【好题精选】短文综合填空-2023年中考英语专题练(湖北宜昌市)(含解析)

答案解析）（湖北宜昌市）

学校:___________姓名：___________班级：___________考号：___________

一、短文综合填空

根据所给首字母、上下文或汉语提示完成空格中所缺单词，使短文完整通顺，语法正确，每个空只能填一个词。

One day, when Henry was working in a restaurant, a snake suddenly appeared and bit (咬) his hand.

A few days earlier, ____1____ snake arrived from Asia in a box of bananas. It climbed out and hid somewhere.

“I was trying to pick it up when it bit ____2____ again. I threw it across the kitchen and it landed on a table.”

While the snake was lying on the table, Henry quickly picked up his mobile phone and took a p____3____ with it. Then the snake hid behind the fridge.

When Henry was trying to find the snake, his hand began to hurt ____4____ (厉害地). He hurried to hospital. As the doctors were ____5____ (检查) him, the pain got worse. But they could not help him ____6____ they did not know what kind of snake bit him.

As he was lying there in great pain, Henry suddenly remembered the photo. The doctors sent the photo to a zoo. As s____7____ as they learnt what kind of snake bit him, they gave Henry the right ____8____ (药), and he left hospital the next day.

“So if a snake bites you, take ____9____ your mobile phone or camera. Take its photo, and show the photo to the d____10____,” Henry said. “But as you know, the snake won’t smile!”

根据所给首字母、上下文或汉语提示完成空格中所缺单词, 使短文完整通顺, 语法正确。每个空只能填一个词。

Alice was born with a strange disease. She was taken to many hospitals. None of the ___11___ knew the cause of the disease. They told her parents she would go blind and deaf.

Now Alice is fifteen years old. H___12___ eyesight and hearing are very poor. She can’t see or hear ___13___ (清晰地). But she is a bright and happy girl. She says to parents, “ I can’t see well , I won’t stop working.” She hopes to enjoy her life. With her p___14___ help, she is travelling as much as she can. She is also ___15___ (分享) the interesting things with others.

She also wants to help people l___16___ her. Her dream is to help researchers f___17___ a way for her disease. If she can get well, people who have the same disease may also be cured (治愈). In fact, she has raised money for foundation (基金会) fighting the disease ___18___ she was eight years old. Until now, she has got over ＄150,000!

Alice thinks helping others can make her ___19___ (更开心) than having fun alone. She is trying her ___20___ to live her life without any regret. .

综合填空：根据所给首字母、汉语提示或上下文完成空格中所缺单词，使短文完整通顺，语法正确，每个空只能填一个词。

Poverty (贫困) is a big problem around the world. But China has done a good job of dealing ___21___ it and it has found its own way to fight poverty. Instead of just giving money to poor people, it has tried to ___22___ (教育) people and give them the tools that they need to lift themselves out of poverty. Common people p___23___ a big role in the fight. Here are two of them.

After graduating from Beijing Normal University in 2016, Huang Wenxiu g___24___ up the chance to work in big cities and returned to her hometown of Baise in Guangxi and served as the village’s Party chief. A ___25___ (总数) of 418 villagers were lifted out of poverty thanks to her efforts. Unluckily, she died in a flash flood at the ___26___ of 30 while driving back to her village in Baise. She was given the title “Role Model of the Times” by the central government.

When Mao Xianglin started to work as the Party secretary of his village, ___27___ was only one pathway out of the village for many years. He led more than 100 villagers to build a road with their hands. It t___28___ them seven years to build an eight-kilometer road. Mao then encouraged the villagers to grow oranges. Last year, their orange yield (产量) was ___29___ (几乎) 40 tons. Young people have returned to ___30___ village to sell oranges online. By the end of 2019, 269 villagers had been lifted out of poverty. The personal income (收入) reached 12,670 yuan, 40 times more than in the 1990s.

根据所给首字母，上下文或汉语提示完成空格中所缺单词，使短文完整通顺，语法正确，每个空只能填一个词。

As students you may have to take tests from time to time. How should you deal ____31____ important tests and do better on them? Here are some s____32____.

