A. 词汇与语法。
The Clever Fisherman
Once upon a time, there 1. (be) a poor fisherman. One day, he 2. (catch) a bottle in his net. When he 3. (open) it, a genie 4. (come) out. The genie 5. (look) angry and 6. (shout), “Prepare to die!” The fisherman 7. (feel) scared, but he 8. (think) quickly. He 9. (ask) the genie, “How can such a big genie come from such a small bottle?” The foolish genie 10. (show) him how to get back into the bottle. He 11. (turn) into smoke and 12. (go) back into the bottle. The fisherman 13. (close) the bottle at once. He 14. (save) himself and 15. (regret) opening the bottle at first! From the experience, he 16. (study) that he should think twice before he acts.

1. was 2. caught 3. opened 4. came 5. looked 6. shouted 7. felt 8. thought 9. asked 10. showed 11. turned 12. went 13. closed 14. saved 15. regretted 16. studied

本题考查一般过去时的用法，句首的"Once upon a time（从前）"表明整个故事都发生在过去，所有括号内给出的动词都需要变为对应的一般过去式：
1. there be句型中主语a poor fisherman是单数，be动词的过去式用was；
2. 不规则动词catch的过去式为caught；
3. 规则动词open的过去式直接在词尾加ed，为opened；
4. 不规则动词come的过去式为came；
5. 规则动词look的过去式直接在词尾加ed，为looked；
6. 规则动词shout的过去式直接在词尾加ed，为shouted；
7. 不规则动词feel的过去式为felt；
8. 不规则动词think的过去式为thought；
9. 规则动词ask的过去式直接在词尾加ed，为asked；
10. 不规则动词show的过去式为showed；
11. 规则动词turn的过去式直接在词尾加ed，为turned；
12. 不规则动词go的过去式为went；
13. 规则动词close的过去式直接在词尾加d，为closed；
14. 规则动词save的过去式直接在词尾加d，为saved；
15. 重读闭音节结尾且末尾只有一个辅音字母的regret，过去式双写t再加ed，为regretted；
16. 以辅音字母加y结尾的study，过去式变y为i再加ed，为studied。