五、短文填空(每小题 1 分，满分 10 分)
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据各题所给首字母的提示，写出一个合适的英语单词完整的、正确的形式，使短文通顺。
Sir Charles Baskerville died. His sudden death(死亡) made everybody 56. s because he was a nice man and made many friends when he was at Baskerville Hall.
Mr Barrymore，the butler(男管家)，said that Sir Charles was sad and worried these days. He told Barrymore that he was 57. p to go back to London the next day. Then，he went for his evening walk as 58. u. He did not come 59. b，and at midnight，Barrymore went to look for him. He 60. f Sir Charles’s footprints(脚印) until he found his master’s body on the moor.
A man called Murphy was on the moor at the time and said that he 61. h shouting，but he was drunk(喝醉的) at the time and no one would 62. b what he said.
The report said that Sir Charles had a 63. w heart and died of a heart attack(心脏病). And this made it clear that the stories of a huge hound should not be believed.
“Do you know anything more?” said Holmes when Dr Mortimer had finished.
“Yes. Sir Charles would never go out onto the moor at night 64. b he was afraid of being hurt. He asked me a few times if I heard a hound barking at night，but I never had. I was there within an hour when he died. Barrymore said that he saw 65. n else，but I did. I saw the footprints of a hound，Mr Holmes.”
—Taken from The Hound of the Baskervilles

56. sad/surprised 57. planning 58. usual 59. back 60. followed 61. heard 62. believe 63. weak 64. because 65. nothing
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章节选自《巴斯克维尔的猎犬》，主要讲述了查尔斯·巴斯克维尔爵士的突然死亡事件以及与之相关的猎犬脚印的谜团引发了福尔摩斯对案件的调查。

【分析】
做首字母填空类题目，需先通读短文把握整体语境，再结合空格前后的逻辑关系、固定搭配、语法规则，匹配首字母写出正确单词，同时注意单词形式的变化（如时态、词性等）。本题节选自名著片段，需结合故事背景和上下文语义推导答案。
【解析】
56. 句意：他的突然死亡让每个人______，因为他是好人且交了很多朋友。首字母为s，结合语境，查尔斯爵士突然离世，人们会感到难过或惊讶，make sb + adj结构，故填sad/surprised。
57. 句意：他告诉巴里莫尔第二天______回伦敦。be planning to do sth是固定搭配，表“计划做某事”，此处用过去进行时，故填planning。
58. 句意：然后他像往常一样去傍晚散步。as usual是固定短语，意为“像往常一样”，故填usual。
59. 句意：他没有回来，午夜时巴里莫尔去找他。come back是固定搭配，表“回来”，符合语境，故填back。
60. 句意：他跟着查尔斯爵士的脚印直到在荒野找到主人的尸体。follow意为“跟随”，此处用一般过去时，故填followed。
61. 句意：墨菲说他听到了喊叫，但当时喝醉了。hear意为“听到”，此处用一般过去时，故填heard。
62. 句意：没人会相信他说的话。believe意为“相信”，符合语境，故填believe。
63. 句意：报告称查尔斯有虚弱的心脏，死于心脏病。weak意为“虚弱的”，weak heart表“心脏不好”，故填weak。
64. 句意：查尔斯晚上从不出去荒野，因为他害怕受伤。前后是因果关系，用because引导原因状语从句，故填because。
65. 句意：巴里莫尔说他没看到其他东西，但我看到了猎犬的脚印。nothing else意为“没有其他东西”，符合语境，故填nothing。
【答案】
56. sad/surprised 57. planning 58. usual 59. back 60. followed 61. heard 62. believe 63. weak 64. because 65. nothing
【知识点】
首字母填空、固定搭配、语境理解
【点评】
本题为名著节选的短文填空，重点考查学生对语境的把握、固定搭配的积累及词汇运用能力，需结合故事背景推导语义，整体难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6