When the test day comes, give yourself enough time to do everything: have breakfast but don’t drink too much, go to the toilet, arrive on time, but not too early or you will find yourself getting more and more nervous while you wait to s____33____.

During the exam, calm yourself down (使平静) ____34____ breathing deeply. Read the exam questions carefully because they’ll tell you how the questions should be a____35____ .

Don’t get nervous when everyone around you ____36____ (好像) to start writing straight

away. If possible, start with the ones you can do e____37____ to give you confidence (自信). Don’t s____38____ too much time on any question. You need to plan your time well so that you have enough time to answer every question.

Finally, after the exam, don’t join in those ____39____ (讨论) about how everyone else did or you will lose your self-confidence for the next exam.

Above all, remember that exams are not created to find out your mistakes, ____40____ to find out what you know, what you understand and what you can do.

根据所给首字母、上下文或汉语提示完成空格中所缺单词，使短文完整通顺，语法正确。每个空只能填一个词。

I’m an overweight teenager. I’m only fifteen years old, and already I w___41___ over 90 kilograms. I was a normal weight five years ago, but my weight just kept ___42___ (增长)— faster than I expected. When I walk down the street, some people make fun of me. At school, I try to avoid sports activities. Why? ___43___ I’m not good at sports, as you can probably guess.

Recently, our school started a program called Healthy Kids. Our teacher i___44___ a doctor to give a talk. “Do you know that ___45___ than one billion adults worldwide are overweight?” asked the doctor. “Overweight is found all ___46___ the world. Overweight can lead to some of the world’s most dangerous i___47___.” he continued. “The good news is that we know the two main causes of overweight—poor diet and lack of exercise. It’s never too late to make changes in your eating and exercise habits. A little action now can make a big d___48___ in your health in the future. Isn’t that simple?”

I was ___49___ (鼓励) by the message, so I asked the doctor questions about how to set a realistic goal. “Exercise is one of the ____50____ (秘密). It has been proven that only

fifteen minutes of exercise a day can go a long way towards reducing weight. You can take control of your own weight if you really want to.” said the doctor.

That day, I decided to do sports and have a healthy, balanced diet every day.

I’ve always run.

When I was a k____51____, my dad took me to the Olympics and we saw the 400m final. A runner named Arthur won it and that really shocked me. I remembered it so well. I even wrote ____52____ article about it.

I was never good enough for the Olympics ____53____ (我自己), but I tried running. I want to keep fit and like the challenge. After 27, I began to play t____54____. At 65, I started hurdling (跨栏) again. When I was 71, I won the 200m hurdling as the oldest person. When I was 80, I b____55____ the world record. I would never ____56____ (改变) my mind. Now I’m 89, but I still do a couple of press-ups (俯卧撑) once ____57____ twice a week.

To my pleasure, my family all exercise together in our nice ____58____ (花园) every day. We own a better life because we have a ____59____ (健康的) habit. My dream is to run the 100m at 100 — only another e____60____ years to go — and then to live to 120.

No matter what comes my way, I will keep it.

根据所给首字母、上下文或汉语提示完成空格中所缺单词，使短文完整通顺，语法正确，每个空只能填一个词。

Mr. Martin, my teacher, handed each student a list of topics, and asked us to write one of those topics on paper. I ___61___ (选择) the topic I wonder why things are the way they are.

I wrote ___62___ all the questions that puzzled (困扰) me about life. I ___63___ (认识到) that many of them were hard to answer, and perhaps ___64___ could not be answered at all. When I handed in my paper, I was afraid that I might f___65___ because I did not answer the questions.

The next day, Mr. Martin handed me the paper and asked me to read it for the class. The other students became q___66___ as I began to read my story:

Mum, why are the roses red? Why is the grass green and the sky b___67___? Why do I have to graduate? Why do I have to grow up? Why do I have to be called Grandma one day? Dad, why can’t I stay out ___68___ 12:00? Why do I miss my old friends? Why do I miss being at home? Why do you love me so much? Mum, Dad, why did you have to leave me? I

need you.

