()3.Franklin electricity and another man the electric light bulb.

A.discovered；invented
B.discovered；discovered
C.invented；invented
D.invented；discovered

3. A 【点拨】discover 指发现早已存在的事物；invent 指发明从未存在过的东西。故选 A。

()4.I haven’t him for a long time, and I was shocked his death.

A.heard of；to hear from
B.heard from；to hear of
C.heard of；to hearing from
D.heard from；to hearing of

4. B 【点拨】hear from sb 收到某人的来信；hear of 听说；be shocked to do sth 对做某事感到震惊。故选 B。

()5.— do you know about Columbus?
—Oh, he is a great man who discovered America.

A.What
B.Who
C.How
D.Which

5. A 【点拨】what 什么；who 谁；how 如何；which 哪个。根据答语中的“he is a great man who discovered America”可知，是询问对方对哥伦布了解多少。故选 A。

四、阅读短文，在文中空白处填入 1 个适当的单词，或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
Last weekend, I read an article online about 1 8-year-old boy. He didn’t want to go to school, so his mother made him 2(go)out into the street and collect waste in order to make some money. It reminded me of one of my unforgettable experiences.
Last summer, I didn’t want to go to school any more. That was 3 I was unhappy with my poor exam scores. I 4(find)a part-time job during my summer vacation. The manager just asked me to deliver newspapers.
In the beginning, I thought that it would be a piece of cake. However, 5 my surprise, when I went to 6(people)houses, they started to look me up and down. I could feel that they looked down on me. I was 7(deep)hurt and felt sad. At that time, I realized that delivering newspapers was much more difficult than 8(read)a book in a classroom.
Now, I am sitting in a classroom and working harder than ever before. And I am also more confident and 9(happy). As long as I don’t lose heart and work harder, I believe I will make more progress in all the 10(subject).
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1. an 2. go 3. because 4. found 5. to 6. people's 7. deeply 8. reading 9. happier 10. subjects

五、完形填空。(2025·江苏盐城东台一模)
When Helen Keller was 19 months old, an illness left her deaf, blind and mute(哑的). At the age of five, she began to 1 that she was different from other people. Her family members could talk with their mouths, but she couldn’t talk with her mouth. Sometimes she stood between her parents and touched their 2. She could not understand their words, and she could not make any meaningful sounds 3. She wanted to talk, but no matter how she tried, her family members could not understand her. This made her very angry. Finally, her parents decided to ask Dr Bell for 4.
So just before Helen’s seventh birthday, with the help of Dr Bell, her parents hired a private 5, Miss Sullivan, for her. Miss Sullivan was careful to teach Helen. She taught Helen those subjects that she was 6 in.
One morning, Miss Sullivan carried a cup in her hand and she took Helen to the pump house(水泵房). 7 was pumping water(用泵抽水)there. Miss Sullivan led Helen to the pump, put the cup in her hand, and let Helen 8 it under the spout(喷嘴). Helen’s first impulse(冲动)was to throw the cup away. 9 she liked the feeling when the cool water flowed down over her hand into the cup. So she held it there, smiling a little.
Then Miss Sullivan held Helen’s other hand and began to 10 the word W-A-T-E-R on it. She did it over and over again. 11 at first, and then faster. Suddenly, Helen dropped the cup. She stood there quietly, hardly 12. Inside her mind, a new idea began to spin round and round.
“W-A-T-E-R! W-A-T-E-R! This lovely, cool thing. ” She wildly groped(摸索)for Miss Sullivan’s hand. Her trembling(发抖的) 13 began to spell the word on Miss Sullivan’s hand. She didn’t finish spelling the word W-A-T-E-R, and then she felt that Miss Sullivan agreed 14 her by patting(轻拍)her on the shoulder. Helen was right! That was “water”! For the first time in Helen’s life, she “talked” with another person in this 15 way! Miss Sullivan’s eyes were wet as she cried, “Helen, you’re right! You’ve got it!”
()1. A. repeat
B. realize
C. remember
D. respect
()2. A. mouths
B. eyes
C. noses
D. ears
()3. A. himself
B. yourself
C. myself
D. herself
()4. A. food
B. wealth
C. help
D. trouble
()5. A. teacher
B. worker
C. driver
D. writer
()6. A. rich
B. interested
C. successful
D. strict
()7. A. Someone
B. Everybody
C. Anyone
D. None
()8. A. find
B. hold
C. break
D. collect
()9. A. Unless
B. And
C. Until
D. But
()10. A. spell
B. read
C. say
D. explain
()11. A. Easily
B. Carefully
C. Slowly
D. Heavily
()12. A. breathing
B. dancing
C. laughing
D. singing
()13. A. arms
B. fingers
C. legs
D. knees
()14. A. about
B. for
C. on
D. with
()15. A. special
B. modest
C. tidy
D. common

1. B 【点拨】repeat 重复；realize 意识到；remember 记得；respect 尊重。根据下文可知，她的家人可以用嘴说话，但她不会用嘴说话，所以此处是指她开始意识到自己和别人不同。故选 B。
2. A 【点拨】mouth 嘴；eye 眼睛；nose 鼻子；ear 耳朵。根据上文可知，她的家人可以用嘴说话，所以此处是指她触摸父母的嘴，想了解说话是怎么回事。故选 A。
3. D 【点拨】himself 他自己；yourself 你自己；myself 我自己；herself 她自己。句子主语是 she，所以此处是指她自己不能发出任何有意义的声音，应用反身代词 herself。故选 D。
4. C 【点拨】ask for help 请求帮助。故选 C。
5. A 【点拨】teacher 老师；worker 工人；driver 司机；writer 作家。根据下文“Miss Sullivan was careful to teach Helen”可知，此处是指为海伦请了一位老师。故选 A。
6. B 【点拨】rich 富有的；interested 感兴趣的；successful 成功的；strict 严格的。此处是指老师教海伦她感兴趣的科目。be interested in 对……感兴趣。故选 B。
7. A 【点拨】此处是指有人在水泵房打水，句子为肯定句。故选 A。
8. B 【点拨】find 找到；hold 拿着；break 打破；collect 收集。根据下文可知，此处是指老师让海伦拿着杯子，把它放在喷嘴下面。故选 B。
9. D 【点拨】unless 除非；and 并且；until 直到……为止；but 但是。根据语境可知，上文说她一开始想把杯子扔掉，下文说她喜欢凉水从手上流进杯子的感觉，前后是转折关系。故选 D。
10. A 【点拨】spell 拼写；read 阅读；say 说；explain 解释。根据下文可知，此处是指老师是在她手上拼写这个单词。故选 A。
11. C 【点拨】easily 轻易地；carefully 仔细地；slowly 缓慢地；heavily 沉重地。根据下文可知，此处是指一开始老师是慢慢地拼写单词。故选 C。
12. A 【点拨】breathe 呼吸；dance 跳舞；laugh 笑；sing 唱歌。根据下文可知，在她的脑海里，一个新的想法开始不停地旋转，所以此处是指海伦突然有了新的认识，静静地站在那里，几乎停止了呼吸。“hardly breathing”可用来形容她此刻专注的状态。故选 A。
13. B 【点拨】arm 手臂；finger 手指；leg 腿；knee 膝盖。根据语境可知，此处是指海伦用手指在老师的手上拼写单词。故选 B。
14. D 【点拨】agree with sb 同意某人。故选 D。
15. A 【点拨】special 特殊的；modest 谦虚的；tidy 整洁的；common 普通的。根据上文可知，海伦通过这种在手上拼写的方式和别人“交流”，此处是指这种方式是特殊的。故选 A。