六、阅读与回答问题(每小题 2 分，满分 10 分)
请认真阅读下面短文，并根据短文内容回答问题。
There was nothing for Mary to do in the house，so every day she walked in the gardens. She did this before breakfast，and the fresh air made her hungry. She was so hungry that she even ate the porridge and enjoyed it. After breakfast，Mary walked in the gardens and on the moor. She spent most of her time outdoors and began to feel healthier and happier than she had felt for a very long time.
One day，she walked around the wall without a door. Suddenly，she heard a bird singing. She looked up，and the robin was sitting on a branch that hung over the wall. She was pleased to see the bird and talked to it. “You live in that garden，don’t you?” she said. “But no one can go in because there isn’t a door. I want to know what’s behind this wall.”
The next morning，when Martha brought her breakfast，she asked，“Martha，why isn’t there a door in the wall of one of the gardens?”
“I don’t know for certain，” Martha answered，“but the story is that when Mr Craven married，he and his young wife were very happy. They used to spend a lot of their time together in that garden reading and talking. Then one day，a branch of a tree fell down and hit Mr Craven’s wife on the head. The next day she died.”
“Oh，that is such a sad story，” Mary said. As she was thinking these things，she heard a cry. “What was that?” she asked Martha. Quickly，Martha answered，“Just the wind.”
“No，it wasn’t，” Mary said. “It did not sound like the wind. And I heard a door shut somewhere.”
“If it wasn’t the wind，” Martha answered，“then it was Betty in the kitchen. She has a toothache.” Mary looked at Martha and thought，“She isn’t telling me the truth. She knows something she doesn’t want me to know.”
—Taken from The Secret Garden
66. When did Mary usually walk in the gardens?
67. How did Mary feel when she spent most of her time outdoors?
68. Why couldn’t anyone go into the garden?
69. What did Mr Craven and his wife use to spend their time doing?
70. What do you think of Mary according to the article?(请自拟一句话作答)

66. Before breakfast. 67. She felt healthier and happier./Healthier and happier. 68. Because there wasn’t a door. 69. Reading and talking. 70. Curious and clever.（开放性问题，言之有理即可）
【语篇解读】本文是一篇记叙文。文章节选自《秘密花园》，这部分讲述了 Mary 在散步时发现了一个没有门的花园，花园里有奇怪的声音，Martha 隐瞒了实情，在这个花园里曾发生过 Mary 不知道的事情。

【分析】
解答本题需先通读短文理解大意，再针对每个问题定位原文对应内容：66题查找Mary在花园散步的时间，直接定位原文细节；67题查找Mary在户外的感受，对应原文表述；68题查找没人能进花园的原因，定位原文原因句；69题查找Craven夫妇过去常做的事，对应原文细节；70题需结合Mary的行为（对无门花园好奇、察觉Martha撒谎）进行简单推理，给出合理评价。
【解析】
66. 根据短文第一段第二句“She did this before breakfast”可知，Mary通常在早饭前在花园散步，故答案为Before breakfast.
67. 根据短文第一段最后一句“began to feel healthier and happier than she had felt for a very long time”可知，Mary在户外待了大部分时间后感觉更健康、更快乐，故答案为She felt healthier and happier./Healthier and happier.
68. 根据短文第二段最后一句“But no one can go in because there isn’t a door”可知，没人能进花园是因为没有门，故答案为Because there wasn’t a door.
69. 根据短文第四段“They used to spend a lot of their time together in that garden reading and talking”可知，Craven夫妇过去常花时间在那个花园里读书和交谈，故答案为Reading and talking.
70. 结合文中Mary对无门花园的好奇、察觉Martha隐瞒实情的表现，可评价她是好奇且聪明的，开放性问题言之有理即可，故答案为Curious and clever.（答案不唯一，合理即可）
【答案】
66. Before breakfast.
67. She felt healthier and happier./Healthier and happier.
68. Because there wasn’t a door.
69. Reading and talking.
70. Curious and clever.（开放性问题，言之有理即可）
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、推理判断
【点评】
本题节选自名著《秘密花园》，主要考查学生对短文细节信息的查找能力及简单推理能力，题目难度适中，符合初中英语阅读的考查要求，学生通过定位原文即可解答大部分问题，开放题也易结合文中人物表现得出合理结论。
【难度系数】
0.8