Ⅲ. 根据短文内容,用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空,每词仅用一次(每空一词)
| be | place | end | because | on 
April Fool's Day is a celebration that takes 1. in different countries all over the world. It happens on April 1st every year and is a day when many people play all kinds of tricks and jokes 2. each other.
On that day, a reporter in England said there would be no more spaghetti 3. the spaghetti farmers in Italy had stopped growing spaghetti. Not long after that, all the spaghetti in local supermarket had gone immediately.
Many April Fool's jokes may end up 4. not very funny. A famous TV star once invited his girlfriend onto his show on April Fool's Day. He asked her to marry him. However, when she said yes, he replied, "April Fool!" Take little joke didn't have a happy 5. . The TV star lost his girlfriend and his show was canceled.

1. place 2. on 3. because 4. being 5. end

1. 考查固定短语“take place”，意为“发生”，故填place。
2. 考查固定短语“play tricks/jokes on sb.”，意为“开某人玩笑”，故填on。
3. 后句“意大利的农民停止种植意大利面”是前句“没有更多意大利面”的原因，用because引导原因状语从句，故填because。
4. 考查固定短语“end up being...”，意为“最终是……”，be动词用动名词形式being，故填being。
5. 由前文“这个小玩笑没有一个快乐的……”及“失去女友、节目被取消”可知，此处指“结局”，用end，故填end。

Ⅳ. 完形填空
Have you ever been sad because you failed in something? If so, please 1, for often, achieving what you expect is not the most 2 thing. Here is s story to tell you why.
One day, a little boy decided to dig a hole behind his house after 3 a science book. As he was working, a couple of boys stopped 4 to watch. "What are you doing?" asked one of the visitors. "I want to dig a deep hole all the way through the earth," the boy answered 5. The older boys began to laugh, telling him that it was 6 to do it. Then they left.
The little boy kept on digging and digging. Suddenly, a few small colorful stones caught his 7. He collected them and put them into a 8 patiently. Humming a song, he went on digging. The glass was full soon. Then he talked to 9 calmly and proudly, "Maybe I can't finish digging all the way through the earth, but look at 10 I have found in digging!"
The boy's goal was too difficult, but it did cause him to go on, in 11 words, to cause us to keep working!
Not every goal will be achieved. Not every job will 12 with a success. Not every dream will come true. 13 when you can't achieve your goal, maybe you can say, "Yes, but look what I've found along the way! There are so many wonderful things that have come into my life because I tried to do 14!" It is in the digging that life is lived. It is the unexpected 15 on the journey that really has a meaning.
()1. A. remember
B. understand
C. know
D. realize
()2. A. difficult
B. necessary
C. important
D. interesting
()3. A. watching
B. seeing
C. looking
D. reading
()4. A. in
B. at
C. up
D. by
()5. A. sadly
B. angrily
C. worriedly
D. excitedly
()6. A. boring
B. impossible
C. easy
D. necessary
()7. A. nose
B. mouth
C. eye
D. hand
()8. A. glass
B. box
C. cup
D. bag
()9. A. him
B. himself
C. them
D. themselves
()10. A. that
B. how
C. what
D. who
()11. A. other
B. another
C. others
D. the other
()12. A. put up
B. come up
C. end up
D. look up
()13. A. But
B. And
C. Or
D. So
()14. A. anything
B. everything
C. nothing
D. something
()15. A. stone
B. joy
C. thing
D. hole

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1. 前文提到因失败难过，此处应是“请记住”，选A。
2. 故事强调过程收获，故达成期望不是“最重要的”，选C。
3. “看书”用read，选D。
4. “路过停下”用stop by，选D。
5. 男孩挖洞心情应是“兴奋地”，选D。
6. 挖穿地球是“不可能的”，选B。
7. “吸引注意”用catch one's eye，选C。
8. 后文提到“The glass was full”，选A。
9. “对自己说”用反身代词himself，选B。
10. 宾语从句缺宾语，用what，选C。
11. “换句话说”是in other words，选A。
12. “以成功结束”用end up with，选C。
13. 前后转折，用But，选A。
14. “尝试做某事”用something，选D。
15. 旅程中意外的“事物”有意义，选C。