at the house.
“I’m not going in again yet,” she told the house crossly.” I’ll have to go back t 25 the looking-glass into the old room and that’s the end of all my adventures then!”
She tried once more, and this time p 26 a large flowerbed, with a tree growing in the middle.
“Oh, Tiger-lily,” Alice said to one of the f 27 , “I wish you could talk!”
“We can talk,” said the Tiger-lily, “if there is anybody interesting enough to talk to.” For a minute Alice was too s 28 to speak. Then she said, almost in a whisper, “And can all the flowers talk ”
“As well as you can,” said the Tiger-lily, “And a lot l 29 .”
“It isn’t p 30 for us to begin, you know,” said the Rose, “and I was really wondering when you would speak.”
—Taken from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland
（2022下·江苏盐城·八年级校联考期中）In the days that followed, People in Lilliput did their best to make me feel at home and brought me food and drink. H 31 of tiny people made new clothes for me and organized language lessons for me. So gradually, I began to understand and c 32 with the Lilliputians. I also learned more about their lives.
The king and his people always treated me well and helped me in many ways. But I was still a prisoner(犯人) in my temple home. Then one day, the king a 33 me to walk around Lilliput. This made me very h 34 . I was careful not to hurt people as I walked. E 35 seemed peaceful in Lilliput and I saw no problems for the people there. But I was w 36 .
One day, Reldresal came to see me and told me about a terrible fighting a 37 a country nearby called Blefuscu. More than 30,000 Lilliputians died in the fighting. The r 38 for the fighting was that the king made the new rule: Everyone must break open their boiled(煮熟) eggs from the s 39 end instead of the big end. Only because the king’s grandfather cut his finger by opening the egg from the big end! I was surprised and couldn’t b 40 my ears. The rule was so strange !
Adapted from Gulliver’s Travels
（2022上·江苏徐州·八年级统考期中）根据短文内容及首字母提示，写出所缺单词。
Two friends are travelling together when they meet a bear on their way. One of them is good at c 41 trees. He quickly gets up a tree and does not help his friend.The other man has to lie on the ground and pretends(假装) to be dead. The bear comes up to him and s 42 him all over with his nose. Then the bear says s 43 in the traveller’s ear. The bear does not think the traveller will taste good, so he goes away.
When the bear leaves, the other traveller up on the tree comes d 44 . “Are you all right, my friend Did the bear say anything in your ear ” he says, “What did it say ”
“It tells me,” the man says, “N 45 travel with someone who runs away when there is danger.”
（2024上·江苏扬州·八年级统考期末）根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整，完整地写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空一词）
The months came and went. With lots of food and no work in the Southland, White Fang lived h 46 . All things went well with White Fang, except for (除了) Collie. She never forgot his killing chicken, b 47 he didn’t care. He learned how to laugh, and how to play at fighting with his master without really biting h 48 . When the master rode his horse, White Fang went with him. He never got tired, because he ran like a wolf.
Once, when they were out riding, a rabbit frightened the h 49 , and his master fell and broke his leg.
“Home! Go home!”said the master when he felt he was hurt.
White Fang didn’t want to l 50 him. But the master ordered him gently but seriously. “Go home and tell them what’s happened to me.”
White Fang only knew the m 51 of “home,” and he knew it was his master’s will that he should go home. He began to run, but then he stopped, undecided, and looked back over his shoulder.
“Go home!” came the sharp order, and this time he f 52 the order.
The family were taking the cool of the afternoon when White Fang a 53 . He came in among them, pulled Scott’s wife’s dress and barked—something he had never done before.
“Something’s happened to Scott,” said his wife.
They all stood up, and White Fang ran out of the house. He looked b 54 at them using his eyes to say: “follow me.”
After this, everyone liked him even more.
The days came and went. White Fang’s second winter came. He was s 55 to find that Collie changed. Soon, he forgot there had been unhappiness between them, and started playing with her.
