三、阅读还原。
The long history of China leaves us thousands of stories. Now, here is one book that tells some of them. Do you think you want to follow the life of people in ancient China? 1
In this book, there are more than 600 characters from the Han Dynasty to the Jin Dynasty. 2 They have got their own appearance and abilities. They also think about things in different ways. But all the characters share one thing in common. They are always true to themselves.
In total, the book has got 1,130 small stories about these characters. 3 Some of them are not real, which might come from another novel. Or people heard something about one character and then it became a story in this book. Even some stories are just imaginary. 4 But in fact, some phrases from it, such as “making a mountain out of a molehill（小题大做）”, are still used today. It also inspired later writers to create similar collections of stories. Many writers like Lu Xun talked about how important this book was.
Why does this book have its place in Chinese literature? Firstly, there was no book of this kind before it came out. 5 For students, reading this book is like opening a window to the wonderful world of ancient China.
A. It sounds like this book is simply a storybook.
B. All the stories are 100 words long or even shorter.
C. If so, you can try A New Account of Tales of the World .
D. The stories and characters are also ular with foreigners.
E. What's more, the book teaches us about creativity, bravery and staying true.
F. They are people with different jobs, such as writers, painters, artists and so on.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

1. C
2. F
3. B
4. A
5. E

我们可以根据上下文逻辑逐一匹配选项：
1. 空前问句"Do you think you want to follow the life of people in ancient China?" 是提出假设性的询问，C选项的"If so"（如果是这样的话）正好承接该问句，顺势引出推荐的书籍《世说新语》，符合语境。
2. 前一句提到书中有600多位从汉代到晋代的人物，F选项介绍这些人物的不同职业，和后文描述人物各自的外貌、能力、不同思考方式的内容衔接自然。
3. 前一句说明书中一共有1130个相关小故事，B选项补充介绍这些故事的篇幅都很短，是对故事基本特征的补充说明，逻辑通顺。
4. 后文以"But in fact"转折，说明书里的很多表达至今仍被使用、对后世文学影响深远，A选项"听起来这本书好像只是一本故事书"正好和后文的转折内容形成反差，突出这本书远超普通故事书的价值。
5. 前文用"Firstly"说明书的首创性，E选项的"What's more"（此外）递进，介绍这本书传递的美好品质，和后文说明书对学生的意义的内容衔接连贯。
剩余D选项内容在原文没有对应语境，故不选用。

四、短文填空。
make smarter read teach third for the chance careful but
Dear John,
I am glad to share with you an amazing book called The Art of War. It is an ancient book about the strategy of war. This is the 1 time that I have
recommended the book!
This book is full of clever sayings. One of 2 most important ideas is "know the enemy and know yourself, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger of defeat". It means in a war, there are many things people should think about 3, such as the places and the things they have. It mainly tells us to 4 good plans before we do something. If we do this, we will have more 5 to get what we want.
The book also 6 us to be patient and not to be too quick to act. We have to wait 7 the right time to do something. For example, when we play chess, we can think about the ways in this book. It helps us to be 8 and make better choices.
So far, many people have 9 the book. It is not only for wars in the past, 10 also for our daily life. It is really a great book. Hope you will read it soon.
Best wishes!
Yours,
Li Lei
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. third 2. the 3. carefully 4. make 5. chances 6. teaches 7. for 8. smarter 9. read 10. but

我们结合方框给出的词汇，根据语法规则、固定搭配和语境含义逐一解题：
1. 此处表达“这是我第三次推荐这本书”，“the+序数词+time”是固定结构，表示“第几次”，因此填third。
2. 形容词最高级most important前必须加定冠词the，构成“one of the + 形容词最高级 + 名词复数”的常用结构，表示“最……的……之一”，因此填the。
3. 此处修饰动词短语think about，需要使用副词，careful的副词形式是carefully，意为“仔细地”，指作战时人们需要仔细考量诸多因素，因此填carefully。
4. make plans是固定搭配，意为“制定计划”，“tell sb to do sth”结构中to后接动词原形，因此填make。
5. 此处表达“我们会有更多机会得到想要的结果”，more后接可数名词复数，chance的复数形式是chances，因此填chances。
6. 句子主语The book是单数，时态为一般现在时，谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式，teach的第三人称单数是teaches，意为“教导”，因此填teaches。
7. wait for是固定短语，意为“等待”，因此填for。
8. be动词后接形容词作表语，结合语境“它帮助我们变得更聪明，做出更好的选择”，因此填smarter。
9. so far是现在完成时的标志词，have后接动词的过去分词，read的过去分词形式依然是read，意为“阅读”，因此填read。
10. not only...but also...是固定搭配，意为“不但……而且……”，因此填but。