At the end of my story, I looked at Mr. Martin, and I saw a tear slowly c___69___ down his face. Then I knew life is not built on the answers we ___70___ (收到) but on the questions we ask.

综合填空：根据所给首字母、上下文或汉语提示完成空格中所缺单词，使短文完整通顺，语法正确，每个空只能填一个词。

South Korea is a very ordered society. The ____71____ (影响) of Confucian principles (儒学) runs through every part of living. As a r____72____, one way to avoid any unpleasantness is to be on time, all the time.

It is often said that people in Malaysia are pretty relaxed about time. They are not on time in both personal occasion (场合) ____73____ professional occasion. Talk to any foreigner who has spent time there and they might complain (抱怨) in a____74____（一致）.

It has been said that in Brazil, it doesn’t matter for being late. ____75____ example, it is considered impolite to arrive on time for a social occasion. The hosts would probably not even be r____76____ to receive their guests! Having said that, if you are a visitor to the country and have an important business meeting, it’s probably ____77____ (最好) not to do as they do.

When in Greece (希腊), time is something to be enjoyed rather than worried over. So it is not unusual to arrive 30 ____78____ (分) later for a dinner party. H____79____, this does not fit business meetings where visitors are expected to be on time. As you might have guessed, the s____80____ rule doesn’t always fit your hosts.

All in all, people from different countries have different ideas and customs about being on time.

综合填空：根据所给首字母、上下文或汉语提示完成空格中所缺单词，使短文完整通顺，语法正确，每个空只能填一个词。

Feeling down or blue is a natural part of life. Sometimes people let us down, things go wrong, or we lose the dreams we’ve ____81____（珍视）. It’s normal to sense a strong ____82____（悲伤）and pain.

Jack almost got mad when his younger brother was ____83____ in a car accident. He deeply regretted that he didn’t ____84____ care of him so that he didn’t want to talk to anyone. He was quite angry with the ____85____ because his car hit his brother, even though it was an accident. His parents were sad and worried ____86____ him. All of his friends tried ____87____ best to make him happy. Gradually Jack realized it was useless to be like this. He decided to complete ____88____ his and his brother’s job to look after their parents. Now he still misses his younger brother, he might even ____89____（哭）when he recalls the days with his younger brother. But he began to communicate with others and it made his parents happy too.

Everyone will feel sad when something bad h_____90_____. It’s all right to show we’re sad. It’s all right to cry. But after that, we must try to smile at life.

参考答案：

1．the 2．me 3．(p)hoto##(p)icture 4．badly 5．checking 6．because 7．(s)oon 8．medicine 9．out 10．(d)octor##(d)octors

【导语】本文为一篇记叙文。文章主要讲述了Henry在餐厅工作的时候被一条蛇咬到，在去医院之前用手机拍到了这条蛇，去医院之后医生通过拍下的蛇的照片判断是什么蛇，给Henry做出了正确的治疗。

1．句意：几天前，这条蛇随一箱香蕉从亚洲来到这里。根据“a snake suddenly appeared and bit (咬) his hand”可知，这里指的是咬Henry的那条蛇，空格处应填定冠词the指代上文提到过的这条蛇。故填the。

2．句意：我正要把它捡起来的时候，它又咬了我一口。根据“a snake suddenly appeared and bit（咬）his hand”和“I was trying to pick it up when it bit...again”可知，我之前已经被咬了一口，“我”me。此处表示再次咬了我一口，放在谓语动词bit后，故空格处应用人称代词宾格形式，故填me。

3．Henry快速拿起他的手机给它拍了一张照片。句意：当蛇躺在桌子上时，根据“Henry quickly picked up his mobile phone and took a”和“Henry suddenly remembered the photo”并结合所给首字母可知，此处表示拿起手机拍一张照片，“照片”photo或picture，根据“a”可知，应用单数形式。故填(p)hoto/(p)icture。

4．句意：当Henry试图找到蛇的时候，他的手开始疼得厉害。结合语境和所给中文可知，空格处应用副词，根据“hurt”可知，应和badly“厉害地”搭配。故填badly。

