Ⅳ.选词填空。阅读下面短文，根据其内容，从方框内选出适当的单词，将其正确形式填入空白处，使短文通顺，意义完整。每词仅用一次。
we with read find teach kind explore recommend curiosity story
I've always loved books. Last year, my teacher, Ms Chen, 1. I join the school book club. She said, “Great books help us understand different societies and people. They can also open 2. minds to new ideas and different ways of thinking.”
I have just finished 3. ______ The Little Prince. The story begins 4. ______ a pilot’s experience in the desert and his meeting with a little prince. It has 5. ______ me that the most beautiful things in life are often simple. This book also reminds me to keep a childlike heart and never lose my 6. ______ about the world.
Since joining the book club, I have read many great books. Each book has allowed me 7. the world differently. I have learned about 8. from A Christmas Carol, and about courage from The Diary of a Young Girl. These 9. have also taught me to be more understanding and brave when facing difficulties.
Reading great books has become my favourite hobby already. I have also 10. new friends who love books as much as I do. I will keep reading more great books in the future.

1. recommended
2. our
3. reading
4. with
5. taught
6. curiosity
7. to explore
8. kindness
9. stories
10. found

1. 由时间状语Last year可知句子用一般过去时，结合语境“去年我的陈老师推荐我加入学校读书俱乐部”，选动词recommend的过去式recommended。
2. 此处修饰名词minds，需将人称代词we变为形容词性物主代词our，open our minds 表示“开阔我们的思维”。
3. 固定搭配finish doing sth. 意为“完成做某事”，此处表示“刚读完《小王子》”，将read变为动名词reading。
4. 固定搭配begin with 意为“以……开始”，符合句意“这个故事以飞行员在沙漠的经历以及他遇见小王子的情节开篇”，填介词with。
5. 句子为现在完成时“has + 过去分词”结构，结合语境“它教会我生命中最美好的事物往往很简单”，选动词teach的过去分词taught。
6. 形容词性物主代词my后接名词，结合语境“永远不要失去对世界的好奇心”，选名词curiosity。
7. 固定搭配allow sb. to do sth. 意为“允许某人做某事”，此处表示“每本书都让我能够用不同的方式探索世界”，将explore变为不定式to explore。
8. 介词about后接名词，结合语境“我从《圣诞颂歌》中学到了善良，从《安妮日记》中学到了勇气”，将形容词kind变为名词kindness。
9. 指示代词These后接可数名词复数，选名词story的复数形式stories，指代前面提到的各类书籍里的故事。
10. 句子为现在完成时“have + 过去分词”结构，结合语境“我也找到了和我一样热爱书籍的新朋友”，选动词find的过去分词found。

Ⅰ. 完形填空。
Li Ming was once a child who never shared his real thoughts. No matter what his friends said about anything, he 1 held the same view as them.
One afternoon, he had a 2 with his friends about whether middle school students should take phones to school. All of his friends thought it was a good idea. Li Ming had a different opinion on this matter, but he was too 3 to express his thought. In the end, he 4 to agree with them. However, always doing this made him feel uncomfortable. So he talked to his mom about his trouble and wanted her to give him some 5.
“I can’t tell others my true feelings. I have to say the same things as they do,” Li Ming said sadly. His mom smiled and 6 him a book called *The Analects of Confucius*(论语). She told him that this book might be 7. When he read the sentence “Gentlemen have peace but disagree; flunkies(小人) agree but have no peace”, he didn’t know what it meant and asked his mom. “It means gentlemen can get along well with others, but they don’t just 8 others. They have their own ideas and dare to speak the truth. Flunkies are easy to agree with others, but they don’t really work together,” his mom explained.
After hearing his mom’s words, Li Ming understood that having different ideas is not a 9 thing. He started to change his way of doing things and began to express his own thoughts 10. To his surprise, he found that the friendship became much stronger than before!
()1. A. always B. sometimes C. never
()2. A. training B. discussion C. imagination
()3. A. excited B. upset C. scared
()4. A. decided B. refused C. promised
()5. A. time B. advice C. work
()6. A. sold B. printed C. passed
()7. A. difficult B. helpful C. expensive
()8. A. agree with B. separate from C. run after
()9. A. easy B. bad C. great
()10. A. carefully B. slowly C. bravely

1-5 ABCAB 6-10 CBABC

1. 根据前文“Li Ming was once a child who never shared his real thoughts”可知李明从不表露真实想法，无论朋友说什么，他总是和大家持相同观点，always意为“总是”，选A。
2. 固定搭配have a discussion with sb. 表示“和某人进行讨论”，此处指他们讨论中学生是否应该带手机上学的话题，discussion意为“讨论”，选B。
3. 结合语境李明有不同的想法，但是太害怕不敢说出自己的真实想法，scared意为“害怕的”，选C。
4. 句意：最后他决定同意朋友们的观点，decide to do sth. 表示“决定做某事”，选A。
5. 李明把自己的困扰告诉妈妈，是想要妈妈给他一些建议，advice意为“建议”，选B。
6. 句意：妈妈笑着递给他一本叫《论语》的书，pass sb. sth. 表示“递给某人某物”，选C。
7. 妈妈告诉李明这本书或许会对他有帮助，helpful意为“有帮助的”，选B。
8. 结合前文“君子和而不同”的解释，意思是君子可以和他人友好相处，但不会一味附和别人，agree with意为“同意、附和”，选A。
9. 听完妈妈的解释，李明明白有不同的想法并不是一件坏事，bad意为“坏的”，选B。
10. 他开始改变自己的行事方式，勇敢地表达自己的想法，bravely意为“勇敢地”，选C。