—Taken from White Fang
（2024上·江苏扬州·八年级统考期末）根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。在答题卡标有题号的横线上，完整地写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空一词）
Little Women is a novel written by Louisa May Alcott. It is a story about four sisters in New England: Jo, Meg, Beth, and Amy, and it is based on her own l 56 of growing up with her three sisters.
When the story begins, the sisters are complaining because they are p 57 and have to work. Their mother says that they mustn’t spend money on pleasure b 58 there is a war and everybody must help. Their f 59 is in the army. In the letters their father sends home he tells his daughters to work hard and not to waste their time. They must try to a 60 the bad things in their lives and stay cheerful. He wants to be proud of them when he comes home. The girls d 61 to make an effort to improve themselves because they love and miss their father very much. In the e 62 , their father is home from the war. The novel ends with the family h 63 gathering together. Each sister is thankful for her blessings and for each other.
The book tells a story about growth, family, friendship and love. Though they are not p 64 and they all have their own weaknesses, they try to deal with their own problems. A 65 we grow up, we also meet with a lot of problems. If we try to be happy, to be brave, to be thankful when we face difficulties, we can get what we want.
—Taken from Little Women
（2024上·江苏扬州·八年级统考期末）根据对话内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使对话完整。（每空一词）
I was very happy to be with my family again. But I am a t 66 by nature and after only two months I looked for another job as a ship’s doctor.
I set off for Surat in India, on a ship called the Adventure. The first part of our j 67 went well. But when we sailed through the Indian Ocean there were some t 68 storms. The winds were so strong that they sent our ship completely off course. Finally, when the storms s 69 , we saw an island. We had no more drinking water so I went to find some f 70 water. When I returned there were no men and no boat! Then I saw them.
I ran as fast as possible in the opposite direction. I then climbed a big hill and h 71 behind a tree. I looked around and saw some other giants c 72 grass in the fields. On my last journey I was a giant of tiny people and now I am a tiny person of giants! It was not a nice feeling. “W 73 did I leave the comfort of my home and family to travel again ” I asked myself.
S 74 , a giant bent down and picked me up and I felt like one of the tiny Lilliputians.
“Please don’t hurt me,” I called to the giant.
He answered in a strange l 75 and I didn’t understand. Then he lifted me to his face and looked at me with great interest. I thought he wanted to eat me but he put me into his hand and carried me home.
—Taken from Gulliver’s Travels
（2024上·江苏南京·八年级统考期末）请根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为1—10的相应位置上。
This story took place during the Warring States period (战国时期). At that time, kings would often exchange (交换) each other’s sons as hostages (人质) to p 76 their own countries.
Now it was the prince (王子) of Wei’s turn. He was going to be a hostage in Handan, the capital of Zhao. Pang Cong, a great leader, was going with him. B 77 they left, Pang Cong said to the king of Wei, “If someone comes to report that he sees a tiger in the market, will Your Majesty (陛下) believe it ”
“Of course not, “the king answered. “If a s 78 man comes to say the same thing, will Your Majesty believe it ”
“I start to think about it. “
“Then, if a third man comes with the same r 79 , will Your Majesty believe it ” “think I will believe it is t 80 .”
“Well, we all know we can’t see a tiger in the market. But since three men say the same thing e 81 now believes there is a tiger there. Handan is much f 82 from our capital than the market is from here, and more than three people will say bad words b 83 my back when I am away!
“I know what to do, “the king said impatiently.
But after Pang Cong left, the king’s e 84 were filled with bad words about him.
When Pang Cong returned to Wei with the prince, the king didn’t t 85 him anymore.
So, “three men make a tiger” means that if a lie is repeated often enough, people may start to believe it.
