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leather n. 皮革
One day a king went to a faraway place in his country. When he
1. (come) back, his feet hurt a lot. “There are too many small
2. (stone) on the roads. They hurt my feet. You should cover
every road 3. leather,” he told his men. Of course it would cost a
lot of money. One of his men 4. (be) very smart. He told the
king, “Why not cut a little piece of leather 5. (cover) your
feet?” The king was 6. (surprise), but he agreed to the man’s
idea. He 7. (ask) his men to make a pair of leather shoes for
him.
Maybe this is not the beginning of leather shoes, 8. ______ it
teaches a lesson of life: if you want to make this world 9. happy
place to live in, the 10. (good) way is to change yourself, not
the world.

1. came 2. stones 3. with 4. was 5. to cover 6. surprised 7. asked
8. but 9. a 10. best

【分析】
通读全文可知，这是一篇讲述鞋子发明起源的记叙文，整体时态为一般过去时。解题时需结合上下文语境，运用语法规则（时态、词性、固定搭配等）逐一推导答案：先判断句子时态确定动词形式，再根据名词修饰词、固定搭配、词性转换、逻辑关系等确定其他空的内容。
【解析】
1. 全文为过去的故事，此处用come的过去式came；
2. many后接可数名词复数，stone变复数stones；
3. 固定搭配cover...with...（用……覆盖……），填with；
4. 主语one of his men为单数，过去时态用be的过去式was；
5. 此处表目的，用不定式to cover；
6. 修饰人（the king），用ed结尾的形容词surprised（感到惊讶的）；
7. 故事时态为过去时，ask变过去式asked；
8. 前后句为转折关系，用连词but；
9. 泛指“一个快乐的地方”，happy以辅音音素开头，用不定冠词a；
10. 定冠词the后接形容词最高级，good的最高级为best。
【答案】
1. came 2. stones 3. with 4. was 5. to cover 6. surprised 7. asked 8. but 9. a 10. best
【知识点】
一般过去时、固定搭配、形容词形式、最高级
【点评】
本文是关于鞋子发明的简短记叙文，语篇贴近主题，难度低，主要考查初中英语基础语法，适合巩固基础，学生易掌握。
【难度系数】
0.8