Ⅴ. 词汇运用
"I suddenly understood," Valeria said, "why Mario wanted to buy the farm. He and Pagani were busy (1) () together during this period, I'm sure. They must have burned the farm down, Roberto. They could have killed you!"
"I can't believe it," Roberto said. "My own uncle wouldn't do that. It's (2) ()."
"But it must be true, Roberto," Valeria said. "It's the only explanation."
In the evening, Inspector Pavone telephoned and asked to speak to Roberto. "So far your uncle (3) () us everything. He burned your farm down (4) () you sell it. Pagani knew that land prices would go up when a big company moved to the town. Then he and your uncle made a project to build shops and houses on your land so that they could sell (5) () for a profit. They would have become terribly wealthy!"
Roberto could not speak. His own uncle had lied to him and almost killed him. "Your uncle and Pagani are both criminals," the inspector said. "Your uncle is (6) () foolish and greedy man. He got himself into some dangerous business. They must pay for their (7) ()."
Roberto held the telephone (8) () with eyes full of tears.
The inspector was right. Mario and Pagani must be put in prison soon. Roberto did not feel happy, sad (9) () angry about them. He was too disappointed to feel anything.
Some (10) () passed. Roberto began to think about the future.

【解析】：
这是一道英语词汇运用题，主要考查学生对动词时态、非谓语动词、形容词、代词以及名词单复数等语法知识的掌握和运用能力。题目给出了一个侦探故事的片段，其中包含多个空格需要填写适当的词汇形式。
1. 第一个空格，考查非谓语动词。根据句意和结构，应使用现在分词表示“忙于做某事”。
2. 第二个空格，考查形容词。根据句意，应使用形容词表示“不可能的”。
3. 第三个空格，考查动词时态。根据句意和时间状语，应使用现在完成时。
4. 第四个空格，考查非谓语动词。根据句意和结构，应使用不定式表示目的。
5. 第五个空格，考查代词。根据句意，应使用代词指代前面提到的土地。
6. 第六个空格，考查冠词。根据句意，应使用不定冠词表示“一个”。
7. 第七个空格，考查名词复数。根据句意，应使用名词复数表示“行为”。
8. 第八个空格，考查副词。根据句意，应使用副词修饰动词。
9. 第九个空格，考查连词。根据句意，应使用连词表示“也不”。
10. 第十个空格，考查名词复数。根据句意和时间状语，应使用名词复数表示“几个月”。
【答案】：
1. working
2. impossible
3. has told
4. to make
5. them
6. a
7. actions
8. quietly
9. or
10. months

翻译:
### Ⅴ. 词汇运用
“我突然明白了，”瓦莱里娅说，“马里奥为什么想买下那个农场。我敢肯定，这段时间他和帕加尼一直忙着一起（1）（工作）。他们一定是放火烧了农场，罗伯托。他们差点就杀了你！”
“我不敢相信，”罗伯托说，“我自己的叔叔不会这么做的。这是（2）（不可能的）。”
“但这一定是真的，罗伯托，”瓦莱里娅说，“这是唯一的解释。”
晚上，帕沃内探长打来电话，要求和罗伯托通话。“到目前为止，你的叔叔（3）（已经告诉）我们所有事情了。他放火烧了你的农场（4）（为了）让你卖掉它。帕加尼知道，当一家大公司搬到这个城镇时，地价会上涨。然后他和你的叔叔制定了一个在你的土地上建造商店和房屋的计划，这样他们就可以把（5）（它们）卖掉获利。他们会变得非常富有！”
罗伯托说不出话来。他自己的叔叔对他撒了谎，还差点杀了他。“你的叔叔和帕加尼都是罪犯，”探长说，“你的叔叔是一个（6）愚蠢又贪婪的人。他涉足了一些危险的生意。他们必须为他们的（7）（行为）付出代价。”
罗伯托（8）（静静地）拿着电话，眼里满是泪水。
探长是对的。马里奥和帕加尼必须尽快被关进监狱。罗伯托对他们既不感到高兴，也不感到悲伤（9）愤怒。他太失望了，以至于什么感觉都没有。
几个（10）（月）过去了。罗伯托开始思考未来。