参考答案：
1．(r)eturn 2．(r)eason 3．(a)nything 4．(a)greed 5．(i)sland 6．(j)oined 7．(f)ishing 8．(r)eal 9．(o)nto 10．(o)utside
【分析】本文节选自《汤姆索亚历险记》，讲述了汤姆和他的朋友离家出走的故事。
1．句意：他要离开，成为一名罪犯，一去不复返。根据“He was leaving to become a criminal（罪犯）”结合首字母可知，汤姆不会再回来了。return“返回”，动词。空前有不定式符号，动词用原形。故填(r)eturn。
2．句意：乔正在寻找汤姆出于同样的原因。根据“Joe was looking for Tom for the same...”结合首字母可知，此处是固定短语for the same reason“处于同样的原因”。故填(r)eason。
3．句意：但是乔并没有做错什么。根据“But Joe hadn’t done...wrong”可知乔根本没有做错事。anything“任何事”符合语境。故填(a)nything。
4．句意：乔同意汤姆开始犯罪生活并成为海盗的想法。根据“Joe...with Tom’s idea ”可知乔同意汤姆的想法，agree“同意”，动词，句子是一般过去时，动词用过去式。故填(a)greed。
5．句意：圣彼得堡以南五公里处有一个叫杰克逊岛的岛。根据“Jackson’s Island”可知是指岛屿。island“岛屿”，名词。故填(i)sland。
6．句意：他们寻找哈克贝利·费恩，他马上加入了他们。根据“They looked for Huckleberry Finn, and he...them immediately.”可知哈克贝利·费恩加入和汤姆和乔，join“加入”，动词，句子是一般过去时，动词用过去式。故填(j)oined。
7．句意：每个人都带着钓鱼用的鱼钩和鱼线，以及任何他们能偷到的食物——就像真正的罪犯一样。根据“Each would bring hooks（鱼钩） and lines”可知带着钓鱼用的鱼钩和鱼线是为了钓鱼，fish“钓鱼”，动词，空前有介词，动词用动名词。故填(f)ishing。
8．句意：每个人都带着钓鱼用的鱼钩和鱼线，以及任何他们能偷到的食物——就像真正的罪犯一样。根据“whatever provisions they could steal— like...criminals.”结合首字母可知，此处是指真正的罪犯。real“真正的”，形容词。故填(r)eal。
9．句意：大约凌晨两点钟，他们登上了杰克逊岛，把他们的东西搬上了岸。根据“they landed on Jackson’s Island, and carried their things...the shore.”可知他们把东西搬到岸上，onto“到……之上”符合语境。故填(o)nto。
10．句意：他们决定睡在外面，因为那是罪犯干的事。根据“They decided to sleep...because that was what criminals did”可知是指睡在外面，outside“外面”符合语境。故填(o)utside。
11．(w)ith 12．(e)xactly 13．(a)fraid 14．(L)uckily 15．(w)inner 16．(s)lowly 17．(n)amed 18．(w)hispered 19．(c)ould 20．(s)urprised
【分析】本文讲述了一个叫设拉子的女人，为参加骑骆驼赛跑的阿里和巴布二人出主意的故事。
11．句意：苏丹用一个铁拳统治他的王国。根据“The sultan ruled his kingdom w… an iron fist (铁拳).”可知，此处指用铁拳统治他的王国，with“用”为介词，表示“用某种工具或手段等”。故填(w)ith。
12．句意：这片土地上的每个人都完全按照苏丹的命令行事。分析句子可知，此处修饰动词do，应使用副词；根据“The kingdom’s prisons (监狱) were full of people who had not done what the sultan had ordered.”可知，人们要完全服从苏丹的命令，exactly“准确地，精确地”符合句意。故填(e)xactly。
13．句意：当苏丹的下一个生日到来时，每个人都太害怕了，不敢起来面对这一天。根据第一段“Long long ago, there lived a very cruel sultan.…what the sultan ordered (命令).”可知，苏丹很残酷，所以每个人都很害怕，afraid“害怕的”，形容词作表语。故填(a)fraid。
