Ⅳ. 综合填空。
first, angry, anything, why, in, from, an, find, noise, think
Long ago, there was a thief (小偷). He always (1) he was clever. One day, he wanted to steal (偷) things (2) his neighbor. But he (3) there was a bell on his neighbor's door. So, he wanted to steal the bell (4) . He caught the bell and pulled it hard. The bell made a very loud (5) . He was afraid and went home. Then he sat down to think, “I must do something about the noise,” he said. He thought and thought. At last he had (6)  idea. “I will put some cotton (棉花) (7)  my ears. Then I won't hear the noise.”
The next day he went to the door of his neighbor, and caught the bell. This time he pulled even harder. The bell rang loudly, but the thief did not hear (8) . With another hard pull, he got the bell out. Just then the neighbor came running out. “Steal my bell? I will teach you a lesson,” the man shouted (9) . And he hit the thief on the nose. The thief did not know (10) the neighbor knew he was stealing the bell.

V. 1. thought 2. from 3. found4. first 5. noise 6. an 7. in 8. anything 9. angrily 10. why

【解析】
1. 第(1)空：根据语境“他总是认为自己很聪明”，且全文为一般过去时，填think的过去式thought。
2. 第(2)空：固定搭配steal sth. from sb.表示“从某人处偷某物”，故填from。
3. 第(3)空：结合语境“他发现邻居家门上有个铃铛”，用find的过去式found。
4. 第(4)空：根据上下文，他想先偷走铃铛，填first。
5. 第(5)空：固定搭配make a noise表示“发出噪音”，故填noise。
6. 第(6)空：idea是以元音音素开头的单词，前面用不定冠词an。
7. 第(7)空：put sth. in...表示“把某物放进……里”，故填in。
8. 第(8)空：否定句中用anything表示“任何东西”，此处指小偷什么都没听到。
9. 第(9)空：需要副词修饰动词shouted，angry的副词形式是angrily，表示“生气地喊”。
10. 第(10)空：根据语境“小偷不知道邻居为什么知道他在偷铃铛”，填why。
【答案】
1. thought 2. from 3. found 4. first 5. noise 6. an 7. in 8. anything 9. angrily 10. why
【知识点】
固定搭配运用；一般过去时；词性转换
【点评】
本题以“掩耳盗铃”的英文故事为载体，考查学生对词汇、固定搭配、时态及词性转换的综合运用能力，需结合语境和语法知识选择合适词汇，部分空需注意词形变化，贴近学生生活常识，便于理解语境。
【难度系数】
0.7