三、词汇运用
A. 用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，每词仅用一次。

be afraid to at pretend realize something
Last Friday, we had an interesting English class. Our teacher had a great idea and asked us to play a game. At first, some of my classmates 16 speak English out loud. But our teacher encouraged us. I 17 to be a tour guide and showed the visitors around the famous places. During the game, 18 surprising happened. We laughed and learnt at the same time. 19 the end of the class, everyone 20 that learning English could be so much fun.
B. 单词辨音。找出画线部分发音与其他单词不同的选项。
()21. A. hen$\underline{\mathrm{s}}$ B. dragon$\underline{\mathrm{s}}$ C. rope$\underline{\mathrm{s}}$
()22. A. $\underline{\mathrm{u}}$gly B. s$\underline{\mathrm{u}}$ddenly C. m$\underline{\mathrm{u}}$seum
()23. A. c$\underline{\mathrm{ou}}$ntry B. sh$\underline{\mathrm{ou}}$t C. s$\underline{\mathrm{ou}}$th
()24. A. f$\underline{\mathrm{e}}$stival B. $\underline{\mathrm{e}}$xam C. t$\underline{\mathrm{e}}$rrible
()25. A. w$\underline{\mathrm{a}}$sh B. s$\underline{\mathrm{a}}$lad C. s$\underline{\mathrm{a}}$ndwich
C. 根据短文内容和所给中文提示在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。
Once there was a young man named Alex. He lived in a small village. He was a good 26 (猎人). He didn't have to join the 27 (战争). One day on his way to the 28 (森林), he 29 (突然) heard a loud noise. He quickly 30 (跟随) the sound and found an animal. The animal was in a net and couldn't 31 (咬) through it. Alex 32 (决定) to help it and set it free at once. The animal 33 (微笑) at him and ran away. When Alex returned to the village, he told the truth to the villagers. They 34 (表扬) him when they knew about it. From that day on Alex kept helping animals. His act 35 (鼓励) more people to protect animals. Both the animals and the villagers had happy lives.

16. were afraid to 17. pretended 18. something
19. At 20. realized 21－25. CCABA
26. hunter 27. war 28. forest 29. suddenly
30. followed 31. bite 32. decided 33. smiled
34. praised 35. encouraged

【分析】
本题分为词汇运用的三个部分：A部分需结合语境、时态及固定搭配，用方框内词语的适当形式填空；B部分需辨析单词中字母/字母组合的发音；C部分需根据中文提示写出正确形式的单词。解题时先通读全文理解语境，再逐一分析每个空的语法、语义要求，结合知识点作答。
【解析】
A. 词汇填空：
16. 句意：起初，我的一些同学不敢大声说英语。固定搭配be afraid to do sth（不敢做某事），主语classmates为复数，时态是一般过去时，故填were afraid to。
17. 句意：我假装当导游，带游客参观名胜。固定搭配pretend to do sth（假装做某事），时态为一般过去时，故填pretended。
18. 句意：游戏中发生了一件令人惊讶的事。形容词修饰不定代词something时需后置，故填something。
19. 句意：在课结束时，每个人都意识到学英语可以这么有趣。固定搭配at the end of（在……结束时），句首首字母大写，故填At。
20. 句意：每个人都意识到学英语可以这么有趣。时态为一般过去时，realize的过去式是realized，故填realized。
B. 单词辨音：
21. A. hens /z/；B. dragons /z/；C. ropes /s/，故选C。
22. A. ugly /ʌ/；B. suddenly /ʌ/；C. museum /juː/，故选C。
23. A. country /ʌ/；B. shout /aʊ/；C. south /aʊ/，故选A。
24. A. festival /ə/；B. exam /ɪɡ/；C. terrible /ə/，故选B。
25. A. wash /ɒ/；B. salad /æ/；C. sandwich /æ/，故选A。
C. 根据中文写单词：
26. 猎人：hunter；27. 战争：war；28. 森林：forest；29. 突然：suddenly；30. 跟随（过去式）：followed；31. 咬：bite；32. 决定（过去式）：decided；33. 微笑（过去式）：smiled；34. 表扬（过去式）：praised；35. 鼓励（过去式）：encouraged。
【答案】
A. 16. were afraid to 17. pretended 18. something 19. At 20. realized
B. 21. C 22. C 23. A 24. B 25. A
C. 26. hunter 27. war 28. forest 29. suddenly 30. followed 31. bite 32. decided 33. smiled 34. praised 35. encouraged
【知识点】
动词短语、固定搭配、单词发音、词汇拼写
【点评】
本题考查英语基础词汇的综合运用，涵盖词汇变形、固定搭配、发音规则及基础单词拼写，知识点均为初中英语核心内容，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5