根据短文内容,用所给单词的适当形式填空,使短文意思完整。
Long long ago in China, there 1. (be) a king(国王) who enjoyed music very much. His favourite hobby was listening to his musicians play a 2. (China) instrument(乐器) called Yu(竽).
The king often 3. (put) hundreds of players together to perform(表演) grand music. And he treated(款待) his musicians very well.
A man named Nanguo 4. (do not) know how 5. (play) the instrument. But he really 6. (want) to be treated to the king's grand meals. So he 7. (find) a way to join the king's band.
Whenever, the band 8. (play) for the king, Nanguo just stood there and pretended(假装) to play like the others. Nobody 9. (know) that he was making no sound at all. After the concerts, he always enjoyed 10. (eat) and drinking with everyone else.

1. was
2. Chinese
3. put
4. didn't
5. to play
6. wanted
7. found
8. played
9. knew
10. eating

本题考查一般过去时的动词变形、词性转换和固定搭配，结合全文开头的Long long ago可知故事整体时态为一般过去时，逐空分析如下：
1. 主语a king是单数，时态为一般过去时，be动词用was。
2. 此处修饰名词instrument，需要将名词China变为形容词Chinese，意为“中国的”。
3. 时态为一般过去时，动词put的过去式为put。
4. 时态为一般过去时，主语是第三人称单数，否定形式用didn't。
5. 固定结构how to do sth. 表示“如何做某事”，填to play。
6. 时态为一般过去时，动词want的过去式为wanted。
7. 时态为一般过去时，动词find的过去式为found。
8. 后文的stood提示时态为一般过去时，动词play的过去式为played。
9. 时态为一般过去时，动词know的过去式为knew。
10. 固定搭配enjoy doing sth. 表示“喜欢做某事”，eat的动名词形式为eating。

阅读短文，选择最佳答案。
In December 2010, Mary got a surprising gift. A young man called Ray came to visit her with a shirt. It was a shirt with a picture of Spiderman.
Six years ago, Mary's son Tom was ill in hospital. Ray was in hospital, too. The two children liked to talk about Spiderman. But later, the two boys were in different hospitals. In November 2010, Ray saw the shirt with Spiderman on it in a shop and bought it. He wanted to give it to Tom.
But Ray didn't know that Tom died two years ago. Ray cried when he heard it. But Mary thought his visit was a great gift for her.
()1. The young man brought Mary .
A. a picture B. a bag C. a shirt
()2. Tom was Mary's .
A. friend B. son C. student
()3. Ray and Tom liked to talk about .
A. food B. Spiderman C. clothes
()4. Tom died in .
A. 2004 B. 2008 C. 2010

1. C 2. B 3. B 4. B

1. 定位原文第一段第二句"A young man called Ray came to visit her with a shirt."，可知这个年轻男士带给Mary的是一件衬衫，对应选项C。
2. 定位原文第二段第一句"Six years ago, Mary's son Tom was ill in hospital."，可以直接得知Tom是Mary的儿子，对应选项B。
3. 定位原文第二段第三句"The two children liked to talk about Spiderman."，可知Ray和Tom喜欢讨论蜘蛛侠，对应选项B。
4. 文章开篇说明故事发生在2010年，第三段提到"Tom died two years ago"，计算可得2010-2=2008，Tom死于2008年，对应选项B。