一、根据汉语或首字母提示写出单词。
1. When you visit someone, it's polite to knock at the door before ___ (进入).
2. — What do the ___(便条)on the desk say?
— They say that there will be a meeting tomorrow.
3. Look! Wang Ling is running ___(朝)the man over there. Does she know him?
4. We had a meeting and ___(决定)to volunteer at the local museum on weekends.
5. Everyone was ___(突然)quiet in class when the teacher came into the classroom.
6. The little boy is not tall enough to r___ the book on the shelf.
7. My sister works in a big company. She has a long list of t___ to finish every day.
8. Unluckily, he f___ in the exam because of his carelessness.

1. entering 2. notes 3. towards 4. decided
5. suddenly 6. reach 7. tasks 8. failed

二、用括号中所给词的适当形式填空。
1. I'm flying a kite in the park. I'm so ___ (excite).
2. “Where is our homework? We can't find it,” the boys said to ___ (they).
3. He gave up ___ (play) video games and started reading books instead.
4. His mother told him to be careful ___ (not fall) over in the snow but he didn't listen to her.
5. I met my classmate just now, so I stopped ___ (talk) with him.

1. excited 2. themselves 3. playing 4. not to fall
5. to talk

三、单项选择。
1. (2024·无锡锡山区期末)It's ___ for me to buy that set of books. I don't have enough money!

A.too cheap
B.too expensive
C.cheap enough
D.expensive enough

1. B

2. I saw Janie ___ out of the house and take a taxi.

A.coming
B.will come
C.come
D.came

2. C

3. — I tried hard at my schoolwork but still ___.
— Don't be sad. Sometimes losing is only a sign that you really tried.

A.replied
B.failed
C.agreed
D.happened

3. B

4. (家乡江苏)— Shall we take a walk along Shantang Street tonight?
— ___ I have other plans already.

A.I'm afraid not.
B.Of course.
C.I'm afraid so.
D.No problem.

4. A

四、(2025·南京阶段练习)根据首字母提示补全短文。
Chinese writer Hai Ya's The Space-Time Painter(《时空画师》)won the Hugo Award(雨果奖)for Best Novelette on October 21, 2023. He became the 1. t___ Chinese writer to win a Hugo Award after Liu Cixin in 2015 and Hao Jingfang in 2016.
When creating The Space-Time Painter, Hai Ya got his 2. i___ from a famous painting, A Panorama of Rivers and Mountains(《千里江山图》). It is by Wang Ximeng from the Song Dynasty. Based on Wang, Hai created a 3. c___ named Zhao Ximeng who painted for an emperor(皇帝)more than 1,000 years ago. After many hard times, Zhao's mind leaves his body and 4. e___ a space where a modern policeman is trying to solve a case about an ancient painting.
Hai Ya's story with science fiction began in his childhood. "When I was a child, the bookstore in my hometown helped create a beautiful 5. g___ in my mind. In it, science fiction offered the most beautiful 'flowers'," Hai Ya told Beijing Youth Daily. He 6. a___ that science fiction opened a new world for him. Hai Ya's works are a mix of history and science fiction. These two styles 7. s___ opposite(相反的): One takes a look at the past, and the other faces the future. However, in Hai Ya's works, they find a perfect balance.
“If we can only 8. i___ the future and things in space like rockets, it will only limit our abilities,” Hai Ya told Shenzhen Special Zone Daily. “I don’t think history is something totally in the past. It is flowing, and we can predict the future by looking 9. b___ at history,” he said. More Chinese writers today are trying to mix 10. t___ culture with modern stories. “Our history and culture have lasting values that can touch everyone,” he said to Xinhua.

1. third 2. idea/ideas 3. character 4. enters
5. garden 6. added 7. seem 8. imagine 9. back
10. traditional