5．句意：当医生给他检查时，疼痛加剧了。“检查”check。根据“As the doctors were”可知，此处表示正在发生的事，应用“were doing”的结构，故空格处应用check的现在分词形式checking。故填checking。

6．句意：但是他们无法帮助他，因为他们不知道是哪种蛇咬了他。根据“But they could not help him...they did not know what kind of snake bit him.”可知，因为不知道是哪种蛇，所以无法帮助他，两句之间是因果关系，前果后因，故空格处应填because。故填because。

7．句意：他们一知道是哪种蛇咬了Henry，就给他开了正确的药，Henry第二天就出院了。结合语境和“As... as they learnt what kind of snake bit him, they gave Henry the right...”并结合首字母可知，此处表示，他们一知道是哪种蛇咬了他，就对症下药，“一……就……”as soon as。故填(s)oon。

8．句意：他们一知道是哪种蛇咬了Henry，就给他开了正确的药，Henry第二天就出院了。根据所给中文可知，“药”medicine，此处为不可数名词。故填medicine。

9．句意：因此，如果蛇咬了你，拿出你的手机或照相机。根据“take...your mobile phone or camera. Take its photo...”可知，要照相，应该要拿出手机或照相机，take out“拿出来”。故填

out。

10．句意：拍下它的照片，把照片拿给医生看。结合上文Henry的经验和“Take its photo, and show the photo to the”并结合首字母可知，拍了照片之后，可以给医生看，“医生”doctor，结合语境可知，此处可用名词单数或复数。故填(d)octor/(d)octors。

11．doctors 12．(H)er 13．clearly 14．(p)arents’ 15．sharing 16．(l)ike 17．(f)ind 18．when 19．happier 20．best

【导语】本文文章叙述了女孩Alice身患疾病但乐观坚强，同时帮助更多人战胜疾病并寻求快乐的事迹。

11．句意：没有医生知道疾病的原因。根据“None of the…knew the cause of the disease”可推出是没医生知道病因，doctor“医生”符合题意，none of后接其复数形式。故填doctors。 12．句意：她的视力和听力很差。根据“Alice”以及单词首字母H可知，此处应该是形容词性物主代词her“她的”。故填(H)er。

13．句意：她看不清楚，听不清楚。根据汉语提示“清楚地”可知，其对应的英文表达是clearly，副词修饰动词see和hear。故填clearly。

14．句意：在她父母的帮助下，她正在尽可能多地旅行。with one’s help“在某人的帮助下”，根据单词首字母p可知，此处应该是parents“父母”，此处应该用其名词所有格parents’。故填(p)arents’。

15．句意：她也和其他人分享有趣的事。根据汉语提示可知，share“分享”符合题意。is后接其现在分词形式sharing构成现在进行时。故填sharing。

16．句意：她也想帮助像她这样的人。根据“people l…her”以及结合单词首字母l可知，此处表示“像她这样的人”。like“像”符合题意。故填(l)ike。

17．句意：她的梦想是帮助研究人员找到治疗她的疾病的方法。根据“…a way for her disease”可推出是帮忙找到治疗方法，find“找到”符合题意，help sb. do sth.“帮助某人做某事”。故填(f)ind。

18．句意：事实上，她在8岁的时候就为对抗疾病的基金会筹集了资金。根据“…she was eight years old”可知，此处表示“在她8岁的时候”，when“当……的时候”符合题意。故填when。 19．句意：Alice认为帮助别人比独自玩乐更能让她快乐。根据汉语提示可知，happy“开心的”符合题意。根据“than”可知用形容词比较级happier。故填happier。

20．句意：她正尽她最大的努力让自己的生活无怨无悔。try one’s best to do sth.“尽某人最大努力做某事”。故填best。

21．with 22．educate 23．(p)lay 24．(g)ave 25．total 26．age 27．there 28．(t)o

ok 29．nearly 30．the##their

【导语】本文主要介绍了两个典型的帮助人们脱贫致富的人物事例。

21．句意：但中国在应对贫困方面做得很好，它找到了自己的方式来消除贫困。根据“China has done a good job of dealing...it”可知，此处是短语deal with“处理，解决”，故填with。 22．句意：它不只是给穷人钱，而是努力教育人们，给他们所需的工具，让他们摆脱贫困。educate“教育”，是动词，此处是try to do sth的结构，故填educate。

