B(2026·盐城市盐都区月考)
by accident, but, die, true, sad, succeed in, discover, challenge, it, eye
新素材 传统文化 Have you seen the clay soldiers in Xi'an Terracotta Warriors Museum? Do you know the 1 colours of them? More than 2,000 years ago, Qin Shihuang, the first emperor of China, ordered people to build the Terracotta Army(兵马俑). He hoped that the army would guard him after his 2.
In 1974, some farmers found several clay soldiers 3 in Xi'an. After that, more than 8,000 clay soldiers were found by archaeologists(考古学家). Today, the clay soldiers in Xi'an Terracotta Warriors Museum are light brown. 4 they weren't always this colour. When they were made, they had the colours of white, green, blue, red, purple and yellow. 5, most of the colours disappeared till today.
An area with more than a hundred clay soldiers was 6 by archaeologists a few years ago. Many of them still had black hair, pink faces and black or brown 7 at that time. If they were not protected well, their colours would disappear. After a clay soldier was found, archaeologists used two steps to keep 8 colour. First, they sprayed(喷) a kind of special "water" on it. Then, they covered it with plastic.
Archaeologists are facing a new 9 now. They are going to find a way to put the colours onto the clay soldiers again. If they 10 doing it, people will be able to see what the clay soldiers looked like when they were made. It must be very amazing.
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1. true 2. death 3. by accident 4. But 5. Sadly 6. discovered 7. eyes 8. its 9. challenge 10. succeed in

【分析】
本题为英语选词填空题，解题思路如下：1. 先通读全文，把握文章围绕兵马俑颜色展开的主旨；2. 逐个分析每个空的语境、语法结构，结合备选单词选择合适词汇，注意必要的词形变化；3. 代入所选词汇，验证语义和语法是否通顺。
【解析】
1. 此处需形容词修饰名词colours，备选词中true（真实的）符合“兵马俑的真实颜色”的语境，故填true。
2. after是介词，后接名词，die的名词形式为death，构成“after his death（在他死后）”，符合句意，故填death。
3. 此处需短语作状语，by accident是固定短语，意为“偶然”，契合农民偶然发现陶俑的语境，故填by accident。
4. 前文说明兵马俑现在是浅棕色，后文转折讲原本有多种颜色，需转折连词，备选词中but符合，句首首字母大写，故填But。
5. 此处需副词修饰整个句子，备选词中sad的副词形式sadly（遗憾地）符合“颜色消失”的语境，句首首字母大写，故填Sadly。
6. 此处为被动语态（be+过去分词），备选词中discover的过去分词为discovered，符合“被考古学家发现”的语境，故填discovered。
7. 此处需复数名词，对应hair、face，备选词中eye的复数形式为eyes，符合陶俑有眼睛的描述，故填eyes。
8. 此处指代前文的a clay soldier，需形容词性物主代词its修饰名词colour，故填its。
9. 此处需名词，备选词中challenge（挑战）符合“面临新挑战”的语境，故填challenge。
10. 固定搭配succeed in doing sth意为“成功做某事”，契合“成功复原颜色”的句意，主语为they，一般现在时，故填succeed in。
【答案】
1. true 2. death 3. by accident 4. But 5. Sadly 6. discovered 7. eyes 8. its 9. challenge 10. succeed in
【知识点】
英语词汇运用；选词填空
【点评】
本题结合传统文化（兵马俑）命题，既考查词汇掌握，又引导学生了解传统文化，解题需结合语境与语法规则，注意词形变化，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.7

C
hide, shut, finish, look through, move
Last Sunday, my family decided to clean up the old attic(阁楼) to make room for my grandma's coming stay. When we first opened the door, we 1 it at once because of the thick dust. But after wearing masks and gloves, we took a deep breath and went inside bravely. It took us about an hour to tidy up the messy corner, and then we found it easy 2 around. We managed to take out all the old things by noon, including some of my dad's old books and my mum's childhood toys. To our surprise, we found a small photo album under a pile of clothes; it was full of the warm memories of my parents when they were young.
My mum told me that this album had been kept well by her for over 20 years, and she even cried a little when she saw those old photos. While we 3 the album carefully, my grandma called to say she had already arrived at the community gate. My dad hurried to pick her up in excitement.
By the end of the day, we not only cleaned up the attic successfully but also felt the love 4 in those old things. Up to now, we 5 all the preparations for my grandma, and everyone in the family is looking forward to her warm stay with us.
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1. shut 2. to move 3. were looking through 4. hidden 5. have finished

【分析】
本题为英语选词填空题，需结合语境、固定搭配、时态及非谓语动词等知识点，从给定词汇中选择合适词汇并调整正确形式填空。解题思路：先分析每个空的语境与语法结构，确定所需词汇含义；再根据句子时态、固定搭配、非谓语规则调整词汇形式；最后验证答案是否符合上下文逻辑。
【解析】
1. 语境：打开阁楼门后因厚灰尘立刻关闭，shut意为“关闭”，符合语境，故填shut。
2. 固定搭配：it's + adj. + to do sth. 是固定结构，表“做某事是……的”，此处表示四处走动，故填to move。
3. 时态：while引导的时间状语从句，主句动作发生时，从句动作正在进行，用过去进行时（was/were + doing），look through意为“仔细看”，主语为we，故填were looking through。
4. 非谓语动词：love与hide是被动关系，表“被藏在旧物里的爱”，用过去分词作后置定语，故填hidden。
5. 时态：up to now（到目前为止）是现在完成时的标志，结构为have/has + done，主语为we，finish意为“完成”，故填have finished。
【答案】
1. shut 2. to move 3. were looking through 4. hidden 5. have finished
【知识点】
动词时态、固定搭配、非谓语动词
【点评】
本题结合语境考查词汇运用及英语基础语法，需学生掌握常见动词含义、时态判断、固定搭配及非谓语用法，是初中英语常见题型，难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6