五、词语填空(提示:有两个词是多余的)(共5小题,每小题2分,满分10分)
because / solve / trust / mind / direct / understood / true
During the Spring and Autumn Period, there was a famous friendship between Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya, known as Guan Bao Zhi Jiao. Despite(尽管) many hardships, Bao Shuya always 66 and supported Guan Zhong. When they did business together, Bao Shuya didn't 67 Guan Zhong taking a larger share(份额), 68 he knew Guan Zhong had an old mother to support, believing Guan Zhong needed the money more. This story shows that 69 friendship is based on deep understanding, selfless support and 70. Since then, people have used their story to describe a sincere connection between friends.

66.
67.
68.
69.
70.

66. understood 67. mind 68. because 69. true 70. trust

【分析】本题是结合历史典故的英语词语填空题，给定7个词，需选5个填空且有2个多余词。解题思路为：先通读全文理解“管鲍之交”的故事背景，再结合每个空格的句子结构、语境、词义，以及固定搭配、逻辑关系逐一分析，排除多余词汇。
【解析】
1. 第66空：需与supported并列的动词过去式，语境为“鲍叔牙总是理解并支持管仲”，understood（理解）符合，故填understood。
2. 第67空：考查固定搭配mind doing sth（介意做某事），语境为“鲍叔牙不介意管仲拿更大份额”，故填mind。
3. 第68空：前半句说明结果，后半句解释原因，需表原因的连词，故填because。
4. 第69空：修饰名词friendship，需形容词，语境为“真正的友谊基于……”，true（真正的）符合，故填true。
5. 第70空：与understanding、selfless support并列，需名词，语境为“友谊基于理解、支持和信任”，trust（信任）符合，故填trust。
多余词为solve、direct，符合题目提示。
【答案】66. understood 67. mind 68. because 69. true 70. trust
【知识点】英语词汇运用、固定搭配、语境理解
【点评】本题结合历史典故考查词语填空，兼顾词汇基础与语境逻辑，难度适中，能考查学生对词汇的综合运用能力。
【难度系数】0.6

六、综合填空(共10小题,每小题1分,满分10分)
Bo Ya was a famous musician in the Spring and Autumn Period. He showed a great gift for music from 71 early age and then became a student of a master guqin player named Cheng Lian. Bo Ya was a fast 72 (learn) and soon became good at everything Master Cheng taught him.
One day, Bo Ya was travelling on a riverboat when it began to rain 73 (heavy). He found a shelter at the foot of a mountain, where he began to play a tune on the guqin. After a while, Bo Ya 74 (raise) his head and saw a woodchopper(伐木人) sitting on the riverbank. The man was Zhong Ziqi. He had been listening to the music all the time. He enjoyed it so much 75 he didn't even take notice of the rain.
Deeply touched, Bo Ya invited Zhong Ziqi onto his boat so that he could share his music 76 him. Bo Ya's own tunes, such as "High Mountains" and "Flowing Water", were completely 77 (understand) by Zhong Ziqi. Bo Ya's joy was beyond 78 (word).
This man in front of him was a dear friend like no other!
A few years 79 (late), Bo Ya learned that Zhong Ziqi had already passed away. At Zhong Ziqi's tomb(坟墓), Bo Ya started playing the guqin. When it was over, he snapped(折断) the strings and smashed(砸) 80 (he) guqin against the ground. From that day on, no tune would ever come out of Bo Ya's skillful hands again.
After that, people have used the story of Bo Ya and Zhong Ziqi to describe the difficulty of finding a heart-to-heart friend.
71. 72. 73. 74. 75.
76. 77. 78. 79. 80.

71. an 72. learner 73. heavily 74. raised 75. that/and
76. with 77. understood 78. words 79. later 80. his

【分析】
这是英语综合填空题，需结合固定搭配、词性转换、时态等知识解题。思路：71空考固定搭配，填不定冠词；72空形容词后接名词，转换动词为名词；73空修饰动词用副词；74空用一般过去式；75空考固定句式；76空考固定搭配；77空用被动语态；78空考固定短语；79空表时间用later；80空修饰名词用物主代词。
【解析】
71. 固定搭配“from an early age”意为“从小”，early以元音音素开头，故填an；
72. 形容词fast后需接名词，learn的名词形式为learner（学习者），符合语境；
73. 此处修饰动词rain，需用副词，heavy的副词形式为heavily；
74. 全文为过去故事，时态是一般过去时，raise的过去式为raised；
75. 考查“so...that...”结构（如此……以至于……），也可填and表并列；
76. 固定搭配“share sth with sb”（与某人分享某物），故填with；
77. 主语tunes与understand是被动关系，用过去分词构成被动语态，故填understood；
78. 固定短语“beyond words”意为“无法用语言表达”，需填复数名词words；
79. “a few years later”表示“几年后”，符合语境；
80. 此处修饰名词guqin，需用形容词性物主代词，he的形容词性物主代词为his。
【答案】71. an 72. learner 73. heavily 74. raised 75. that/and 76. with 77. understood 78. words 79. later 80. his
【知识点】固定搭配、词性转换、一般过去时
【点评】本题为英语综合填空基础题，考查常用固定短语、词性变化及时态等核心知识点，侧重基础应用，难度适中，适合初中阶段学生练习。
【难度系数】0.6