一、从方框中选择恰当的词或短语并用其正确的形式填空(每个词或短语只能用一次)。
character classic take one's time short story
1. This novel is considered a example of romantic literature.
2. My teacher advised me to read O. Henry's .
3. Every time he reads a novel, he likes to analyze the feelings.
4. If you want to truly enjoy Lu Xun's novels, you'd better instead of skipping pages just to finish them quickly.

1. classic
2. short stories
3. characters'/character's
4. take your time

【分析】
解题思路：首先明确方框内词汇/短语的含义：character（角色）、classic（经典的）、take one's time（慢慢来）、short story（短篇故事）。再结合每句的语境、语法规则（如形容词修饰名词、名词复数、名词所有格、固定搭配），选择合适的词并调整形式，注意每个词只能用一次。
【解析】
1. 空格处修饰名词example，需用形容词，classic作形容词意为“经典的”，符合“经典例子”的语境，故填classic。
2. O. Henry以短篇故事闻名，short story是可数名词，此处表示一类作品，需用复数形式short stories，故填short stories。
3. 空格后是名词feelings，需用名词所有格表示所属关系，character意为“角色”，其所有格形式为character's或characters'（可指单个或多个角色），符合“角色的感受”的语境，故填character's/characters'。
4. had better后接动词原形，take one's time是固定短语，主语为you，故one's变为your，填take your time，符合“慢慢来”的语境。
【答案】
1. classic
2. short stories
3. character's/characters'
4. take your time
【知识点】
形容词用法、名词所有格、固定短语搭配
【点评】
本题考查词汇在具体语境中的正确形式运用，需结合句意和语法规则调整词汇形式，是基础型选词填空题，注重词汇的语境应用。
【难度系数】
0.6

1. You will never truly understand the beauty of this novel ______ you read it carefully from beginning to end.

A.so
B.but
C.unless
D.because

C

【分析】首先明确句子的逻辑关系：前半句“你永远不会真正理解这本小说的美”和后半句“你从头到尾仔细读它”是条件关系，即“除非仔细读，否则无法理解”，需选择表条件的连词。
【解析】逐一分析选项：A.so表结果，意为“所以”；B.but表转折，意为“但是”；C.unless表条件，意为“除非，相当于if not”，符合句子逻辑；D.because表原因，意为“因为”。结合句意，此处应选表条件的连词unless，故答案为C。
【答案】C
【知识点】连词辨析、条件状语从句
【点评】本题考查英语连词的词义辨析，需准确把握不同连词的逻辑含义，根据句子语境选择合适的连词，属于基础题型。
【难度系数】0.8

2. Which season are these lines about?

A.Spring.
B.Summer.
C.Autumn.
D.Winter.
The school closed early, the boys come back after class;
They try to fly their kites with the kind eastern breeze.
—Translated by Xu Yuanchong

A

【分析】首先提取诗句中的关键信息，结合生活常识判断季节：诗句里提到“fly their kites（放风筝）”，这是春季的典型活动，“eastern breeze（东风）”也常对应春季的气候特征，据此分析选项。
【解析】诗句中“fly their kites”（放风筝）是春季常见的户外活动，“eastern breeze（东风）”符合春季的气候特点，因此这些诗句描写的是春季，对应选项A。
【答案】A
【知识点】英语阅读理解；季节判断
【点评】本题通过诗句关键词考查季节判断，需结合词汇含义和生活常识分析，难度适中。
【难度系数】0.3

3. — Though I have tried to learn English, I can make little progress.
— Don't lose heart, and you will succeed at last.

A.It takes time.
B.That's impossible.
C.In your dreams.
D.That's not the case.

A

【分析】先理解对话语境：第一个人因学英语几乎没进步而沮丧，第二人需给予安慰鼓励，需结合选项含义选符合语境的答语。
【解析】逐一分析选项：A选项“It takes time.”意为“这需要时间”，用于安慰对方，说明进步需过程，契合语境；B选项“That's impossible.”意为“那不可能”，不符合安慰氛围；C选项“In your dreams.”意为“做梦去吧”，是不礼貌的否定，不合适；D选项“That's not the case.”意为“情况不是这样”，与语境不符。因此选A。
【答案】A
【知识点】情景交际
【点评】本题考查日常情景对话的运用，需结合对话语境选择恰当答语，难度较低。
【难度系数】0.7

4. — I enjoy stories that have an unexpected ending, like a sudden change of fate.
— Then you should read the works written by , the master of short stories.

