请先阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后用方框中所给词的适当形式填空,并将答案填写到答题卡的相应位置。每个词限用一次。
rice; patient; field; worried; dead; later; still; something; way; plant; stop |
Long long ago, there was a farmer who worked very hard. He was always 1 about different things.
One day, the farmer and his son 2 rice together. They were happy when all the seeds (种子) were planted. Several days 3 , the seeds grew into the rice. Then he went to watch the 4 grow every day. Many days passed, but the rice 5 seemed the same. He began to get worried.
The farmer asked his neighbor for help, “I am worried about my rice. It seems to 6 growing!” His neighbor replied, “Nature will provide. Be 7 .”
The farmer got worried again. “What if my rice never grows?” He thought and thought, “I must find a 8 to help my rice grow faster. I think the rice really needs my help. I must do 9 !” The next morning, the farmer ran to the rice 10 , and pulled the rice up a few inches (英寸) one by one.
The next day, the farmer went to the field and found that all the rice was 11 . All the hard work had gone to waste, and there was no rice left to be saved.
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解析:选worried。核心搭配为 “be worried about”,表示 “为…… 担心”,是初中阶段必掌握的固定短语。结合后文农夫多次因水稻生长问题焦虑的情节,此处填入 “worried” 可准确呼应人物性格与全文语境,符合 “always”(总是)体现的持续性状态。
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解析:选planted。全文讲述过去发生的故事,整体时态为一般过去时。后文明确提到 “all the seeds were planted”(所有种子都已种下),前后语义一致,因此此处需用 “plant” 的过去式 “planted”,确保时态统一。
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解析:选later。“several days later” 是初中英语常用固定搭配,意为 “几天之后”,符合 “播种→发芽” 的时间推进逻辑。此处需注意 “later” 与 “late” 的区别:“later” 表示 “之后”,“late” 表示 “迟到的、晚的”,结合语境只能选 “later”。
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解析:选rice。前文已明确农夫种植的是 “rice”(水稻),此处指 “观察水稻生长”,语义连贯,直接使用名词原形 “rice” 即可(“rice” 为不可数名词,无复数形式)。
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解析:选still。前文提到 “Many days passed”(很多天过去了),后文 “seemed the same”(看起来没变化)形成转折,“still” 作为副词,意为 “仍然、还”,能突出农夫担忧的原因 —— 时间流逝但水稻长势未变,符合语境逻辑。
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解析:选stop。核心搭配为 “seem to do sth.”,表示 “似乎做某事”,to 后需接动词原形。结合农夫的担忧语境,他认为水稻 “似乎停止生长了”,因此填入 “stop”(停止),“stop growing” 意为 “停止生长”,符合语义。
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解析:选patient。邻居安慰农夫 “Nature will provide”(自然会给予滋养),结合寓言传递的 “顺应自然” 的道理,此处应建议农夫 “保持耐心”。“be” 动词后接形容词,“patient” 为形容词,意为 “耐心的”,符合语境;注意区分 “patient”(耐心的)与 “patience”(耐心,名词),此处需用形容词形式。
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解析:选way。固定搭配 “find a way to do sth.” 意为 “找到做某事的方法”,是初中核心短语。农夫急于让水稻长得更快,因此想 “找到一种方法”,填入 “way” 符合语义。
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解析:选something。农夫下定决心 “必须做些什么来帮助水稻”,此处为肯定句,需用不定代词 “something”(某事)。注意区分 “something”(肯定句中表 “某事”)与 “anything”(否定句 / 疑问句中表 “任何事”),结合语境选 “something”。
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解析:选fields。“rice field” 意为 “稻田”,农夫种植的稻田通常不止一块,且后文提到 “went to the field”(去田里),用复数 “fields” 更符合实际场景;同时需注意 “field” 的复数形式为规则变化,直接加 “s”。
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解析:选dead。农夫将水稻 “pulled up a few inches”(往上拔了几英寸),根据常识,水稻的根系被破坏后会枯死。“be” 动词后接形容词,“dead” 为形容词,意为 “死的”,符合 “拔苗→枯死” 的结果逻辑;注意区分 “dead”(形容词)与 “die”(动词)、“death”(名词),此处需用形容词形式。