14．句意：幸运的是，除了阿里和巴布，大多数人都不用担心什么，因为他们被告知要走在苏丹之前。分析句子可知，此处修饰句子，应使用副词，根据“most people had nothing to worry about except Ali and Baboo”并结合首字母L提示可知，除了阿里和巴布，大多数人不用过于担心，所以他们很幸运，Luckily“幸运地”符合句意。故填(L)uckily。
15．句意：比赛的获胜者是骆驼排在最后的那个人。根据“The w… of the race was the person whose camel came last. The loser would get five years in prison.”可知，此处缺少名词，指的是获胜者，结合首字母w提示，winner“获胜者”符合句意，空前有定冠词the表示特指，所以名词使用单数形式。故填(w)inner。
16．句意：阿里和巴布来到起跑线出发了，但是他们走得非常非常慢。根据下一句“Neither man wanted to go in front of the other.”可知，两个人走得很都慢，此空缺少副词，修饰动词，结合首字母s提示，slowly“慢慢地”符合句意。故填(s)lowly。
17．句意：有一个女子名叫设拉子，是王国中最有智慧的人，来到这两个人面前。根据“The kingdom’s wisest person, a woman n… Shiraz, came to the two men.”可知，此处解释这个女子的名字，结合首字母n，此处使用name的过去分词形式named，在句中作定语。故填(n)amed。
18．句意：她在彼此耳边小声说了些什么。根据“One man asked Shiraz what she had told the camel riders.”可知，她对二人小声说了一些话，结合w可知，whisper“小声说”符合句意，根据“came”可知，该句应用一般过去时，动词使用过去式。故填(w)hispered。
19．句意：他们以尽可能快的速度冲向终点线。根据“They raced towards the finishing line as quickly as they c…”可知，此处是as quickly as sb. can“尽可能快”，由“raced”可知，该句为一般过去时，动词使用过去式，could符合句意。故填(c)ould。
20．句意：每个人都对正在发生的事情感到惊讶。根据“The winner of the race was the person whose camel came last.”和“They raced towards the finishing line as quickly as”可知，本来最后到达的才是获胜者，结果二人的速度都很快，这让大家很吃惊，be surprised at“对……感到吃惊”。故填(s)urprised。
21．(d)ecided 22．(t)op 23．(i)mpossible 24．(h)erself 25．(t)hrough 26．(p)assed 27．(f)lowers 28．(s)urprised 29．(l)ouder 30．(p)olite
【分析】本文是《爱丽丝镜中奇遇记》的节选内容，会说话的花园。
21．句意：不远处有座小山丘，爱丽丝决定步行到那边去。根据“Alice…to walk to it.”及首字母提示可知，这里是指决定步行去，decide“决定”；这里讲述故事，因此用过去式。故填(d)ecided。
22．句意：她说：“站在山顶上，我可以把花园看得清楚些。”根据“from the…of the hill”及首字母提示可知，这里指山顶，the top of the hill意为“山顶”。故填(t)op。
23．句意：为了到那山去，她做了各种努力，但要到那儿，似乎是不可能的。根据“She went first this way, then that way, but every time she turned a corner,”及首字母提示可知，but表示转折，虽然做了很多努力，但是到那儿去似乎是不可能的，impossible意为“不可能的”，形容词作表语。故填(i)mpossible。
24．句意：她先走这条路，然后走那条路，但每次一拐弯，她发现自己又回到出发前的那所房子。根据“she found…back at the house.”及首字母提示可知，这里是说她发现自己又回到出发前的那所房子，这里用herself作宾语。故填(h)erself。
25．句意：我得再次穿过镜子，回到那老房间去。那么，我的探险可就全完结了。根据“the looking-glass into the old room”及首字母提示可知，这里指要穿过镜子，回到那老房间去，through意为“穿过”。故填(t)hrough。
26．句意：她又重试了一次。这次她经过了一个大花坛，中间长了一棵树。根据“and this time…a large flowerbed, with a tree growing in the middle.”及首字母提示可知，这里指她经过了一个大花坛，pass意为“经过”，这里需用过去式。故填(p)assed。