23．句意：老百姓在这场斗争中起着很大的作用。根据“a big role in the fight”及首字母提示可知，此处是短语play a big role in...“在……方面发挥了巨大作用”，主语是复数名词，动词用原形，故填(p)lay。

24．句意：2016年从北京师范大学毕业后，黄文秀放弃了在大城市工作的机会，回到了广西百色老家，担任村党委书记。根据“...up the chance to work in big cities and returned to her hometown of Baise in Guangxi”及首字母提示可知，此处指的是give up“放弃”，陈述过去的事情，动词用过去式，故填(g)ave。

25．total“总数”，句意：在她的努力下，共有418名村民摆脱了贫困。此处是a total of“总计”，故填total。

26．句意：不幸的是，她在开车回百色村时死于山洪，年仅30岁。根据“she died in a flash flood at the...of 30”可知，此处指的是at the age of“在……岁时”，固定短语，故填age。

27．句意：毛相林刚开始当村支书时，多年来只有一条出村的路。根据“...was only one pathway out of the village for many years”可知，此处是there be句型，故填there。

28．句意：他们花了七年的时间修建了一条八公里长的公路。根据“It...them seven years to build an eight-kilometer road”及首字母提示可知，此处指的是“花费多长时间做某事”，结构是“It takes/took sb some time to do sth”，描述过去的事情，动词用过去式，故填(t)ook。 29．句意：去年，他们的橙子产量接近40吨。nearly“几乎”，是副词，故填nearly。 30．句意：年轻人回到村里在网上卖橙子。根据“Young people have returned to...village”可知，此处指的是“他们的村庄”，应用their修饰其后的名词；结合“When Mao Xianglin started to work as the Party secretary of his village”可知，此处也可以用定冠词the表示上文中出现的名词此处再次出现，故填the/their。

31．with 32．(s)uggestions 33．(s)tart 34．by 35．(a)nswered 36．seem 37．(e)asily 38．(s)pend 39．discussions 40．but

【导语】本文主要介绍了如何应对重要的考试并取得更好的成绩。

31．句意：你应该如何应对重要的考试并取得更好的成绩？固定短语deal with“处理，应对”，

故填with。

32．句意：这里有一些建议。根据“Here are some...”可知是指建议，suggestion“建议”，可数名词，被some修饰，应用复数，故填(s)uggestions。

33．句意：准时到达，但不要太早，否则你会发现自己在等待开始的时候越来越紧张。根据“or you will find yourself getting more and more nervous while you wait to”可知是等待考试的开始，start“开始”，动词，空前有不定式符号，动词用原形，故填(s)tart。

34．句意：考试时，深呼吸让自己冷静下来。根据“During the exam, calm yourself down(使平by“通过”，静)...breathing deeply. ”可知是指通过深呼吸让自己冷静下来，表示方式，故填by。 35．句意：仔细阅读考题，因为它们会告诉你应该如何回答这些问题。根据“questions ”可知是指回答问题，此处是情态动词的被动语态，动词用过去分词，故填(a)nswered。 36．句意：当你周围的人似乎马上就开始写作时，不要紧张。seem“好像”，动词，主语是you，动词用原形，故填seem。

37．句意：如果可能的话，从那些你容易做的事情开始，这会给你信心。根据“start with the ones you can do...to give you confidence(自信).”结合首字母可知从容易的题目开始，此处是用副词easily修饰动词，故填(e)asily。

38．句意：不要在任何问题上花太多时间。根据“too much time on any question”可知是指花费时间，spend“花费”，动词，空前有助动词，动词用原形，故填(s)pend。

39．句意：最后，考试结束后，不要参与那些讨论别人的成绩，否则你将失去对下一次考试的自信。discussion“讨论”，是名词，被those修饰应用复数，故填discussions。

