一、词汇运用
(A)根据句意及汉语提示写出单词
1. Animals are really helpful. They help people to (发明) new things.
2. Her (伟大) lies in her deep understanding of human nature.
3. Last year, I went through a terrible (暴风雨) and felt the power of nature.
4. [2026 无锡市省锡中实验学校期中改编]Some people believe that great artists are born with a special (天资,才能).
5. Though having difficulty in speaking (意大利语), the old man tried hard to make himself understood by gesture.

1 invent 2 greatness 3 storm 4 talent 5 Italian

(B)用所给单词的适当形式填空
6. [2025 上海民办进才外国语中学月考改编]Most scientists can only be successful after (count) tries.
7. [2025 江阴直属片区期中改编]The journey was so interesting that both the students and the teachers enjoyed (them).
8. ▶新素材 Three Chinese astronauts (return) to Earth safely on November 14th, 2025.
9. [2025 南阳市第十三中学开学考试改编]The old house has a history of more than two (century).
10. Xu Yuanchong (translate) the Chinese poem Thoughts on a Silent Night into English.

6 countless 7 themselves 8 returned 9 centuries
10 translated

1. Mike hurt when he climbed the mountain.
mountain.

A.herself
B.himself
C.yourself
D.myself

1 B 句意:迈克爬山时伤了自己。主语为Mike,且动作hurt的承受者也是Mike,即主语和宾语是同一人,所以应该用反身代词himself。

2. My cousin is a(n) boy and he always asks all kinds of strange questions.

A.honest
B.curious
C.polite
D.hard-working

2 B 句意:我的表弟是个好奇的男孩,他总是问各种奇怪的问题。根据"and he always asks all kinds of strange questions"可知,curious"好奇的"符合句意。

3. The boy wants to make lots of useful and become a great like Thomas Edison.

A.invention; inventor
B.inventors; invention
C.inventions; inventor
D.invention; inventors

3 C 句意:这个男孩想做出很多有用的发明,成为一名像托马斯·爱迪生一样伟大的发明家。根据"The boy wants to make lots of useful"可知,第一处表示"做出很多有用的发明",lots of修饰可数名词复数;根据"become a great ______ like Thomas Edison"可知,第二处表示"发明家",a修饰可数名词单数。故选C。

4. —You said Jim would give up his job?
—Yeah. When I passed by Mr Black's office, I heard their conversation.（选出与画线单词意思相同或相近的一项）

A.talk
B.idea
C.sound
D.look

4 A ——你说吉姆会辞职? ——是的。我路过布莱克先生的办公室时,听到了他们的谈话。根据句意可知,画线单词表示"谈话",与talk意思相近。故选A。

5. —The man is a actor. His new movie is a big .
—How lucky he is!

A.success; succeed
B.successful; success
C.successfully; success
D.successful; successfully

5 B ——这个人是一个成功的演员。他的新电影大获成功。——他多幸运啊!success"成功的事"(名词);succeed"成功"(动词);successful"成功的"(形容词);successfully"成功地"(副词)。第一空后的actor是名词,所以第一空应填形容词successful,用于修饰名词;第二空前的a是冠词,其后接名词,所以第二空应填名词success。故选B。