三、短文填空
从下面方框中选出10个单词，将其正确形式填入短文，使短文意思正确通顺。(每词限用一次。)
think, introduce, recent, teach, do, or, but, so, in, a, success, many
If you love reading books, you must know about the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain. The book is 1. ___. And it is popular among kids at home and abroad. Even if I am an adult now, I'm still a fan of this book. After re-reading the book 2. ___, I have learnt an important lesson from Tom Sawyer.
In our daily lives, we are often given some boring 3. ___ tiring tasks. Have you ever wanted to complain? I think 4. ___ people have.
Tom Sawyer, however, had 5. ___ different thought when he was given a boring task. One day, Aunt Polly told Tom to paint the fence(篱笆). Tom 6. ___ his job when his friend Ben Rogers happened to pass by. Instead of complaining, Tom 7. ___ the task and told that he felt "excited" about it. "Only one in a thousand—maybe even two thousand—boys can do this!" Tom said.
Tom's words made Ben become interested 8. ___ the task. He even gave Tom his apple so that he could have a chance to paint the fence. If Tom 9. ___ about nothing but complaining, he would have had a bad day painting the fence.
This story inspires me and 10. ___ me a valuable lesson: Complaining is useless.

1. successful 2. recently 3. or 4. most 5. a
6. was doing 7. introduced 8. in 9. had thought
10. teaches

【分析】
做短文填空时，需先通读全文理解主旨，再结合每个空的语境、语法结构，从方框内单词中选择合适的词并调整正确形式，同时注意每词限用一次。具体思路：1. 分析句子成分确定所需词性；2. 结合语境和固定搭配匹配单词；3. 根据时态、单复数等语法规则变形；4. 验证填入后语句通顺、符合逻辑。
【解析】
1. 句子结构为主语+系动词+表语，需形容词，方框中名词success的形容词形式为successful，表“成功的”，符合语境，故填successful。
2. 修饰动词re-reading需副词，方框中形容词recent的副词形式为recently，表“最近”，符合“最近重读这本书”的语境，故填recently。
3. 连接并列的形容词boring和tiring，否定句中用or替代and，表“或者”，故填or。
4. 修饰名词people需限定词，方框中many的最高级most，most people为固定搭配，表“大多数人”，符合语境，故填most。
5. thought为可数名词单数，此处表泛指，用不定冠词a，构成have a different thought（有不同想法），故填a。
6. when引导时间状语从句，从句为过去式，主句表过去某时刻正在进行的动作，用过去进行时，结构为was/were+doing，主语Tom，故填was doing。
7. 语境为Tom没有抱怨，而是介绍任务，需动词过去式，方框中动词introduce的过去式为introduced，故填introduced。
8. 固定搭配be interested in，表“对……感兴趣”，故填in。
9. 此处为与过去事实相反的虚拟语气，if从句需用过去完成时，结构为had+过去分词，方框中动词think的过去分词为thought，故填had thought。
10. 主语this story为第三人称单数，一般现在时，动词teach需变第三人称单数形式teaches，故填teaches。
【答案】
successful, recently, or, most, a, was doing, introduced, in, had thought, teaches
【知识点】
短文填空、词汇变形、固定搭配
【点评】
本题为短文填空题型，综合考查词汇运用、语法（时态、虚拟语气）及固定搭配，需结合语境和语法规则选择正确形式，是初中英语常见题型，侧重基础能力的应用。
【难度系数】
0.5

一、根据课文内容选择正确的词语填空
 1. Mary is a ___(selfish / kind)10-year-old girl at the beginning of the story.
 2. Mr Craven locked up the garden because it was a ___(happy / painful) memory for him after his wife died.
3. Dickon knows a lot about ___(painting / gardening).
 4. Colin thinks he has an ___(illness / accident), so he hasn't walked for years.
 5. When Mr Craven returns home, he is ___(surprised / disappointed) to see Colin walking and running.

1. selfish 2. painful 3. gardening 4. illness
5. surprised

【分析】本题为根据课文《秘密花园》内容选词填空，解题思路为：回忆课文对应情节，结合每组词语的词义差异，匹配符合语境的选项：1. 区分描述Mary初始性格的selfish（自私的）与kind（友善的）；2. 辨析体现Mr Craven对花园情感的happy（快乐的）与painful（痛苦的）；3. 匹配Dickon的特长gardening（园艺）与painting（绘画）；4. 明确Colin自认的状况illness（疾病）与accident（事故）；5. 对应Mr Craven看到Colin能行走的反应surprised（惊讶的）与disappointed（失望的）。
【解析】1. 课文开头Mary性格自私，selfish符合语境，故选selfish；2. 妻子去世后，花园对Mr Craven是痛苦回忆，painful符合，故选painful；3. Dickon擅长园艺，gardening符合，故选gardening；4. Colin自认患病，illness符合，故选illness；5. 看到Colin能走跑，Mr Craven感到惊讶，surprised符合，故选surprised。
【答案】1. selfish 2. painful 3. gardening 4. illness 5. surprised
【知识点】课文内容理解、英语词义辨析
【点评】本题考查对课文《秘密花园》内容的掌握及英语近义词的区分，需结合课文情节和词语含义作答，难度适中，熟悉课文即可正确选择。
【难度系数】0.5