27．句意：爱丽丝对其中一株花说：“原来是株卷丹，你能讲话该多好！”根据“a large flowerbed”及首字母提示可知，卷丹是一株花，flower意为“花”，one of 后跟名词复数。故填(f)lowers。
28．句意：爱丽丝顿时惊异得哑口无言。根据“‘We can talk,’ said the Tiger-lily,”及首字母提示可知，爱丽丝听到花儿说话，应是惊讶的，surprised意为“惊讶的”，形容词作表语。故填(s)urprised。
29．句意：不会讲得比你差，而且声音还要洪亮得多。根据“almost in a whisper,”及首字母提示可知，这里是说花儿说话的声音比爱丽丝的大，这里应该用loud的比较级louder。故填(l)ouder。
30．句意：玫瑰说：“我们先开口就失礼了，我很想知道你什么时候愿意讲话。”根据“It isn’t…for us to begin, you know,”及首字母提示可知，这里指先开口就是无礼的，polite意为“有礼貌的”，形容词作表语。故填(p)olite。
31．(H)undreds 32．(c)ommunicate 33．(a)greed 34．(h)appy 35．(E)veryone 36．(w)rong 37．(a)gainst 38．(r)eason 39．(s)mall 40．(b)elieve
【分析】这篇短文讲述了主人公去小人国的经历。
31．句意：成百上千的人为我制作新衣服，并为我安排语言课。结合首字母，可知空处应是Hundreds，词组“hundreds of”表示虚数，意为”成百上千的”。故填(H)undreds。
32．句意：所以渐渐地，我开始了解小人并与他们交流。根据“I began to understand”及结合首字母，可知填communicate“与某人交流、沟通”。communicate with“与……联系、与……交往”，故填(c)ommunicate。
33．句意：后来有一天，国王同意我绕着小人国散步。本文时态为一般过去时，此处应填动词，结合首字母，可知是agreed”同意”，故填(a)greed。
34．句意：这让我非常高兴。根据上文“Then one day, the king agreed me to walk around Lilliput.”后来有一天，国王同意我绕着小人国散步。由make sb+adj.可知空处应填形容词，结合首字母，可知是happy“高兴”。故填(h)appy。
35．句意：Lilliput的每个人看起来都很平静，我认为那里的人没有任何问题。结合首字母，空处应是作主语，可知填Everyone”每个人”。故填(E)veryone。
36．句意：但我错了。根据“But I was...”。分析句子可知此处缺形容词作表语，结合首字母，可知是wrong”错的”。故填(w)rong。
37．句意：一天，Reldresal来看我，告诉我一场与附近一个叫Blefuscu的国家的可怕战斗。fight against意为“与……作斗争、反对……”。结合首字母，可知是against “反对”。故填(a)gainst。
38．句意：战斗的原因是国王制定了新规则。空前有定冠词“the，空处应填名词，结合首字母，可知是reason”原因”，根据谓语was，可知用单数形式。故填(r)eason。
39．句意：每个人都必须从小头而不是大头打碎煮蛋。根据后文的“big end”及结合首字母，可知是small“小的”。故填(s)mall。
40．句意：我很惊讶，简直不敢相信自己的耳朵。couldn’t+动词原形，结合首字母，可知是believe“相信”。故填(b)elieve。
41．(c)limbing 42．(s)mells 43．(s)omething 44．(d)own 45．(N)ever
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，介绍了两个朋友一起旅行，一个会爬树丢下了自己的朋友独自逃生，而另一个靠着装死逃过一劫，告诉了人们永远不要和遇到危险时逃跑的人一起旅行。
41．句意：其中之一擅长爬树。根据“He quickly gets up a tree”和首字母c可知，他擅长爬树，be good at doing sth“擅长做某事”，climb“爬”，故填(c)limbing。
42．句意：熊走到他跟前，用鼻子闻了闻他的全身。根据“The bear comes up to him and…him all over with his nose”可知，and并列两个时态相同的句子，空处使用三单形式，熊用鼻子闻，smell“闻”，故填(s)mells。
