第二节 词汇运用
A. 用方框中所给的单词或短语的适当形式填空,每个单词或短语限用一次。
skill fail afford crazy hardly painful make every effort
Our class decided to put on a school play. However, we could 51. believe how expensive the materials were. Our teacher told us that we couldn't 52. new ones. Then, Lucy shared a 53. idea: to build the props(道具) ourselves.
Our first few attempts 54. completely. It was 55. to see our creations fall apart. But we didn't give up. We decided to 56. and try again. Everyone's special 57. was put to good use. In the end, we were proud to see that amazing props had been created by our team!
B. 阅读下面的短文,根据括号内所给汉语注释写出单词的正确形式。
In the sea, there are small sea animals called cleaner shrimp. These tiny and colourful animals have a good relationship with fish because they 58. (两个都) get something by working together. The fish is cleaned by the shrimp, and the shrimp get meals through taking away parasites(寄生虫) from the fish. The parasites are usually too small for the fish to 59. (清除) on their own.

If a fish has parasites and 60. (需要) a service, it looks for a brightly-coloured cleaner shrimp. When the fish swims up to the rock, the cleaner shrimp does a strange dance. The shrimp rocks its body as if to have a 61. (对话), “Fish Cleaning Service!” This dance 62. (提供) a message to the fish that the shrimp is hungry. The fish then changes its colour from light to dark, a 63. (方法) to show that the fish wants to be cleaned.
Cleaner shrimps do a job of cleaning 64. (完全) for each fish. They will clean a fish from head to tail. However, large fish could be dangerous. If a fish moves to a shrimp but does not change colour, the shrimp knows that it's not 65. (幸运). It is at risk of becoming a meal!

51. hardly 52. afford 53. crazy 54. failed 55. painful
56. make every effort 57. skill 58. both 59. clear
60. requires/wants/needs 61. conversation/dialogue/talk 62. provides
63. method/way 64. fully/completely 65. lucky

【分析】
本题分为A、B两部分，A部分是选词填空，B部分是根据汉语提示写单词，解题思路如下：
1. A部分：首先明确方框内单词/短语的含义，再结合每空的上下文语境，判断所需单词的语义、词性和形式：
51空：根据“how expensive the materials were”，表达“几乎不敢相信”的语义，选择表“几乎不”的副词；
52空：前文提到材料昂贵，此处表达“买不起新的”，选择表“负担得起”的动词；
53空：“自己做道具”是一个大胆新奇的想法，选择表“疯狂的”形容词修饰idea；
54空：结合“first few attempts”和后文“creations fall apart”，表达尝试“失败”，用动词过去式；
55空：看到作品散架的感受是“痛苦的”，选择形容词作表语；
56空：根据“didn't give up”，表达“全力以赴再尝试”，选择对应的短语；
57空：结合“everyone's special”和“put to good use”，选择表“技能”的名词。
2. B部分：根据汉语提示，结合句子的语法结构（如时态、词性、单复数）确定单词的正确形式：
58空：表示“两者都”，用对应代词；
59空：“too...to”结构后接动词原形，填写“清除”的动词；
60空：主语是第三人称单数，“需要”用动词三单形式；
61空：前面有不定冠词a，填写“对话”的单数名词；
62空：主语是第三人称单数，“提供”用动词三单形式；
63空：前面有不定冠词a，填写“方法”的单数名词；
64空：修饰动词clean，用“完全”的副词形式；
65空：be动词后接形容词，填写“幸运”的形容词形式。
【解析】
A部分：
51. 根据语境“材料价格昂贵，我们几乎不敢相信”，hardly意为“几乎不”，符合语义，故填hardly。
52. 前文提到材料贵，此处表达“买不起新的材料”，afford意为“负担得起”，couldn't后接动词原形，故填afford。
53. “自己制作道具”是一个新奇大胆的想法，crazy意为“疯狂的；新奇大胆的”，修饰idea符合语境，故填crazy。
54. 根据后文“creations fall apart”可知前几次尝试失败了，描述过去的事用一般过去时，fail的过去式是failed，故填failed。
55. 看到自己的创作散架是痛苦的感受，painful意为“痛苦的”，作表语符合语境，故填painful。
56. 根据“didn't give up”可知我们决定全力以赴再尝试，make every effort意为“全力以赴”，decide to后接动词原形，故填make every effort。
57. 每个人的特殊技能都被充分利用，skill意为“技能”，结合语境用单数形式，故填skill。
B部分：
58. “both”表示“两者都”，指代cleaner shrimp和fish，故填both。
59. “clear”意为“清除”，“too+形容词+to do”结构中用动词原形，故填clear。
60. 主语a fish是第三人称单数，一般现在时中“需要”可译为requires/wants/needs，故填requires/wants/needs。
61. “conversation/dialogue/talk”都可表示“对话”，前面有a，用单数形式，故填conversation/dialogue/talk。
62. “provide”意为“提供”，主语this dance是第三人称单数，一般现在时中动词用三单形式provides，故填provides。
63. “method/way”表示“方法”，前面有a，用单数形式，故填method/way。
64. “fully/completely”是副词，意为“完全地”，修饰动词clean，故填fully/completely。
65. “lucky”是形容词，意为“幸运的”，在be动词后作表语，故填lucky。
【答案】
51. hardly 52. afford 53. crazy 54. failed 55. painful
56. make every effort 57. skill 58. both 59. clear
60. requires/wants/needs 61. conversation/dialogue/talk 62. provides
63. method/way 64. fully/completely 65. lucky
【知识点】
词义辨析、动词形式变化、形容词副词运用
【点评】
本题考查词汇在语境中的综合运用，既要求学生掌握单词的基本含义，又需要结合上下文判断词性、时态、单复数等语法细节，部分题目有多种合理答案，对学生的词汇积累和语境理解能力有一定考验。
【难度系数】
0.6