一、读对话，选词填空
because of, camera, crazy, frightened, in fear,
keep quiet, mentioned, refuse, tonight, ugly
Lisa: Did Tina tell you what she saw last night? It sounded unbelievable.
Ben: Yes, she 1. it to me after class. She was really 2. by the whole thing.
Lisa: I can imagine. She said they ran 3. . I wonder what I'd do.
Ben: Me too. She described the alien as really 4. . However, some students 5. to believe her and decide to search the mountain for the alien after dinner 6. .
Lisa: That's 7. ! But seriously, if we ever saw a real alien, what should we do?
Ben: First, we should 8. and not move, mainly 9. the risk of scaring it.
Lisa: Good point. Maybe you could carefully use your 10. to take a picture from a distance—if it's safe.
Ben: That's a smart idea for evidence.

1. mentioned 2. frightened 3. in fear 4. ugly 5. refuse 6. tonight 7. crazy
8. keep quiet 9. because of 10. camera

【分析】
做选词填空题时，需先明确所给词汇的词义与词性，再通读对话把握整体语境，分析每个空缺处所需的词性、语义，匹配对应词汇后检查语句通顺度。
【解析】
1. 空1：根据语境“她课后向我提及这件事”，动词mentioned（提及）符合过去时态及语义要求，故填mentioned。
2. 空2：固定搭配be frightened by表示“被……吓到”，符合“她被整件事吓到”的语境，故填frightened。
3. 空3：固定短语in fear意为“害怕地”，修饰动词ran，符合“他们害怕地跑了”的语境，故填in fear。
4. 空4：形容词ugly（丑陋的）修饰名词alien，符合描述外星人特征的语境，故填ugly。
5. 空5：固定搭配refuse to do sth.表示“拒绝做某事”，主语为复数，时态为一般现在时，符合“学生拒绝相信她”的语境，故填refuse。
6. 空6：时间状语tonight（今晚）对应“晚饭后”的时间逻辑，符合“今晚去山里找外星人”的语境，故填tonight。
7. 空7：形容词crazy（疯狂的）表达对学生找外星人这一行为的评价，符合语境，故填crazy。
8. 空8：固定短语keep quiet（保持安静），情态动词should后接动词原形，符合“应该保持安静”的要求，故填keep quiet。
9. 空9：介词短语because of（因为）后接名词短语the risk，符合“因为吓到它的风险”的语境，故填because of。
10. 空10：名词camera（相机）对应“拍照”的动作，符合“用相机拍照”的语境，故填camera。
【答案】
1. mentioned 2. frightened 3. in fear 4. ugly 5. refuse 6. tonight 7. crazy 8. keep quiet 9. because of 10. camera
【知识点】
词汇运用、固定搭配、语境理解
【点评】
本题为英语选词填空题，侧重考查常用词汇的词义辨析、固定短语搭配及上下文语境的逻辑理解，难度适中，需学生结合对话内容匹配合适词汇。
【难度系数】
0.6

二、根据课文内容填空
One midnight, Tina saw a yellow light dive from the sky. The next day, she
1. m it to her brother Tom. After school, they went to 2. e the forest. They heard strange voices, so they hid behind bushes and kept quiet. 3. S,
they saw a tall creature with a silver body. It looked very 4. u. The children were 5. s frightened that they ran away in 6. f.
When they told their parents, their father thought they were 7. c. He said he 8. r to believe them 9. b of the lack of other witnesses.

1. mentioned 2. explore 3. Suddenly 4. ugly 5. so 6. fear 7. crazy
8. refused 9. because

【分析】本题为根据课文内容的首字母填空题，需结合上下文语境、首字母提示及课文内容，同时兼顾词汇的时态、固定搭配等知识点来填写正确单词。首先通读全文理解故事脉络：Tina看到天空的黄色光后告知哥哥，二人去森林探索，遇到奇怪生物后逃跑，告知父母却不被相信。再逐个分析每个空的语境和语法要求，确定对应单词。
【解析】1. 固定搭配mention sth to sb（向某人提及某事），结合上下文时态为一般过去时，故填mentioned；2. go to do sth结构，结合语境“去森林探索”，故填explore；3. 此处需副词修饰整个句子，表“突然地”，故填Suddenly；4. 形容词作表语，结合语境“奇怪的生物”及首字母，故填ugly；5. 固定句型so...that...（如此……以至于……），故填so；6. 固定短语in fear（害怕地），故填fear；7. 结合语境“父母认为孩子们的经历不真实”，故填crazy；8. 固定搭配refuse to do sth（拒绝做某事），时态为一般过去时，故填refused；9. 固定短语because of（因为），后接名词短语，故填because。
【答案】1. mentioned 2. explore 3. Suddenly 4. ugly 5. so 6. fear 7. crazy 8. refused 9. because
【知识点】首字母填空、固定搭配、时态运用
【点评】本题考查学生对课文内容的熟悉程度及基础词汇、固定搭配的掌握，难度适中，需结合语境准确填写单词。
【难度系数】0.6