四、词汇运用(本题有20小题,每小题1分,共计20分)
A. 用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空,每词仅用一次。
how something pretend be afraid to true
Once upon a time, an emperor loved clothes very much. He wanted to buy some new clothes.
Two brothers came and lied to him, "We can make wonderful clothes! But only clever people can see them!" They 31 to make the clothes.
The emperor's officials couldn't see the clothes, but they said, "32 nice the clothes are!" The emperor couldn't see 33 , either, but he said, "They're beautiful!" No one wanted to look silly. The emperor decided to show everyone his new clothes. People in city praised them because they 34 look silly, too!
Suddenly, a boy shouted, "Look! The emperor has no clothes on!" He told the 35 . Everyone looked at one another. They started laughing.
B. 单词辨音,找出画线部分发音与其他单词不同的选项。
()36. A. eagle B. leave C. instead
()37. A. sugar B. article C. darling
()38. A. sleepy B. dry C. ugly
()39. A. fresh B. decide C. emperor
()40. A. although B. truth C. theatre

31.pretended 32.How 33.anything 34.were afraid to 35.truth 36.C 37.A 38.B 39.B 40.A

【分析】
本题分为A、B两部分：A部分为用方框中所给词语的适当形式填空，需结合语境、时态、固定搭配及否定句用法确定词汇并变形，且每词仅用一次；B部分为单词辨音，需掌握各单词画线部分的发音，对比找出不同项。
【解析】
A部分：
31. 结合语境，两兄弟“假装”做衣服，时态为一般过去时，故填pretended；
32. 此处为感叹句，修饰形容词nice需用How，故填How；
33. 否定句中表示“任何事物”用anything，故填anything；
34. 固定搭配be afraid to（害怕做某事），主语为they，时态为过去时，故填were afraid to；
35. 固定搭配tell the truth（讲真话），故填truth。
B部分：
36. A、B画线部分发音为/iː/，C为/e/，选C；
37. B、C画线部分发音为/ɑː/，A为/ʃ/，选A；
38. A、C画线部分发音为/i/，B为/aɪ/，选B；
39. A、C画线部分发音为/e/，B为/aɪ/，选B；
40. B、C画线部分发音为/θ/，A为/ð/，选A。
【答案】
31.pretended 32.How 33.anything 34.were afraid to 35.truth 36.C 37.A 38.B 39.B 40.A
【知识点】
词汇适当形式填空、单词辨音
【点评】
本题考查初中英语基础词汇的语境运用与发音辨析，题型常规，侧重基础知识的掌握，是常见的英语题型。
【难度系数】
0.6