43．句意：然后熊在旅行者的耳边说了些什么。根据后文“Did the bear say anything in your ear ”和空前says并结合首字母s可知，表示说了写什么，something“某些事”，故填(s)omething。
44．句意：当熊离开时，树上的另一个旅行者也下来了。根据前文“He quickly gets up a tree”和首字母d可知，这个人应该是从树上下来，down“向下”，故填(d)own。
45．句意：永远不要与遇到危险时逃跑的人一起旅行。根据首字母提示可知，其中一个朋友在遇到危险时就丢下这个人独自逃生，因此是永远不要和自私的人一起旅行，故填(N)ever。
46．(h)appily 47．(b)ut 48．(h)im 49．(h)orse 50．(l)eave 51．(m)eaning 52．(f)ollowed 53．(a)rrived 54．(b)ack 55．(s)urprised
【分析】本文主要讲述White Fang的主人受伤，White Fang回家求助的故事。
46．句意：在南方有很多食物，没有工作，White Fang过得很快乐。根据“With lots of food and no work in the Southland”及首字母提示可知，此处指White Fang过得很快乐，happily“快乐地”符合。故填(h)appily。
47．句意：她从未忘记他杀鸡的事，但他不在乎。根据空前后句的句意及首字母提示可知，此处表示转折关系。故填(b)ut。
48．句意：他学会了如何笑，如何在不咬主人的情况下和主人玩耍打架。根据“how to play at fighting with his master without really biting…”及首字母提示可知，此处指代“his master”；分析句子结构可知，此处应用人称代词宾格作宾语。故填(h)im。
49．句意：有一次，当他们出去骑马的时候，一只兔子吓到了马，他的主人摔倒了，摔断了腿。根据上文“When the master rode his horse”及首字母提示可知，此处指马。故填(h)orse。
50．句意：White Fang不想离开他。根据下文“But the master ordered him gently but seriously. ‘Go home and tell them what’s happened to me.’”及首字母提示可知，此处指White Fang不想离开主人，leave“离开”符合；根据空前的“want to”可知，此处应用动词原形。故填(l)eave。
51．句意：White Fang只知道“家”的意思，他知道主人的意愿是他应该回家。根据“White Fang only knew the …of ‘home,’ and he knew it was his master’s will that he should go home.”的句意及首字母提示可知，此处指White Fang只知道“家”的意思，meaning“意思”符合。故填(m)eaning。
52．句意：“回家去！”尖锐的命令传来，这次他听从了命令。根据下文“The family were taking the cool of the afternoon when White Fang…”及首字母提示可知，White Fang听从了主人的命令，follow“听从”符合；句子时态为一般过去时，所以此处应用动词的过去式形式。故填(f)ollowed。
53．句意：White Fang到来的时候，一家人正在下午乘凉。根据下文“He came in among them”及首字母提示可知，此处指到达，arrive“到达”符合；句子时态为一般过去时，所以此处应用动词的过去式形式。故填(a)rrived。
54．句意：他回头看了看他们，用眼睛说：“跟我来。”根据“follow me”及首字母提示可知，此处指回头看，look back at“回头看”，固定词组。故填(b)ack。
55．句意：他惊讶地发现Collie变了。根据“He was…to find that Collie changed.”及首字母提示可知，此处指他惊讶地发现Collie变了，surprised“惊讶的”。故填(s)urprised。
56．(l)ife 57．(p)oor 58．(b)ecause 59．(f)ather 60．(a)ccept 61．(d)ecide 62．(e)nd 63．(h)appily 64．(p)erfect 65．(A)s
【分析】本文主要讲述了《小妇人》这本书的大概内容。
56．句意：这是一个关于新英格兰四姐妹：乔、梅格、贝丝和艾米的故事，它是根据她自己和三个姐妹一起长大的生活改编的。根据“based on her own..of growing up with her three sisters”及首字母可知，此处指成长生活中的故事，life“生活”，被her own修饰，用单数即可，故填(l)ife。
