三、语篇填空
阅读短文，在空白处填入一个适当的单词或用括号内所给词的正确形式填空，使短文通顺、连贯。
Yu Boya was a famous musician in ancient China. He played the guqin, a ¹. (tradition) Chinese instrument, and his music was beautiful and full ². feelings. However, few people ³. (true) understood the meaning behind his music. One day, while playing by a river, Yu Boya met Zhong Ziqi, a woodcutter.
Ziqi was not a musician, ⁴. he had a special gift: he could understand the feelings in Boya’s music. When Boya played a piece of music, Ziqi couldn’t help clapping (鼓掌) ⁵. (he) hands. Then he said, “When I listen to it, I seem to hear mountains singing and water flowing in your music.” Boya was glad ⁶. (hear) Ziqi’s words. And he was very ⁷. (excite) to find someone who could understand his music.
They became good ⁸. (friend) and promised to meet again the next year. However, when Yu Boya came back, he learned that Zhong Ziqi had passed away. Boya was very sad. He played his guqin for ⁹. last time in front of Ziqi’s grave (坟墓). Then he ¹⁰. (break) his guqin and decided never to play again. He believed that there was no one else in the world who could understand his music.
Yu Boya and Zhong Ziqi’s friendship has become a symbol of true friendship in Chinese culture.

1. traditional 2. of 3. truly 4. but 5. his 6. to hear 7. excited 8. friends 9. the 10. broke

【分析】
本题为语篇填空，需结合词性转换、固定搭配、语法规则及上下文语境完成填空。解题思路：1. 分析空格在句中的成分，确定所需词性；2. 牢记常见固定搭配；3. 根据句子逻辑关系选择合适连词；4. 注意时态、名词单复数等语法细节。
【解析】
1. 空格修饰名词instrument，需用形容词，故将名词tradition变为形容词traditional；
2. 考查固定搭配be full of（充满），故填of；
3. 空格修饰动词understood，需用副词，故将形容词true变为副词truly；
4. 前句“Ziqi was not a musician”与后句“he had a special gift”为转折关系，故填连词but；
5. 空格修饰名词hands，需用形容词性物主代词，故填his；
6. 考查固定搭配be glad to do sth（高兴做某事），故填to hear；
7. 主语为人，修饰人需用-ed形式的形容词excited，故填excited；
8. 主语为they，名词friend需用复数形式，故填friends；
9. 考查固定搭配the last time（最后一次），故填定冠词the；
10. 全文时态为一般过去时，动词break的过去式为broke，故填broke。
【答案】
1. traditional 2. of 3. truly 4. but 5. his 6. to hear 7. excited 8. friends 9. the 10. broke
【知识点】
形容词转换、固定搭配、词性辨析、动词时态
【点评】
本题为初中英语常见语篇填空题，考查基础词汇的词性变化、固定搭配及语法知识，需结合语境分析，难度适中，能有效考查学生的英语基础运用能力。
【难度系数】
0.6

四、阅读还原
阅读短文，从方框内所给的选项中选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，其中有一个多余的选项。
78 英语 同步练习·目标与测试(八年级 上册)
When you travel in China, you can often see some very special puppets（木偶）in many shops. 1. They are traditional Chinese shadow puppets（皮影）.
2. A long time ago, Emperor Wu of Han was very sad because his wife died. He missed her so much that he didn’t care about the country. One day, a wise man came to the palace. He used a special way to make a puppet of the king’s wife. When the night came, he put up a curtain（帘）, lit a candle, and invited the king to sit before the curtain. He moved the puppet from behind the curtain. When the emperor saw the shadow, he was very happy and felt like his wife was back. 3.
Shadow puppet play became more and more popular over time. 4. People used animal skin to make the puppets. They painted them with beautiful colours and made them move in front of a white screen. With music and singing, the puppets told all kinds of stories.
Today, shadow puppet play is still an important part of Chinese culture. It is like a treasure that shows the wisdom and creativity of Chinese people.
A. Here is a short story about its origin.
B. The Chinese shadow puppet play is an old art.
C. In the Song dynasty, it was very common in cities.
D. They are thin, colourful and in all kinds of shapes.
E. From then on, people started to make more shadow puppets and tell stories with them.

1. D 2. A 3. E 4. C

【分析】本题为英语阅读还原题，解题思路为：先通读全文，明确文章主题是介绍中国皮影；再逐空分析，结合空格前后的语境、指代关系、逻辑顺承等，匹配最恰当的选项，同时注意有一个多余选项。
【解析】1. 第一空前提到“some very special puppets”，后句点明是皮影，空格处需描述这些木偶的特征，选项D（它们薄、多彩、形状各异）符合语境，衔接自然；2. 第二空后讲述皮影起源的故事，空格处应引出该故事，选项A（这里有一个关于它起源的小故事）起到承上启下的作用；3. 第三空前提到智者用木偶让皇帝开心，空格处需说明该事件的后续结果，选项E（从那以后，人们开始制作更多皮影并用来讲故事）顺承前文；4. 第四空前提到皮影戏越来越流行，空格处需举例说明流行的具体表现，选项C（宋朝时，它在城市中很普遍）符合逻辑。
【答案】1.D 2.A 3.E 4.C
【知识点】英语阅读还原、语篇衔接
【点评】本题围绕中国皮影展开，考查学生对语篇上下文逻辑、句子衔接的理解能力，难度适中，理清段落结构和句子间的顺承关系即可正确作答。
【难度系数】0.6