三、完形填空( 共 10 小题,计 10 分)
根据短文内容，从 A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出一个能填入相应空格内的最佳答案。
Sam was worried. The following morning, he would have art class. It was his favourite class, but there was a 1 . Sam saw the world differently from everybody else. When he drew, birds had dif-ferent-sized wings, and buildings had strange shapes. Every time he painted a picture, his teachers and classmates would be 2 .
It was time for the art class. Nervously, Sam looked at the white piece of paper in front of him.
“Good morning, class, ” said Mr White. “Today, we’re going to paint… ”
Sam 3 , wondering what the next word would be. Please, he thought, not houses. Not build-ings…
“We’re going to paint 4 , ” said Mr White, with a smile.
“Yes! Great! ” said Sam 5 .
“We can’t paint that! ” shouted Mike from the other side of the classroom.
“Sure, you can, ” replied Mr White 6 . “Think about it, Mike. What makes you happy?”
“Um. . beaches, sunshine, and. . . ice-cream! ” said Mike.
“Well, there you go. That’s how you paint it. Start working! ” said Mr White.
Sam was already 7 . He splashed( 泼洒 ) large numbers of paints all over the 8 . It was really beautiful! There were shapes that we didn’t have in the real world and the colours were so shin-ing. The whole class 9 and Sam looked proud.
From that day on, Sam was never 10 about art class. He knew that he could paint happiness, no matter what he painted.
() 1. A. difference B. problem C. reason D. way
() 2. A. encouraged B. relaxed C. satisfied D. surprised
() 3. A. agreed B. replied C. understood D. waited
() 4. A. buildings B. houses C. happiness D. summer
() 5. A. excitedly B. carelessly C. kindly D. sadly
() 6. A. angrily B. patiently C. secretly D. worriedly
() 7. A. painting B. playing C. talking D. writing
() 8. A. book B. floor C. paper D. wall
() 9. A. cheered B. doubted C. finished D. regretted
() 10. A. careful B. certain C. happy D. nervous

1. B
2. D
3. D
4. C
5. A
6. B
7. A
8. C
9. A
10. D

1. 前文提到“Sam was worried”及“he would have art class. It was his favourite class, but...”，这里表示有最喜欢上的课，但是有个问题。“problem”符合语境。答案是B。
2. 根据“When he drew, birds had different - sized wings, and buildings had strange shapes.”可知他画的东西和别人不一样，所以每次他画画，老师和同学都会感到惊讶。“surprised”符合文意。答案是D。
3. 他紧张地看着面前的白纸，老师开始说话，他等待着老师下一个词是什么。“waited”有等待的意思，符合语境。答案是D。
4. 从后文“He knew that he could paint happiness”可知老师让他们画“happiness”。答案是C。
5. 听到要画自己认为快乐的东西，Sam很兴奋，“excitedly”表示兴奋地。答案是A。
6. 老师耐心地回答Mike，“patiently”符合老师回答学生疑问时的态度。答案是B。
7. 结合语境，艺术课上自然是已经开始“绘画”了，“painting”符合。答案是A。
8. 前面提到“looked at the white piece of paper”，所以是把颜料泼洒在纸上。答案是C。
9. 看到Sam画得很好，全班都欢呼起来，“cheered”符合。答案是A。
10. 从那以后，Sam不再对美术课感到紧张，“nervous”符合前文他担心上美术课的语境。答案是D。

四、词汇运用( 共 8 小题,计 8 分)
根据句意及括号内所给提示，填入单词的适当形式。
1. I remember (tell) you what I am going to do after graduation.
2. (graduate) from the junior high school means a lot to me.
3. My friend Lily didn’t congratulate me on (win) the competition.
4. She is so (care) that everyone in our dormitory likes her very much.
5. The poor lady was (thank) to him for the donated washing machine.
6. My time in junior high school has been (enjoy).
7. We can’t believe how fast the time (go) by.
8. (prepare) for the art festival took us a lot of time.

1. telling 2. Graduating 3. winning 4. caring 5. thankful 6. enjoyable 7. goes 8. Preparing

1. remember doing sth. 记得做过某事，填telling。
2. 动名词作主语，填Graduating。
3. on为介词，后接动名词，填winning。
4. be动词后接形容词，填caring。
5. be thankful to sb. 感谢某人，填thankful。
6. be动词后接形容词，填enjoyable。
7. 主语time为不可数名词，谓语动词用第三人称单数，填goes。
8. 动名词作主语，填Preparing。