A.Li Bai
B.O. Henry
C.Cao Xueqin
D.William Shakespeare

B

【分析】首先理解对话语境：一方表示喜欢有意外结局的故事，另一方建议读短篇故事大师的作品。需结合选项中人物的身份、作品体裁及风格判断：A选项李白是唐代诗人，不符合短篇故事大师的定位；B选项欧·亨利是美国短篇小说家，以作品的意外结局著称，符合描述；C选项曹雪芹是清代长篇小说《红楼梦》的作者，不符合；D选项莎士比亚是英国戏剧家，不符合短篇故事大师的要求。
【解析】根据对话中“短篇故事大师”“意外结局”的关键信息，逐一分析选项：A项李白是诗人，排除；B项欧·亨利是短篇故事大师，作品多有意外结局，符合；C项曹雪芹著长篇小说，排除；D项莎士比亚是戏剧家，排除。因此选B。
【答案】B
【知识点】文学常识，英语常识
【点评】本题考查文学常识的积累，需掌握不同作家的体裁与风格，属于基础识记类题目。
【难度系数】0.2

三、 核心素养 中华优秀传统文化 根据短文意思和首字母提示，写出一个完整正确的单词。
主题群:历史、社会与文化 子主题:作家和作品 语篇类型:说明文 难度:★★★
China’s two favourite poets, Li Bai and Du Fu, were born over 1,300 years ago. In China, the language has changed so 1. l that poems remain easy for modern Chinese people to read. And their themes are 2. s about friendship, love and landscapes.
If you were to ask some kids in the street, “What was the greatest dynasty in China’s history?”, nine out of ten kids would 3. a the Tang Dynasty. Every Chinese person learns poems by Li Bai and Du Fu from childhood. “They are as 4. i in Chinese literary history as Shakespeare is in British literary history,” says Professor Yuan Haiwang, writer of This Is China: The First 5,000 Years. “I remember when my son was only a baby held in my 5. a, I began to teach him some of the poems, even though of course he couldn’t
remember all of them. But that’s what the Chinese do.”
Back in the Tang Dynasty, Li Bai and Du Fu first 6. m in the year 744. They admired each other and quickly became friends. The two poets met only a couple of times during their lives.
But they wrote many poems to and 7. a each other. In one poem, Du Fu wrote: When can we again hold a cup of wine, and chat about poem-writing line by 8. l? (From “On a Spring Day Thinking of Li Bai”)
Li Bai and Du Fu formed a lasting 9. f, which ties one heart to the other no matter how far away they are from each other.
Today most Chinese people can still remember Li Bai’s and Du Fu’s poems. And they also 10. e their children to read their poems. Li Bai and Du Fu are not only in our textbooks but in our minds.

1. little
2. simply
3. answer
4. important
5. arms
6. met
7. about
8. line
9. friendship
10. encourage

【分析】
做这类首字母填空题目，需先通读短文把握整体语境，再针对每个空格，结合句子结构、首字母提示，联系上下文逻辑和固定搭配确定单词。比如第1空根据“诗歌对现代人仍易读”推知语言变化小，结合首字母l确定；第5空“抱在怀里”是固定搭配，对应首字母a；其余空格需兼顾语法（时态、词性）和语境逻辑，逐步推导。
【解析】
1. 句意：中国的语言变化如此之小，以至于诗歌对现代人来说仍然容易读。so...that结构表程度，结合首字母l，填little。
2. 句意：它们的主题只是关于友谊、爱情和风景。此处需副词修饰be动词are，结合首字母s，填simply。
3. 句意：十分之九的孩子会回答唐朝。would后接动词原形，结合首字母a，填answer。
4. 句意：他们在中国文学史上和莎士比亚在英国文学史上一样重要。as...as结构中间用形容词原级，结合首字母i，填important。
5. 句意：我记得儿子还是婴儿时被我抱在怀里。固定搭配in one's arms表“抱在怀里”，结合首字母a，填arms。
6. 句意：李白和杜甫在744年第一次相遇。描述过去发生的动作，用动词过去式，结合首字母m，填met。
7. 句意：他们互相写了很多诗。固定表达to and about each other表“互相之间”，结合首字母a，填about。
8. 句意：逐行讨论写诗。固定短语line by line表“逐行”，结合首字母l，填line。
9. 句意：他们形成了持久的友谊。此处需名词，结合首字母f，填friendship。
10. 句意：他们也鼓励孩子读他们的诗。一般现在时，主语they后接动词原形，结合首字母e，填encourage。
【答案】1. little 2. simply 3. answer 4. important 5. arms 6. met 7. about 8. line 9. friendship 10. encourage
【知识点】英语词汇运用、固定搭配、语境理解
【点评】本题结合中华优秀传统文化（李白杜甫）设计，考查学生对英语词汇、固定搭配及语篇语境的理解，题型常规，难度适中，有助于学生积累文化相关的英语表达。
【难度系数】0.5