二 短文填空
从方框中选出恰当的单词或短语并用其适当形式填空，使短文通顺、意义完整。
recall card sad run out go through
position picnic keep afraid for
Ella worked as a volunteer in the city library's reading programme. She needed a volunteer 9. to enter the staff area. On her first day, she was 10. that she would forget the rules and make mistakes. She took up a quiet 11. near the children's section to sort books.
However, her energy began to 12. quickly because so many kids kept asking questions. She felt quite 13. and thought about giving up. Her supervisor, Mr. Wilson, noticed and said, "Every helper has to 14. such busy moments. Let's take a short break." He led her to a small 15. area in the garden where they had some juice and talked about how to manage stress.
Refreshed, Ella returned and did a great job. At the end of the day, she 16. every cheerful face of the children. She decided to always 17. that positive experience in mind. Before leaving, she thanked Mr. Wilson 18. his warm encouragement. Walking home, Ella smiled and realised that helping others not only brought joy to them, but also built confidence in herself.

9. card
10. afraid
11. position
12. run out
13. sad
14. go through
15. picnic
16. recalled
17. keep
18. for

本题考查给定词汇、短语在语篇语境中的正确形式运用，结合固定搭配和语法规则逐空分析如下：
1. 第9空：根据“进入图书馆员工区域需要志愿者凭证”的语境，选择名词card，不定冠词a后接可数名词单数，填card。
2. 第10空：固定结构be afraid that... 意为“担心/害怕……”，符合Ella第一天做志愿者忐忑的心情，填afraid。
3. 第11空：句意为“她在儿童区附近找了一个安静的位置整理书籍”，position表示“位置”，不定冠词a后接单数名词，填position。
4. 第12空：固定短语run out意为“耗尽、用完”，begin to do sth. 结构后接动词原形，此处表示她的精力快速耗尽，填run out。
5. 第13空：feel是系动词，后接形容词作表语，结合后文“想要放弃”的语境，选择形容词sad（难过的），填sad。
6. 第14空：固定短语go through意为“经历”，have to后接动词原形，此处表示每位志愿者都要经历这类忙碌时刻，填go through。
7. 第15空：picnic area是常用表达，意为“野餐区”，符合花园里的场景设定，填picnic。
8. 第16空：全文叙事使用一般过去时，此处表示Ella回忆起孩子们的笑脸，recall的过去式为recalled，填recalled。
9. 第17空：固定搭配keep sth. in mind意为“牢记某事”，decide to后接动词原形，填keep。
10. 第18空：固定搭配thank sb. for sth. 意为“因某事感谢某人”，填for。