40．句意：最重要的是，记住考试不是为了找出你的错误，而是为了找出你知道什么，你理解什么，你能做什么。根据“Above all, remember that exams are not created to find out your mistakes...to find out what you know,”可知此处是not...but“不是……而是”结构，故填but。

41．(w)eigh 42．increasing 43．Because 44．(i)nvited 45．more 46．over 47．(i)llnesses 48．(d)ifference 49．encouraged 50．secrets

【导语】本文是一篇记叙文。文章谈论自己是一位超重青少年和学校的“健康儿童”活动。在 这个活动中，医生讲述了超重和肥胖的危害，也介绍了导致肥胖的原因以及如何控制体重。41．句意：我才15岁，体重就已经超过90公斤了。根据题干“and”可知前后句时态一致，后句也用一般现在时，根据前文“I’m an overweight teenager.”可知我是一个超重青少年，结合首字母，可知此处是指我体重超过90公斤。故填(w)eigh。

42．句意：但我的体重一直在增加——比我预期的要快。根据“keep doing”一直做某事，结合汉语提示，增长的英语是“increase”。故填increasing。

43．句意：因为我不擅长运动，你可能已经猜到了。根据前文“Why？”为什么，可见后句是

介绍原因，用because。因在句首，首字母大写。故填Because。

44．句意：我们的老师邀请医生作报告。根据前句“Recently, our school started a program called “Healthy Kids”.”可知最近，我们学校开展了一个名为“健康孩子”的活动。结合首字母提示，可见老师会邀请医生作报告，填“invite”；根据后句可知已经邀请了医生，可见此句时态用一般过去时。故填(i)nvited。

45．句意：“你知道全世界有超过10亿的成年人超重吗？”医生问。根据后文“Overweight is found all over the world.”可知世界各地都有超重现象；根据题干“…than one billion adults worldwide…”可推测出此处是指全世界有超过10亿的成年人超重。超过的英语是“more than”。故填more。

46．句意：世界各地都有超重的现象。根据短语“all over the world”世界各地。故填over。 47．句意：超重会导致一些世界上最危险的疾病。根据题干“some of the world's most dangerous…”可知此处填名词复数；根据常识可知超重会导致疾病，结合首字母提示；应填“illness”的复数形式。故填(i)llnesses。

48．句意：现在的一点行动可以对你未来的健康产生很大的影响。根据短语“make a difference”对……产生影响，结合首字母提示，故填(d)ifference。

49．句意：我被这条信息所鼓舞，所以我问医生如何设定一个现实的目标。根据汉语提示“鼓舞”的英语是“encourage”，根据句意和题干中“was…by”，可知句子是一般过去时的被动语态，故填动词的过去分词形式。故填encouraged。

50．句意：运动是其中的一个秘诀。根据汉语提示“秘诀”的英语是“secret”，根据“one of+名词复数”可知填名词复数。故填secrets。

51．(k)id 52．an 53．myself 54．(t)ennis##(t)able-tennis 55．(b)roke 56．change 57．or 58．garden 59．healthy 60．(e)leven

【导语】本文作者主要讲述了自己从青年到老年时期的运动经历，表达了他对运动的热爱。51．句意：当我还是个孩子的时候，我爸爸带我去了奥运会，我们观看了400米决赛。根据“When I was a k..., my dad took me...”可知，作者当时是个孩子，kid“孩子”符合语境，“a”修饰名词单数。故填(k)id。

52．句意：我甚至写了一篇关于它的文章。“article”是可数名词单数，以元音音素开头，泛指一篇文章，空处用不定冠词an。故填an。

53．句意：我自己从来都不够优秀去参加奥运会，但我试着跑步。myself表示“我自己”，反身代词，指代主语本身。故填myself。

54．句意：27岁以后，我开始打网球/乒乓球。空处指一种运动，结合首字母，play tennis/table-tennis“打网球/乒乓球”符合语境。故填(t)ennis/(t)able-tennis。

55．句意：我80岁时打破了世界纪录。break the record“打破纪录”，根据“When I was 80”可知，用一般过去时，break的过去式是broke。故填(b)roke。

