一、将方框中所给词语的适当形式填入短文中,每词仅用一次
instead of nobody search for succeed in the end
Long long ago, there was a boy called Cao Chong. He was the youngest son of
Cao Cao. He was very smart.
One day, one of Cao Cao's friends sent him a big elephant. He looked at the big
elephant and said to his friends, "If someone can get a way to know how heavy the
elephant is, he can get a prize. " They thought carefully, but 1. could. At
that moment, Cao Chong was playing with his brothers. As soon as they heard this,
they all tried their best 2. a way. After a while, Cao Chong got a great idea.
He asked a man to take the elephant into a boat, and then marked a line where the
water went up. And then the man took the elephant out of the boat. Cao Chong asked
other people to put some stones into the boat 3. the elephant. When the
water came up to the marked line, he told them to weigh all the stones. 4. ,
he got the weight of the elephant. He got the prize because he 5. in working
out the problem.

1.nobody 2.to search for 3.instead of 4.In the end 5.succeeded

【分析】
这道题是选词填空题，解题思路如下：第一步先通读备选词汇，明确每个词/短语的含义和基本用法；第二步通读全文，了解文章是大家熟悉的曹冲称象的典故，把握整体叙事逻辑和时态（全文为一般过去时）；第三步逐空分析句子语义、搭配需求，选择对应词汇，同时根据语法规则变形，最后核查所有词仅使用一次、语义通顺即可。
【解析】
1. 前文提到众人认真思考称象的办法，but表示转折，说明没有人能想出可行方案，因此填nobody。
2. 此处符合固定搭配try one's best to do sth.（尽某人最大努力做某事），语境是大家都尽全力寻找称象的方法，因此填to search for。
3. 曹冲的操作是把大象牵出船后，往船里放石头来替代大象，instead of意为“代替”，完全符合语境，因此填instead of。
4. 此处是描述完成所有操作之后的结果，放在句首首字母需要大写，表达“最终、最后”的含义，因此填In the end。
5. 全文叙事为一般过去时，搭配结构succeed in doing sth.（成功做成某事），succeed的过去式为succeeded，因此填succeeded。
【答案】
1. nobody 2. to search for 3. instead of 4. In the end 5. succeeded
【知识点】
固定短语搭配，词形变换，语境选词
【点评】
本题结合经典历史典故出题，语境熟悉易懂，重点考察常见短语的搭配运用，仅需注意不定式变形、过去式变形、句首单词大写的细节，整体难度偏低，适合巩固基础短语知识点。
【难度系数】
0.7

二、语法填空
Once 1. a time, there was a lion. One day, the lion was ill and other
animals hurried 2. (visit) him. The lion would be angry 3. they
did not show him enough respect. Only the fox did not go at once. The wolf hated
the fox 4. the fox was smarter than he was. "What a good chance to get
him into trouble!" the wolf thought. Then he began 5. (tell) the lion
terrible stories about the fox.
The fox arrived 6. (final) and heard the end of the stories. He saw
7. angry the lion was. He came up with 8. idea to save
himself. He said to the lion, "I find a cure(疗法) for your illness. If you wrap
(裹) the skin of a wolf around you, you'll feel 9. (good) at once. In the
end, the lion killed the wolf and wrapped 10. (he) skin around himself.
The fox told the other animals, "The wolf did a good thing to make the lion feel
happy."

1.upon 2.to visit 3.if 4.because 5.to tell 6.finally 7.how 8.an
9.better 10.his

【分析】
这是一篇寓言类的基础语法填空题，解题时首先通读全文把握故事整体大意，再逐句分析空格的句子成分和语义逻辑：优先回忆初中阶段常见的固定习语、动词搭配，再根据空格修饰的成分判断是否需要做词性转换，结合前后句的逻辑关系选择合适的连词，最后代入所有答案通读全文验证语义通顺即可。
【解析】
1. 考查固定故事开篇习语once upon a time，意为“从前”，是固定表达，填upon。
2. 考查非谓语动词，固定搭配hurry to do sth. 表示“匆忙去做某事”，因此填to visit。
3. 考查条件状语从句连词，句意为“如果它们不对狮子表现出足够的尊重，狮子就会生气”，表假设逻辑，填if。
4. 考查原因状语从句连词，后半句解释狼憎恨狐狸的原因，表因果逻辑，填because。
5. 考查非谓语动词，固定搭配begin to do sth. 表示“开始做某事”，因此填to tell。
6. 考查词性转换，空格修饰整个句子作状语，需要将形容词final变为副词形式，表“最终”，填finally。
7. 考查宾语从句引导词，结构为how+形容词+主语+谓语，用来表达“狮子有多么生气”，how修饰形容词angry，填how。
8. 考查冠词，固定搭配come up with an idea表示“想出一个主意”，idea以元音音素开头，因此填an。
9. 考查形容词比较级，此处暗含“裹上狼皮之后状态比之前更好”的比较含义，good的比较级为better，填better。
10. 考查代词，空格修饰名词skin，需要用形容词性物主代词指代狼的皮，he对应的形容词性物主代词是his，填his。
【答案】
1. upon 2. to visit 3. if 4. because 5. to tell 6. finally 7. how 8. an 9. better 10. his
【知识点】
固定搭配、词性转换、从句引导词
【点评】
本题考点覆盖初中英语核心基础知识点，大部分空格都有明确的固定搭配提示，整体语境通俗易懂，做完后将答案代入全文通读验证逻辑，就能有效避免低级错误，适合用来巩固基础语法点。
【难度系数】
0.8