一、将方框中所给词(词组)的适当形式填入短文中,每词仅用一次。
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Reading great books can change how we see the world. At the start of this year, I decided to read one classic novel every month. So far, I 1. six books, and each one has given me new insights.
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens is one of my favourites. It is 2. the life of a poor boy in London. The story teaches me how hard life was for the 3. in the 1800s. Oliver is forced to steal by bad people, but he never lost his kindness. In the end, he 4. that goodness can win.
Last month, I finished The Secret Garden. It is such a warm story that I have 5. read it twice. I 6. it to all my friends. Reading these books is not just fun—it's also a journey of growth.

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二、阅读下面短文，根据括号内所给汉语注释写出单词的正确形式(每空一词)。
In the world of books, there are many tales of tiny people living secretly. Among them, The Borrowers by Mary Norton and Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift are famous 1. (范例). The Minute Minders by Mary Murphy has 2. (带来) something special too.
The Minute Minders wins high 3. (赞扬) among readers. It's about Stevie and her dad, who are fidders. Fidders are very tiny people who help humans, 4. (尽管) humans don't know they are there.
Stevie and her dad do many good things for humans. They work 5. (在……的后面) the scenes, helping humans in all sorts of ways. They quickly solve all kinds of human problems in just one minute per person per day. There's a very important rule for fidders 6. (他们自己)：They must never let humans know they are there.
But Stevie is a 7. (有点儿) different. She is by nature a rule breaker, and how can she keep the rules when she meets a human who is in "big 8. (困难、麻烦)"? Can she try not to help while the rule is being followed? The story is told in a much 9. (滑稽的) way by Stevie herself. It's a great adventure about helping others and sometimes breaking rules for a good reason. If you like stories about tiny helpers with a lot of heart, The Minute Minders is a book you'll enjoy.

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