57．句意：在故事开始时，姐妹们在抱怨，因为她们很穷，必须工作。根据“have to work”及首字母可知，应是因为很穷所以得工作，poor“贫穷的”，形容词作表语，故填(p)oor。
58．句意：她们的妈妈说，她们不能把钱花在享乐上，因为有战争，每个人都必须帮忙。空后“there is a war”是解释空前“不能把钱花在享乐上”的原因，所以空处用because引导原因状语从句，故填(b)ecause。
59．句意：她们的父亲在军队里。根据“In the letters their father sends home”及首字母可知，此处指的是父亲，father“父亲”，故填(f)ather。
60．句意：她们必须尽量接受生活中不好的事情，保持快乐。根据“he tells his daughters to work hard and not to waste their time...the bad things in their lives ”及语境和首字母可知，此处指接受生活中不好的事情，accept“接受”。must后跟动词原形，故填(a)ccept。
61．句意：女孩们决定努力提高自己，因为她们非常爱和想念她们的父亲。根据“He wants to be proud of them when he comes home.”及首字母可知，听了爸爸的话，女孩们决定努力提高自己，decide“决定”，时态是一般现在时，主语是复数名词，所以空处用动词原形，故填(d)ecide。
62．句意：最后，他们的父亲从战场上回来了。in the end“最后”，固定短语，故填(e)nd。
63．句意：小说以一家人幸福地聚在一起结束。根据“the family...gathering together”及首字母可知，此处指家人幸福地团聚，happily“幸福地”，故填(h)appily。
64．句意：虽然她们都不完美，她们都有自己的弱点，但是她们试图处理自己的问题。根据“they all have their own weaknesses”及首字母可知，此处指“不完美”，perfect“完美的”，形容词作表语，故填(p)erfect。
65．句意：随着我们的成长，我们也会遇到很多问题。根据“we grow up, we also meet with a lot of problems”及首字母可知，应是随着成长也会遇到很多问题，as“随着”，故填(A)s。
66．(t)raveller 67．(j)ourney 68．(t)errible 69．(s)topped 70．(f)resh 71．(h)id 72．(c)utting 73．(W)hy 74．(S)uddenly 75．(l)anguage
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，是摘自《格列佛游记》中的一个片断，讲述了格列佛跟着船只到一座小岛上探险时遇到了巨人，并被巨人带回家的故事。
66．句意：但我天生就是个旅行家，仅仅两个月后，我就找了一份船上医生的工作。根据下文“after only two months I looked for another job as a ship’s doctor.”和首字母“t”可知，此处是指作者是天生的旅行者，traveller“旅行者”，名词，空前有不定冠词a，此处用单数。故填(t)raveller。
67．句意：我们旅程的第一部分进行得很顺利。结合上文“I set off for Surat in India, on a ship called the Adventure.”和首字母“j”可知，此处是指旅行的第一部分，journey“旅行”，名词，根据“the first part of our…”可知，此处用单数。故填(j)ourney。
68．句意：但是当我们航行穿过印度洋时，遇到了一些可怕的风暴。结合下文“The winds were so strong that they sent our ship completely off course.”和首字母“t”可知，此处是指遇到了可怕的风暴，terrible“可怕的”，形容词，在句中作定语修饰名词storms。故填(t)errible。
69．句意：最后，当暴风雨停止时，我们看到了一个岛屿。结合语境和首字母“s”可知，此处是指暴风雨停了，stop“停止”，动词，句子时态为一般过去时，谓语应用过去式stopped。故填(s)topped。
70．句意：我们没有更多的饮用水，所以我去找一些淡水。结合上文“We had no more drinking water”和首字母“f”可知，此处是指作者想去找一点淡水，fresh“淡的，无盐的”，形容词，fresh water“淡水”，固定搭配。故填(f)resh。
