一、请根据提示完成纵横字谜。

1. 2. 3. 4. (down) (across)
5. 6.

1. surprisingly 2. failure
3. inspiration
4. stage (down); suggestion (across)
5. strict 6. importantly

【分析】
解题时，先明确每个提示的英文释义，结合纵横字谜中单词的长度，区分纵向（Down）和横向（Across）的位置要求，匹配对应的正确英文单词，确保单词符合释义且长度与字谜空格数一致。
【解析】
1. 提示“in a way that causes surprise”，对应副词surprisingly，符合释义；
2. 提示“the fact of not achieving a result or goal”，对应名词failure，符合释义；
3. 提示“a person/thing that makes you want to do better”，对应名词inspiration，符合释义；
4. Down提示“an area where actors perform”对应名词stage，Across提示对应名词suggestion；
5. 提示“asking others to follow the rules seriously”，对应形容词strict，符合释义；
6. 提示“in an important”，对应副词importantly，符合释义。
【答案】
1. surprisingly 2. failure 3. inspiration 4. stage (down); suggestion (across) 5. strict 6. importantly
【知识点】
英语单词释义、词汇应用、纵横字谜解题
【点评】
本题以纵横字谜的形式考查英语词汇的理解与应用，既需要掌握常见词汇的含义，又要结合字谜结构匹配单词，兼具趣味性和基础词汇考查的作用。
【难度系数】
0.5

二、请阅读短文,从方框中选择适当的单词,并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。每词限用一次
hard decide hang still start for much hobby song it
When I was in high school, I took part in a band. It all started because my friends and I
played instruments. When we 7. out, we would play some of our favourite
8. together. One day, my best friend came up with the idea of
9. a band. I was interested in that and I played in it for almost five years.
But once I started university, it was really 10. to keep practising, so I had
to give 11. up. I picked up a few small hobbies, such as photography and
making scrapbooks剪贴簿 12. fun. Now I have lots of memories from my
university days just because of them. I 13. do some photography now but I've
always been into music and I miss that part of my life. I've had a bit 14. time
after graduation毕业, so I plan to pick up music again. I 15. to have a go at
electronic music电子音乐 because, like photography and making scrapbooks, I can enjoy this
16. according to my own daily routine.

7. hung 8. songs 9. starting
10. hard 11. it 12. for 13. still
14. more 15. decide 16. hobby

【分析】
先通读短文理解主旨：作者高中参加乐队，大学时因难坚持放弃，大学期间培养摄影等爱好，毕业后计划重拾音乐的经历。再逐个分析空格：结合时态、固定搭配、词性、语境，从方框单词中选合适的并变形。
7. 考查固定搭配，需用过去式；8. 考查名词复数，对应“演奏歌曲”；9. 考查介词后接动名词；10. 考查形容词，对应“难坚持”；11. 考查代词，指代前文的乐队；12. 考查固定搭配“for fun”；13. 考查副词，表“仍然”；14. 考查比较级，表“更多时间”；15. 考查动词搭配“decide to do”；16. 考查名词，对应前文的爱好。
【解析】
7. 固定搭配hang out（闲逛），上下文为过去时态，故填hung；
8. favourite后接名词，play songs（演奏歌曲）需用复数，故填songs；
9. 介词of后接动名词，start a band（组建乐队），故填starting；
10. it's + adj + to do结构，此处指坚持练习很难，故填hard；
11. give up指代前文的乐队，用代词it，故填it；
12. 固定搭配for fun（为了乐趣），故填for；
13. 副词still（仍然），符合“现在仍做摄影”的语境，故填still；
14. a bit more time（更多时间），用比较级more，故填more；
15. decide to do sth（决定做某事），符合计划尝试的语境，故填decide；
16. this后接名词，指代前文的爱好，故填hobby。
【答案】
7. hung 8. songs 9. starting 10. hard 11. it 12. for 13. still 14. more 15. decide 16. hobby
【知识点】
固定搭配、名词单复数、介词用法、副词用法
【点评】
本题为选词填空，需结合语境、固定搭配、词性等知识解题，考查基础词汇的运用，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6