六、词汇运用
将方框中所给词语的适当形式填入短文中,每词仅用一次。
thing, discover, hardly, unknown, whether, going far
My friends and I often go to the woods behind our school. One day, we noticed a small path we'd never seen before. The bushes were thick, and we 32. had space to walk through. And then we found an old tree with strange marks on its trunk. We wondered 33. we should touch it, but our curiosity won. Behind the tree was a box covered in dirt! Inside were several small 34. —shiny rocks, a broken compass, and a yellowed map showing places we didn't recognise.
The map led to more 35. areas in our familiar woods. That afternoon turned into our greatest 36. . We learnt that adventure isn't always about 37. —sometimes secrets wait right near home.
词汇拓展 Can you guess the part of speech and the meaning of the underlined words in the passage(s) above?
38. signal:
39. process:

32. hardly 33. whether 34. things
35. unknown 36. discovery 37. going far
38. n. 信号 39. v. 处理

【分析】首先明确方框内词汇的词性与词义：hardly（副词，几乎不）、whether（连词，是否）、things（名词复数，东西）、unknown（形容词，未知的）、discovery（名词，发现）、going far（动名词短语，走得远）。解题时需结合句子语境、语法结构（如词性、搭配），且每词仅用一次，逐一匹配空格：32空需副词修饰动词had，结合“灌木丛密”的语境选hardly；33空位于wondered后的宾语从句，表“是否”选whether；34空被several修饰，需名词复数，对应列举的物品选things；35空修饰名词areas，需形容词，结合语境选unknown；36空被形容词最高级greatest修饰，需名词，discover的名词形式为discovery；37空位于介词about后，需动名词，结合后文“near home”选going far。词汇拓展需结合上下文语境判断单词的词性与词义。
【解析】32. 句意为“灌木丛很密，我们几乎没有空间穿过”，副词hardly（几乎不）符合语境，故填hardly；33. 句意为“我们想知道是否应该触碰它”，连词whether（是否）引导宾语从句，符合wondered的用法，故填whether；34. 句意为“里面有几个小东西——闪亮的石头、破指南针和泛黄的地图”，several后接名词复数，things（东西）符合，故填things；35. 句意为“地图通向我们熟悉的树林里更未知的区域”，形容词unknown（未知的）修饰areas，符合语境，故填unknown；36. 句意为“那个下午变成了我们最伟大的发现”，greatest后接名词，discover的名词形式为discovery，故填discovery；37. 句意为“我们了解到冒险并不总是关于走得远——有时秘密就在家附近”，介词about后接动名词短语going far，符合语境，故填going far；38. signal在此处为名词，意为“信号”；39. process在此处为动词，意为“处理”。
【答案】32. hardly 33. whether 34. things 35. unknown 36. discovery 37. going far 38. n. 信号 39. v. 处理
【知识点】词汇运用（适当形式填空）、词性与词义辨析
【点评】本题为基础词汇运用题，侧重考察学生对常用词汇的词义、词性及语境搭配的理解，难度适中，结合上下文逻辑和语法规则即可完成解答。
【难度系数】0.6