Ⅲ.阅读短文,根据短文内容或提示词填空。
Last week, Lily and Anna had a fight. Lily was angry 1. she thought Anna broke her favourite pen on purpose. "You did it on purpose!" Lily shouted, saying many 2. (hurt) words. Anna felt sad and said, "I'm so sorry! I 3. (drop) it by accident."
That night, Lily thought about it 4. (clear) and realised she was wrong. Anna never did things on purpose. To clear the air, Lily wrote a letter of 5. (apologize). "I'm sorry for my 6. (angry)," she wrote. "I know it wasn't your fault."
The next day, Lily gave the letter to Anna. Anna 7. (forgive) her and said with a smile, "Let's forget 8. fight." They talked openly and cleared the air at last.
Now, they still have plenty 9. happy times together. This experience taught them that everyone makes mistakes, but 10. (say) sorry and forgiving others can make friendships stronger.

1. because 2. hurtful 3. dropped 4. clearly 5. apology
6. anger 7. forgave 8. the 9. of 10. saying

【分析】这是一篇关于朋友间矛盾和解的英语短文填空题，解题思路为：先通读全文理解主旨，再结合每个空的语境、语法结构、提示词，依次确定每个空的正确形式，重点关注词性转换、时态、固定搭配、冠词等考点。
【解析】1. 空格前后是因果关系，前果后因，需用连词because引导原因状语从句；2. 空格修饰名词words，需用形容词，提示词hurt的形容词形式为hurtful；3. 由时间状语last week可知用一般过去时，动词drop的过去式为dropped；4. 空格修饰动词thought，需用副词，clear的副词形式为clearly；5. a letter of后接名词，提示词apologize的名词形式为apology；6. 形容词性物主代词my后接名词，提示词angry的名词形式为anger；7. 上下文描述过去的事件，用一般过去时，动词forgive的过去式为forgave；8. 特指上文提到的那次争吵，需用定冠词the；9. 固定搭配plenty of表示“大量、许多”，故填of；10. 与后面的forgiving others并列作主语，需用动名词，动词say的动名词形式为saying。
【答案】1. because 2. hurtful 3. dropped 4. clearly 5. apology 6. anger 7. forgave 8. the 9. of 10. saying
【知识点】词汇词性转换、一般过去时、固定搭配
【点评】本题考查英语基础知识的综合运用，涵盖词汇变形、时态、冠词、固定搭配等考点，需结合语境分析，难度适中，适合巩固基础。
【难度系数】0.6