五、短文填空。
阅读短文，从方框中选出恰当的单词并用其适当形式填空，使短文通顺、意义完整。每空仅填一词，每词仅用一次。
argue seriously meeting difficulty prefer
speaker message of local communication
Last month, Tom and his classmates had to plan a school art festival. At first, they were all happy and full of excitement. But soon, they faced many 22. . Some liked painting, but others 23. paper cutting. They 24. for a very long time because each group thought their idea was the best.
Tom knew they must solve the problem, or they would miss the deadline. They decided to have a(n) 25. online because some classmates were ill. In the chat, everyone had to take the problem 26. . They listened to each other and tried to understand different ideas.
Finally, they reached an agreement. They would have a mix of paintings and paper cutting. To make the festival better, they planned to invite a(n) 27. artist to give a speech. The 28. was good at paper-cutting, and they believed his sharing would make the festival more meaningful. Tom and his classmates also made colourful posters and put them up on the school noticeboard, sent text 29. to schoolmates, and created a social media page to share photos of their preparation work.
Because 30. everyone's work, the art festival was really a success. Tom and his classmates learnt that good 31. was the key to making things work. They were proud of themselves for solving the problems.
Word Family
speak(v.)→(n.)说话者；演讲者
我知道的动词加-er后缀构成的名词有：

词汇积累
1. chat /tʃæt/ n.
2. proud /praʊd/ adj.

22. difficulties 23. preferred 24. argued 25. meeting 26. seriously 27. local 28. speaker 29. messages 30. of 31. communication
Word Family
speaker; singer, teacher, worker…
词汇积累
1. 闲聊 2. 自豪的

【分析】
先通读短文，理解其讲述汤姆和同学筹备学校艺术节，遇问题后通过沟通解决的故事。解题时需结合每个空格前后的语法要求（如词性、时态、单复数），从方框给定词汇中选恰当词并变形，同时注意每词仅用一次，还要关注固定搭配和语境逻辑。
【解析】
22. 空格前有many，需填可数名词复数，方框中difficulty的复数形式为difficulties，符合“遇到很多困难”的语境。
23. 全文为一般过去时，空格处缺谓语动词，prefer的过去式为preferred，意为“更喜欢”，对应前文“一些喜欢绘画，另一些更喜欢剪纸”。
24. 过去式作谓语，argue的过去式为argued，意为“争论”，对应后文“各组都认为自己的想法最好”。
25. 空格前有a(n)，需填名词，meeting（会议）符合“线上开会”的语境。
26. 空格修饰动词take，需用副词，seriously构成固定搭配take...seriously（认真对待），符合语境。
27. 空格修饰名词artist，需用形容词，local（当地的）符合“邀请当地艺术家”的语境。
28. 空格前有the，指代人，speaker（演讲者）符合“该演讲者擅长剪纸”的语境。
29. 空格前有text，需填名词复数，messages构成固定搭配text messages（短信），符合语境。
30. 固定搭配because of后接名词短语，填of。
31. 空格处需名词作主语，communication（沟通）符合“良好的沟通是关键”的语境。
Word Family：speak的名词形式为speaker；动词加-er构成的名词如singer、teacher、worker等。
词汇积累：1. chat意为“闲聊”；2. proud意为“自豪的”。
【答案】
22. difficulties 23. preferred 24. argued 25. meeting 26. seriously 27. local 28. speaker 29. messages 30. of 31. communication
Word Family
speaker; singer, teacher, worker…
词汇积累
1. 闲聊 2. 自豪的
【知识点】
短文词汇运用、动词变形、固定搭配
【点评】
本题为英语短文填空题，考查词汇的语境运用、词形变化及固定搭配，要求学生结合上下文逻辑和语法规则解题，属于基础题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6