56．句意：我永远不会改变想法。change“改变”，change my mind“改变我的想法”，“would”后接动词原形。故填change。

57．句意：现在我89岁了，但我仍然每周做一两次俯卧撑。“once”和“twice”是并列成分，表示每周做俯卧撑一次或者两次，or“或者”符合语境。故选or。

58．句意：令我高兴的是，我的家人每天都在我们美丽的花园里一起锻炼。garden“花园”，可数名词，此处用单数形式。故填garden。

59．句意：我们拥有更好的生活，因为我们有一个健康的习惯。healthy“健康的”，形容词，作定语修饰名词“habit”。故填healthy。

60．句意：我的梦想在100岁时跑100米——只差11年了，然后活到120岁。根据前文“Now I’m 89”可知，作者现在89岁，离100岁还差11年，eleven“十一”符合语境。故填(e)leven。

61．chose 62．down 63．realized 64．others 65．(f)ail 66．(q)uiet 67．(b)lue 68．until 69．(c)oming 70．receive

【导语】本文主要讲述了作者的老师让他们把自己的想法写到纸上，作者写了困扰他生活的问题，第二天老师让他在课堂上把这些问题读出来的故事。

61．句意：我选择的主题是“为什么事情是这样的”。choose“选择”，描述过去发生的事情，动词用过去式，故填chose。

62．句意：我写下了生活中所有令我困惑的问题。根据“I wrote … all the questions that puzzled (困扰) me about life”可知，写下了所有问题，write down“写下”，故填down。

63．句意：我意识到，其中许多问题很难回答，也许还有一些根本无法回答。realize“认识到”，描述过去发生的事情，动词用过去式，故填realized。

64．句意：我意识到，其中许多问题很难回答，也许还有一些根本无法回答。根据“many of them were hard to answer”可知，剩下的问题很难回答，others“剩余的”，泛指剩余的一部分，故填others。

65．句意：当我交作业的时候，我担心我可能会因为没有回答问题而不及格。根据“because I did not answer the questions”及首字母可知，fail“不及格”，might担心没有回答问题而不及格，后接动词原形，故填(f)ail。

66．句意：当我开始读我的故事时，其他学生都安静了下来。根据“I began to read my story”及首字母可知，当作者开始读故事的时候，其他学生都安静了，quiet“安静的”，形容词作表语，故填(q)uiet。

67．句意：为什么草是绿色的，天空是蓝色的？根据“the sky”及首字母可知，不明白为什么

天空是蓝色的，blue“蓝色的”，故填(b)lue。

68．句意：爸爸，为什么我不能在外面待到12点？根据“why can’t I stay out …12:00”可知，此处用not…until表示“直到……才”，故填until。

69．句意：我看见一滴眼泪慢慢地从他脸上流下来。根据“I saw a tear slowly …down his face”及首字母可知，眼泪从他的脸上流下来，come down“下来”，see sth doing sth“看见某物正在做某事”，故填(c)oming。

70．句意：我知道生活不是建立在我们得到的答案上，而是建立在我们提出的问题上。receive“收到”，根据“is”可知，此句是一般现在时，主语we是复数形式，动词用原形，故填receive。

71．influence 72．(r)esult 73．and 74．(a)greement 75．For 76．(r)eady 77．best 78．minutes 79．(H)owever 80．(s)ame

【分析】本文是一篇说明文。文章主要介绍了不同国家的人对准时有不同的想法和习惯。 71．句意：儒家思想的影响贯穿于生活的方方面面。根据空前的“the”和空后的“of”并结合所给汉语意思可知，应该填的是名词influence“影响”，故填influence。

72．句意：因此，避免任何不愉快的一种方法就是一直准时。根据所给单词首字母和固定搭配as a result“因此”可知，应该是因此，用名词result“结果”，故填(r)esult。

73．句意：他们在个人场合和职业场合都不准时。根据固定搭配both…and“……和……都”以及空前的“they are not on time in both personal occasion”可知，应该是他们在个人场合和职业场合都不准时，用连词and，故填and。

