六、阅读表达(共3小题;每小题2分,满分6分)
阅读短文,回答问题。每题答案不超过4个词。
As more students left the spelling bee(拼写比赛), Sally felt braver. It wasn't scary—it was even fun! Soon, only three students were there:Sally, Jun, and Annika.

Jun went first. His word was "bouquet(花束)", but he spelled it wrong and had to sit down. He just smiled, not sad at all. Sally smiled back at him.
Next was Annika. Her word was "embarrassed", a hard one. She spelled it slowly,"E-M-B-A-R-A-S-S-E-D." Ms Charlton checked her dictionary and shook her head. "That's not right," she said. Annika looked confused(困惑的), but went back to her seat.
Now Sally was alone. If she spelled "embarrassed" right, she'd win. Her hands shook, but when she saw Jun, she remembered his trick:"Embarrassed means really silly"—double "r" and double "s"!
Sally spelled clearly,"E-M-B-A-R-R-A-S-S-E-D." "Correct! We have a winner!" Ms Charlton said. Everyone cheered. Jun clapped(鼓掌) wildly, and even Annika joined in. Sally couldn't believe she'd won!
55. What did Sally think of the spelling bee when more students left?

56. What helped Sally spell correctly?

57. How did Jun and Annika feel when Sally won?

六、[文章大意]本文主要讲述了Sally、Jun和Annika三人参加拼写比赛的过程。
55. Fun/Interesting. [解析]根据"As more students left the spelling bee(拼写比赛), Sally felt braver. It wasn't scary—it was even fun!"可知,Sally认为拼写比赛很有趣。
56. Jun's (little) trick. [解析]根据"but when she saw Jun, she remembered his trick: 'Embarrassed means really silly'—double 'r' and double 's'"可知,Jun的记忆技巧帮助了Sally。
57. Happy and excited. /They were happy/excited. [解析]根据"Jun clapped(鼓掌) wildly, and even Annika joined in. Sally couldn't believe she'd won!"可知,当Sally获胜时,Jun和Annika感到高兴、兴奋。

七、综合填空(共10小题;每小题1分,满分10分)
阅读下面短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
One winter day, 8-year-old Lily noticed a little dog lying near her school gate. It had dirty fur and looked weak. The next day, it looked even 58 (bad) than before. Lily found the dog shivering(颤抖) under a tree, so she decided 59 (help) it by feeding it dog food and warm milk.
When Lily came close to feed it, the dog didn't run away. She carefully touched its head while the dog 60 (eat) the food ... Just then, her classmate Tom walked by and asked, "Why are you helping it? 61 (home) dogs are dangerous!" Lily answered that the dog might be 62 (easy) hurt or even die if she didn't offer help.
That evening, after Lily told her parents about 63 dog, they helped her take it to an animal doctor. After it got better, her mum suggested 64 (take) it to the animal centre because the dog couldn't look after 65 (it). There were many kind people in the centre, 66 (include) many volunteers who could take good care of the dog.
A month later, the volunteers helped the dog find a new family. How happy Lily felt! She showed that even small acts from 67 (human) can make the world a warmer, better place for every living thing.
58. 59. 60. 61. 62.
63. 64. 65. 66. 67.

七、[文章大意]本文讲述了8岁女孩莉莉救助一只流浪小狗的经历,展现了她的善良,并说明了小小的善举也能让世界变得更温暖。
58. worse [解析]考查形容词的比较级。句意:第二天,它看起来甚至比以前更糟糕了。根据"than before"可知,此处应用形容词bad的比较级。
59. to help [解析]考查固定搭配。句意:莉莉发现狗在树下发抖,所以她决定通过喂它狗粮和温牛奶来帮助它。decide to do sth是固定搭配,表示"决定做某事",用"help"的动词不定式形式。
60. was eating [解析]考查过去进行时。句意:她在狗吃东西时小心地摸了摸它的头。句中while引导时间状语从句,且表示过去正在进行的动作,应用过去进行时(was/were+现在分词);主语"the dog"是单数,be动词用was,"eat"的现在分词是"eating"。
61. Homeless [解析]考查形容词。句意:流浪狗很危险!此处需用形容词修饰名词"dogs",homeless意为"无家可归的",句首单词首字母大写。
62. easily [解析]考查副词。句意:莉莉回答说,如果她不帮忙,这条狗可能容易受伤甚至死亡。此处需用副词来修饰动词。
63. the [解析]考查冠词。句意:那天晚上,莉莉告诉父母关于这只狗的事后,他们帮她带狗去看了动物医生。此处的"dog"在前文已经出现过了,此处属于特指。
64. taking [解析]考查固定搭配。句意:等它好多了后,她妈妈建议把它送到动物中心,因为狗无法照顾它自己。suggest doing sth是固定搭配,表示"建议做某事"。
65. itself [解析]考查代词。句意同上。look after oneself意为"照顾好自己"。
66. including [解析]考查介词。句意:这个中心里有很多善良的人,包括很多能照顾好这只狗的志愿者。including为介词,意为"包括……在内",此处用including来引出后面的例子。
知识拓展 include与including的区别
include是动词,常用作谓语。例如:Our school trip includes lunch and a movie ticket.
including是介词,用于引出例子。例如:Many students, including my best friend, joined the club.
67. humans [解析]考查名词的单复数。句意:她展示了即使是人类的小小善举,也能让世界成为对所有生物来说更温暖、更美好的地方。此处表示"人类(泛指)",应用"human"的复数形式"humans"。