()1.—Anna, how does the dress look on me?
—To tell you the ____, it doesn't fit you well.

A.trade
B.trust
C.truth
D.treat

C 【点拨】动词 tell 提示用 truth(真相)构成动宾短语，表示“跟你说实话，它并不是非常适合你”。trade 贸易；trust 信任；treat 对待。故选 C。

()2.—Why does Eddie get ____ like a detective today?
—Because his food has ____ missing for a long time. He wants to find out who the thief is.

A.dressed; been
B.dressed; gone
C.dressing; been
D.dressing; gone

A 【点拨】问句意为“埃迪今天为什么打扮得像个侦探?”；get dressed like 打扮得像；答句第一句意为“因为他的食物消失好长时间了”；“for a long time”是一段时间，要用延续性动词。故选 A。

( )3.(2024·江苏南通海门区一模) A ____ desk means you are organized. You won't have to spend hours looking for the things you need.

A.new
B.square
C.tidy
D.wooden

C 【点拨】new 新的；square 正方形的；tidy 整洁的；wooden 木制的。根据“You won't have to spend hours looking for the things you need.”可知，不需要花时间寻找东西，说明桌面比较整洁。故选 C。

()4.I want to be a ____ to look for clues and evidence to solve crimes when I grow up.
A.salesman
B.businessman
C.shopkeeper
D.detective

D 【点拨】根据“to look for clues and evidence to solve crimes”(寻找线索、证据以破案)可知 D 项 detective(侦探)符合句意。

()5.My new pen ____. I have looked for it everywhere but still ____ it.
A.lose; don't find
B.is missing; doesn't find
C.lose; haven't found
D.is missing; haven't found

D 【点拨】句意：我的新钢笔丢了。我到处找它，但是仍然没有找到它。结合句意可知，第一空表示钢笔不见了，用 is missing；第二空表示还没有找到，用 haven't found。故选 D。

四、阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
Detective stories popular since Conan Doyle wrote his famous stories about the great detective Sherlock Holmes. Readers read this kind of stories mainly for .
In a story, a man . Who did it and why? Mr X hated the dead person and wanted to kill him, but he had no chance. He was somewhere else when the murder took place. Mr Y could do it , but he seemed to have no reason to do it. Mr Z had got all the dead man's money, so he had reason for killing him. Was Mr X, Mr Y or Mr Z the murderer? Or was it somebody else? In the end, the detective would find out the answers all the questions, and the story would not end the mystery was solved.
The ending was unexpected. The turned out to be Mr C, who you thought would never hurt an ant! At the end of the story, all the clues became clear and you , “Oh yes, of course, it is the .”

1. have been 2. pleasure 3. was murdered 4. easily 5. a 6. to 7. until 8. criminal 9. would say 10. truth

( )1. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. The writer wasn't interested in sci-fi novels before.
B. The writer's friend wrote the sci-fi novel.
C. The writer's friend used to be a novelist.
D. The writer has no interest in reading at all.
( )2. Why did the writer finish the book in only a couple of days?
A. Because the book was a little bit boring.
B. Because the book was really attractive.
C. Because the story in the book was short.
D. Because the story was about aliens.
( )3. Which of the following statements is true?
A. The main characters in the story are all aliens.
B. The superheroes drove aliens away in the end.
C. The theme of the story is how aliens destroy the earth.
D. The story begins with what happened nearly 60 years ago.
( )4. 创新考法—观点态度题 We can infer from the passage that, in the writer's opinion, ____.
A. a good book can make a TV series more valuable
B. there's no need to adapt a good book into a TV series
C. young people are more interested in reading books
D. young people can understand sci-fi novels better

1. A 【点拨】根据“Honestly，I had never enjoyed reading science fiction novels”可知，作者以前不喜欢科幻小说。故选 A。2. B 【点拨】根据“I fell in love with the book from the very beginning”及后文描述可知，是因为这本书很吸引人。故选 B。3. D 【点拨】根据“The Three-Body Problem jumps back and forth. It starts back in history，nearly 60 years ago.”可知选 D。4. B 【点拨】根据“It's no surprise that it has been adapted(改编) into a TV series. I didn't like this idea.”可知选 B。