74．句意：他们可能会一致抱怨。根据所给汉语意思和固定搭配in agreement“一致”可知，应该填的是名词agreement，故填(a)greement。

75．句意：例如，在社交场合准时到达被认为是不礼貌的。根据固定搭配for example“例如”和空后的“it is considered impolite to arrive on time for a social occasion”可知，应该是例如，在社交场合准时到达被认为是不礼貌的，用介词for，首字母大写，故填For。

76．句意：主人甚至可能还没有准备好接待他们的客人。根据前文的“It has been said that in Brazil, it doesn’t matter for being late”和固定搭配be ready to do sth“准备做某事”可知，应该是主人甚至可能还没有准备好接待他们的客人，用形容词ready“准备好的”，故填(r)eady。 77．句意：如果你是这个国家的游客，有一个重要的商务会议，最好不要像他们那样做。根据空前的“it’s probably”并结合所给汉语意思可知，应该填的是best“最好的”，故填best。 78．句意：因此，30分钟后到达参加晚宴并不罕见。根据空前的“30”和所给汉语意思可知，应该填的是名词minute“分”的复数minutes，故填minutes。

79．句意：然而，这不适合要求访客准时出席的商务会议。根据前文的“So it is not unusual to

arrive 30 minutes later for a dinner party”和空后的“this does not fit business meetings where visitors are expected to be on time”并结合所给单词首字母可知，用however“然而”表转折，故填(H)owever。

80．句意：正如你可能猜到的，同样的规则并不总是适合你的主人。根据空前的“As you might have guessed”和空后的“rule doesn’t always fit your hosts”并结合所给单词首字母可知，应该是正如你可能猜到的，同样的规则并不总是适合你的主人，用形容词same“相同的”作定语，故填(s)ame。

81．valued##treasured 82．sadness 83．killed 84．take 85．driver 86．about 87．their 88．both 89．cry 90．(h)appens

【分析】本文主要通过杰克的故事告诉我们，每个人都会有感到悲伤的时候，我们要学会笑对人生。

81．句意：有时人们让我们失望，事情出错，或者我们失去了我们珍视的梦想。“珍视”的英 文表达为“value/treasure”，由“we’ve”可知，此处应填动词过去分词形式。故填valued/treasured。82．句意：感到强烈的悲伤和痛苦是正常的。根据“It’s normal to sense a strong...and pain.”可知，空处应填入一个名词，“悲伤”的英文表达为“sadness”，名词。故填sadness。

83．句意：杰克的弟弟在一场车祸中丧生，他差点发疯。根据“Now he still misses his younger brother, he might even...when he recalls the days with his younger brother.”可知，杰克的弟弟在“kill”表示“杀死”，“brother”和“kill”是动宾关系，一场车祸中丧生了，此处用被动语态be killed。故填killed。

84．句意：他深感懊悔的是，他没有照顾好弟弟，所以不想和任何人说话。take care of表示“照顾”，固定搭配，空前有didn’t，此处填动词原形。故填take。

85．句意：他对司机很生气，因为他的车撞上了他的弟弟，尽管那是一次事故。根据“in a car accident”可知，交通事故是司机造成的，“driver”表示“司机”，空前有the，特指造成交通事故的司机，所以填名词单数形式。故填driver。

86．句意：他的父母很伤心，也很担心他。be worried about表示“担心……”，固定搭配。故填about。

87．句意：他所有的朋友都尽力使他快乐。try one’s best to do sth.表示“尽力做某事”，“All of his friends”为复数，one’s用their表示。故填their。

88．句意：他决定完成他和他兄弟照顾父母的工作。根据“his and his brother’s job”可知，此处指两个人的工作，用“both”表示“两个”。故填both。

89．“哭”句意：现在他仍然想念他的弟弟，当他回忆起和弟弟在一起的日子时，他甚至会哭。的英文表达为“cry”，空前有might，此处填动词原形。故填cry。

90．句意：当坏事发生时，每个人都会感到悲伤。根据“Everyone will feel sad when something bad...”以及首字母提示可知，此处指当坏事发生时，“happen”表示“发生”，“something bad”为第三人称单数，happen也要用第三人称单数形式。故填(h)appens。