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In the Western Han Dynasty, there was a child named Kuang Heng. He loved books, but his family was so poor 1. he couldn’t get books to read.
At that time, 2. were very valuable. People would not easily 3. them to others. Then Kuang Heng had an idea. He went to work for rich people in the 4. farming season. He said that he did not want their money. He only wanted them to lend him books.
Kuang Heng kept working hard all day, and he only had time to read when he had a 5. . It usually took him a long time 6. reading a book. He thought that 7. he didn’t have time to read books during the day, he could read them at night. However, Kuang Heng did not have the money to buy the lamp oil (灯油) for lighting. What 8. Kuang Heng do?
One night, Kuang Heng was lying on the bed memorizing the book he had read. 9. , he saw light shining through the walls. He wondered where the light came from. He stood up and walked over to the wall. He found the light was from his neighbor’s lamp. Kuang Heng thought of a way. He took a small 10. and dug the wall, making the hole bigger.
In this way, the light became brighter. He 11. the light that came through the wall to read his books. Kuang Heng continued studying hard like this, and later became a well-learned person.

Cloze 1
1. that 2. books 3. lend 4. busy 5. break
6. to finish 7. if 8. should 9. Suddenly
10. knife 11. used

【解析】
1. 考查固定搭配so...that...，表示“如此……以至于……”，结合语境“他家太穷以至于他买不起书读”，故填that。
2. 根据上下文提到的书籍相关内容，可知此处指书很珍贵，故填books。
3. 考查固定搭配lend sth. to sb.，表示“把某物借给某人”，结合语境“人们不轻易把书借给别人”，故填lend。
4. 结合语境，农忙季节去富人那里干活，busy farming season表示“农忙季节”，故填busy。
5. 固定短语have a break表示“休息”，句意为“他只有在休息的时候才有时间读书”，故填break。
6. 考查固定句型It takes sb. some time to do sth.，finish reading表示“读完书”，故填to finish。
7. 考查if引导的条件状语从句，句意为“他认为如果白天没时间读书，晚上可以读”，故填if。
8. 结合语境，此处询问匡衡应该怎么做，should表示“应该”，故填should。
9. 此处需要副词作状语，suddenly表示“突然”，句意为“突然，他看到光透过墙照进来”，故填Suddenly。
10. 根据后文“dug the wall”可知是用小刀挖墙，故填knife。
11. 考查固定搭配use sth. to do sth.，全文为一般过去时，故填used。
【答案】
1. that
2. books
3. lend
4. busy
5. break
6. to finish
7. if
8. should
9. Suddenly
10. knife
11. used
【知识点】
固定搭配运用、条件状语从句、动词时态
【点评】
本文讲述了匡衡凿壁偷光的经典故事，题目考查词汇运用、固定搭配及语法知识，需结合上下文语境分析解题，既能巩固语言知识，又能传递刻苦学习的精神，培养学生的语篇理解能力。
【难度系数】
0.6

symbol same so Chinese traditional change modern many mean writing read
Ancient and Modern Chinese Characters (汉字)
When people write in English, they use letters of the alphabet (字母表). People who write in 1. , however, use characters that stand for words or ideas. Historians believe Chinese 2. began as early as 1,500 BCE. The earliest forms were called “oracle bones (甲骨文)”. These were animal bones marked with pictures and 3. . By 1,400 BCE, the Chinese writing system had become more difficult. It had 4. than 2,500 characters. Around 220 BCE in the Qin Dynasty, Chinese characters became standardized. This means that everyone used the 5. characters.
Many 6. Chinese characters are similar to those from 2,000 years ago. For example, the character that means man in the Lishu system from 200 BCE is similar to the character that 7. man from the Jiantizi, or modern simplified system, of the twentieth century.
People have worked to 8. Chinese characters over the centuries. The most important changes happened in the twentieth century. The Chinese government simplified many characters 9. more people could learn to 10. . This simpler system is used in the Chinese mainland (中国大陆) and Singapore. 11. characters are used in Chinese Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Macao. Even with these changes, Chinese writing from 2,200 years ago is still understood today.

Cloze 2
1. Chinese 2. writing 3. symbols 4. more
5. same 6. modern 7. means 8. change
9. so 10. read 11. Traditional

【解析】
1. 第1空：根据前文“write in English”的对比语境，此处指写中文时使用汉字，故填Chinese。
2. 第2空：结合后文对汉字起源的介绍，此处指中国书写始于公元前1500年左右，故填writing。
3. 第3空：甲骨文是刻有图画和符号的兽骨，symbols与pictures并列符合语境，故填symbols。
4. 第4空：固定搭配more than表示“超过”，此处指字符数量超过2500个，故填more。
5. 第5空：秦朝汉字标准化意味着人们使用相同的字符，same契合“标准化”的含义，故填same。
6. 第6空：后文对比2000年前的汉字，此处指现代汉字，故填modern。
7. 第7空：主语the character为单数，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式，结合前文“means man”，此处填means。
8. 第8空：后文提到“changes”，此处指几个世纪以来人们努力改变汉字，故填change。
9. 第9空：so引导结果状语从句，表“以便于”，符合“简化汉字让更多人能学习”的逻辑，故填so。
10. 第10空：简化汉字的目的是让更多人能阅读，故填read。
11. 第11空：与前文“modern simplified system”对应，台湾、香港、澳门使用传统汉字，故填Traditional。
【答案】
1. Chinese 2. writing 3. symbols 4. more
5. same 6. modern 7. means 8. change
9. so 10. read 11. Traditional
【知识点】
词汇运用、上下文推理、固定搭配
【点评】
本文围绕汉字的起源与发展演变展开，考查学生对上下文语境的理解能力、词汇辨析能力及固定搭配的运用。解题需结合文本逻辑与汉字相关历史背景，准确把握词汇在语境中的含义。
【难度系数】
0.6