Passage 7
teach although take praise promise
quick progress colour skill upon lose
In China, there is an idiom “江郎才尽”--Jiang Lang's talent(天赋) runs out. It describes writers 1 their talent. Who is Jiang Lang?
Once 2 a time, there was a poet named Jiang Yan. People also called him Jiang Lang. 3 he lived in a poor family, he studied hard and became good at writing poems. People 4 his talent. The emperor heard of him and 5 to give him a job in the royal court(朝廷). Later, Jiang got an official job and became rich 6. He wrote less and less, so he didn't make 7 any longer. People felt sorry for him and used “Jiang Lang's talent runs out” to describe him.
Why did Jiang Lang lose his excellent writing 8? A story says that he had a dream. One day a man said to him,“I have left my pen in your hand for a long time. Now it's time 9 it back.” So Jiang took out a 10 pen and returned it to the man. Jiang never wrote a good poem again after having that dream. The story 11 us that we should keep learning and working hard to develop ourselves in the whole life.
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Passage 8
side smart into he heavy work
ask final weigh careful idea
One day during a Spring Festival, some people brought a big elephant to Cao Cao as a gift. They wanted to know how 1 the elephant was. Many officials tried different ways but couldn't 2 out the answer.
Then Cao Chong, Cao Cao's young and 3 son, came forward. He came up with a clever 4. First, he 5 a group of men to take the elephant onto a boat in the river. The boat sank(下沉) a little, and Cao Chong made a mark(记号) on the 6 of the boat. Then they took the elephant off the boat and put stones(石头) side by side 7 the boat until the water reached the same mark.
8, they weighed all the stones together. “Now we know the elephant's 9!” said Cao Chong proudly. Everyone was amazed at 10 mind. This story shows that even children can solve difficult problems if they think 11.
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Passage 7
1. losing 2. upon 3. Although
4. praised 5. promised 6. quickly 7. progress
8. skill 9. to take 10. colourful 11. teaches
Passage 8
1. heavy 2. work 3. smart 4. idea
5. asked 6. side 7. into 8. Finally 9. weight
10. his 11. carefully

【分析】
解题思路：首先通读两篇短文理解大意，再针对每个空格，结合上下文语境、固定搭配、语法规则（时态、词性、非谓语等），从给定词汇中选合适的词，并根据需要调整词形（如动词过去式、副词等），确保语句通顺逻辑合理。
【解析】
Passage 7：
1. 修饰writers，表“失去天赋的作家”，用lose的现在分词losing作后置定语；
2. 固定搭配once upon a time（从前），填upon；
3. 引导让步状语从句，表“虽然”，填Although；
4. 一般过去时作谓语，praise的过去式praised；
5. 与heard并列，用promise的过去式promised；
6. 修饰became rich，用quick的副词形式quickly；
7. 固定搭配make progress（取得进步），填progress；
8. 表“写作技能”，填skill；
9. 固定句型it's time to do sth.，填take；
10. 修饰pen，用colour的形容词形式colourful；
11. 主语是第三人称单数，谓语用teach的第三人称单数teaches。
Passage 8：
1. 询问大象重量，用形容词heavy；
2. 固定搭配work out（解决），填work；
3. 修饰son，用形容词smart（聪明的）；
4. 固定搭配come up with an idea（想出主意），填idea；
5. 一般过去时作谓语，ask的过去式asked；
6. 表“船的边”，填side；
7. 表“进入船里”，填into；
8. 表顺序“最后”，用final的副词形式Finally；
9. 表“重量”，填weigh的名词形式weight；
10. 修饰mind，用he的形容词性物主代词his；
11. 修饰think，用care的副词形式carefully。
【答案】
Passage 7：1. losing 2. upon 3. Although 4. praised 5. promised 6. quickly 7. progress 8. skill 9. to take 10. colourful 11. teaches
Passage 8：1. heavy 2. work 3. smart 4. idea 5. asked 6. side 7. into 8. Finally 9. weight 10. his 11. carefully
【知识点】
词汇运用（固定搭配、词性变化）；语境选词填空；形容词副词辨析
【点评】
本题为选词填空题，考查学生对常用词汇的词义、固定搭配及语法变形的掌握，需结合上下文逻辑和语法规则解题，难度适中，适合中等水平学生完成。
【难度系数】
0.6