Ⅰ.Fill in the blanks with words or phrases in the box.用方框内的单词或词组填空。
1. A can make a sad day bright.
2. Colourful lights are hung the city during the festival.
3. The little rabbit runs to its hole(洞) when it sees a wolf.
4. We should of our comfort zone(舒适区) to explore the world.
5. The uses different colours to show his feelings and ideas in his works.
artist quickly smile
all over get out
Ⅱ.Complete the story with the correct forms of the verbs in the brackets.用括号内动词的正确形式完成故事。
Once upon a time,in a beautiful forest,there 6. (be) a hare(兔) and a tortoise(龟). The hare could run very fast and always laughed at the tortoise for being so slow. One day, the hare said to the tortoise,"You move so slowly! Do you dare to have a race with me?"The tortoise 7. (smile) and said yes. So they 8. (decide) to have a race.
The race began. The hare ran quickly and 9. (feel) proud. He saw the tortoise far behind. The hare thought he could win easily. So, he lay down under a tree to rest. The tortoise 10. (keep) moving slowly but did not stop. The hare woke up and saw the tortoise near the finish line. The hare ran fast,but it was too late. The tortoise won the race.
The hare was sad. He learnt that being proud and lazy could lead to failure(失败).

Ⅰ.1.smile 2.all over 3.quickly 4.get out 5.artist
Ⅱ.6.was 7.smiled 8.decided 9.felt 10.kept

【分析】
本题分为两部分，Ⅰ为选词填空，需结合句子语境和方框内词汇的含义匹配答案；Ⅱ为动词形式填空，需根据故事的时态（一般过去时）及语法规则（如there be就近原则）确定动词的正确形式。
【解析】
Ⅰ. 选词填空：
1. 句意“一个______能让悲伤的日子变得明亮”，方框中smile（微笑）符合语境，故填smile；
2. 句意“节日期间彩灯挂遍全城”，all over表示“遍及、到处”，符合句意，故填all over；
3. 兔子看到狼时快速跑向洞穴，需用副词修饰动词run，quickly（快速地）符合，故填quickly；
4. “走出舒适区”是固定表达get out of one's comfort zone，故填get out；
5. 用不同颜色在作品中表达情感的是artist（艺术家），故填artist。
Ⅱ. 动词形式填空：
故事为一般过去时，所有动词需用过去式：
6. there be句型遵循就近原则，主语a hare是单数，过去式be动词用was；
7. smile的过去式为smiled；
8. decide的过去式为decided；
9. feel的过去式为felt；
10. keep的过去式为kept。
【答案】
Ⅰ.1.smile 2.all over 3.quickly 4.get out 5.artist
Ⅱ.6.was 7.smiled 8.decided 9.felt 10.kept
【知识点】
英语选词填空、一般过去时、固定短语
【点评】
本题为基础英语题型，考查词汇运用和时态规则，需结合语境和语法细节作答，难度较低。
【难度系数】
0.2

Ⅲ.Read and answer the questions.阅读并回答问题。
In ancient China,there was a nightingale(夜莺) that sang well in the forest. The Emperor had never heard the nightingale's song until someone told him about it. He wanted to hear it,so they found the bird and brought it to the palace.
The nightingale looked common,but its song was so lovely that it made the Emperor cry. Then,the Emperor got a new toy:a fake(仿造的) nightingale made of gold and jewels. It could sing the same songs as the real one. Everyone loved the fake bird more because they thought it was more beautiful,and in the end,they thought the real nightingale was useless,so it flew away.
Time went by,the fake nightingale could only sing the same songs again and again. Without the real one around,the fake nightingale couldn't create any new songs,so people in the palace finally got bored. One day,it stopped working. The Emperor became very sick and needed the fake nightingale to sing,but it couldn't. Just then, the real nightingale came back and sang a lovely song full of hope. Magically,the Emperor felt better,and the real nightingale's song made him strong again.
This story shows us that true beauty comes from nature,not from fake things that look pretty.
11. Why did people love the fake nightingale more?
12. What happened to the fake nightingale?
13. What did the real nightingale do for the Emperor when he was ill?
14. What does this story tell us?

Ⅲ.11.Because they thought it was more beautiful.
12.It couldn't create any new songs and stopped working.
13.It sang a lovely song full of hope.
14.The story tells us that true beauty comes from nature,
not from fake things that look pretty.

【分析】
解答本题需先明确各问题类型：11-13题为细节理解题，需带着问题回到原文定位对应语句提取关键信息；14题为主旨大意题，需找到文章总结性语句提炼核心道理。具体步骤为：先通读原文理解大意，再针对每个问题精准定位原文段落，提取匹配的内容作答。
【解析】
11. 定位原文第二段最后一句“Everyone loved the fake bird more because they thought it was more beautiful”，直接提取原因作答。
12. 定位原文第三段：“Without the real one around, the fake nightingale couldn't create any new songs... One day, it stopped working”，整合两个关键信息作答。
13. 定位原文第三段“Just then, the real nightingale came back and sang a lovely song full of hope”，提取核心动作作答。
14. 定位原文最后一段“This story shows us that true beauty comes from nature, not from fake things that look pretty”，直接提取主旨句作答。
【答案】
Ⅲ.11.Because they thought it was more beautiful.
12.It couldn't create any new songs and stopped working.
13.It sang a lovely song full of hope.
14.The story tells us that true beauty comes from nature, not from fake things that look pretty.
【知识点】
英语阅读理解（细节理解）、英语阅读理解（主旨大意）
【点评】
本题为经典英语寓言故事阅读题，侧重考查学生定位原文信息和提炼主旨的能力，题目设置基础，只要仔细阅读原文对应段落即可准确作答，适合初中低年级学生巩固阅读技巧。
【难度系数】
0.3