71．句意：然后我爬上一座大山，躲在一棵树后面。结合上文“I then climbed a big hill”和首字母“h”可知，此处是指作者躲在树后面，hide“躲藏”，动词，时态为一般过去时，这里应用过去式hid。故填(h)id。
72．句意：我环顾四周，看到其他一些巨人在田野里割草。结合语境和首字母“c”可知，此处是指在割草，cut“割”，动词，根据“saw some other giants … grass”可知，此处考查see sb. doing sth.“看见某人在做某事”，这里应用cut的现在分词形式cutting作宾语补足语。故填(c)utting。
73．句意：为什么我要离开舒适的家和家人去旅行呢？根据上文“On my last journey I was a giant of tiny people and now I am a tiny person of giants! It was not a nice feeling.”可知，此处是指作者对自己旅行的目进行了自我反问，应用why来询问原因，位于句首，首字母要大写。故填(W)hy。
74．句意：突然，一个巨人弯下腰把我抱了起来，我感觉自己就像小人国里的一个小矮人。结合下文“a giant bent down and picked me up”和首字母“S”可知，此处是指一个巨人突然弯下腰，把我举了起来；suddenly“突然地”，副词，在句中作状语，修饰整个句子，位于句首，首字母要大写。故填(S)uddenly。
75．句意：他用一种奇怪的语言回答，我听不懂。根据下文“I didn’t understand.”和首字母“l”可知，此处是用一种奇怪的语言；language“语言”，名词，空前有不定冠词a，此处应用单数形式。故填(l)anguage。
76．(p)rotect 77．(B)efore 78．(s)econd 79．(r)esult 80．(t)rue 81．(e)veryone 82．(f)arther 83．(b)ehind 84．(e)ars 85．(t)rust
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了中国古代战国时期三人成虎的成语典故。
76．句意：那时，国王们经常交换彼此的儿子作为人质来保护他们自己的国家。开篇即阐明了交换人质的目的是为了国家，具体而言是保护国家，to后接动词原形，故填(p)rotect。
77．句意：临走前，庞葱对魏王说：“如果有人来报告说，他在市场上看到了老虎，陛下会相信吗？”由“they left”和“Pang Cong said to the king of Wei”可推知，此时他们还没有离开魏国，故填(B)efore。
78．句意：如果第二个人来说同样的事情，陛下会相信吗？联系下文“if a third man comes with the same…”可知，这里是第二个人来说同样的话，second“第二”，序数词。故填(s)econd。
79．句意：接着，如果第三个人也带着同样的结果来报告，陛下会相信吗？由前文“If someone comes to report”和“comes to say the same thing”可知，这里又是不同的人来汇报同样的事，此处应用名词result“结果”符合语境，故填(r)esult。
80．句意：我想我会相信它是真的。根据前文三人的报告，以及下文“now believes there is a tiger there”可知，此时国王已经相信市场上有只老虎是真的了，true“真的”，形容词作表语，故填(t)ure。
81．句意：但由于三个人都说了同样的话，现在每个人都相信那里有只老虎了。缺少的部分是句子的主语，与上文的“we all know”呼应，everyone“每个人”符合语境，故填(e)veryone。
82．句意：邯郸与魏国都城的距离比市场离这里远得多。“much…than…”结构中，副词much修饰比较级结构，由句意可知，空白处要表达的是“遥远”的含义，因此这里用far的比较级，故填(f)arther。
83．句意：当我离开后，不止三个人会在我的背后说我的坏话。由“say bad words”和“my back”可知，此处表达的是”背后说坏话”，应用介词behind，故填(b)ehind。
84．句意：但当庞葱离开后，国王的耳边充斥着关于他的坏话。由上文“people will say bad words”和本句的“filled with bad words”可知，人们说了很多坏话，因此国王的耳朵里装满了坏话，此处应用复数名词ears。故填(e)ars。
85．句意：当庞葱和王子返回魏国后，国王不再信任他了。结合上文的原因：国王耳边充满了说庞葱的坏话，可推知，最终的结果是国王不再信任他了。也符合下文“if a lie is repeated often enough, people may start to believe it”的寓意。trust“信任”，助动词后跟动词原形，故填(t)rust。
