（5）句意：然后比赛开始了。所有的男孩都尽力爬到尽可能高的地方。try one's best to
do，固定搭配，尽某人最大努力做某事，they的形容词性物主代词是their，他们的，故填their。
（6）句意：虽然他们都比大卫先爬到了树的一半，但最后他还是第一个到达了树顶。根据they all made it halfway up the tree 和 he reached the top of the tree first in the end ，可知此处是让步状语从句的语气，although/ though，尽管，故填 Although/ Though。
（7）句意：大卫，你是怎么这么快就爬到树顶的？副词修饰reach，quick的副词是quickly，迅速地，故填 quickly。
（8）句意：其他孩子在爬山时不断向下看。根据 as they climbed 可知时态是一般过去时，keep的是动词，其过去式是kept，保持，故填 kept。
（9）句意：当他们意识到自己有多高时，就会感到害怕，害怕摔倒。fall是动词，落下，of是介词，其后是动名词falling，故填 falling。
（10）句意：这是真实的生活，如果我们继续向前，而不回头看，我们更有可能达到我们的目标和取得成功。根据keep going forward 可知是不要回头，without是介词，没有，故填 without。
【点评】考查语言综合运用能力，注意谓语的时态，词性，连词搭配等多种用法。
3．阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
It was early and there weren't many people on the road. A girl on a bike passed me ________ （quick）. She was riding on ice ________ suddenly she fell off her bike a few ________ （step） in front of me. She was trying hard to get up but fell again. Without thinking, I went over and helped her stand up. She said "Thank you!" to me ________ a smile and then rode away. The words "Thank you" warmed me and this made me feel ________ （little） nervous about my new school.
When I finally got to school, I was led into the classroom and ________ （ask） to sit beside a girl. I was so nervous. I knew some of the students were looking at me ________ I didn't dare to look at ________ （they）. Soon the first class started. It was English. They used a different textbook from my old school and I didn't have a copy. As I was wondering what to do, a book appeared in front of me. "Let's ________ （share）," the girl next to me said. I looked up. It was the girl I ________ （help） that morning. What a surprise!
【答案】 quickly；when；steps；with；less；asked；but；them；share；helped
【解析】【分析】本文讲述了作者帮助了一个女孩，后来女孩也机缘巧合的帮助了他。（1）句意：一个骑自行车的女孩从我身边迅速经过。副词修饰动词passed，quickly是副词，迅速地，故填quickly。
（2）句意：她正骑在冰上，就在那时突然她从我前面几步远的自行车上摔了下来。根据She was riding和 suddenly she fell off，可知用when引导时间状语从句，表示就在那时，故填when。
（3）句意：她正骑在冰上，就在那时突然她从我前面几步远的自行车上摔了下来。a few 修饰名词复数，step是名词，步子，故填steps。
（4）句意：她对我微笑着说“谢谢你！”，然后骑车离去。with a smile，固定搭配，含笑，
故填with。
（5）句意：“谢谢你”这句话温暖了我，这让我对我的新学校感到不那么紧张。此处是比较级表示看到微笑前后的不同心情，little的比较级是less，更少，故填less。
（6）句意：当我最终到达学校时，我被带进教室，并要求坐在一个女孩旁边。根据was led into the classroom and可知and前后一致，都是一般过去时的被动语态，故此处省略助动词was，只填过去分词，故填asked。
（7）句意：我知道有些学生看着我，但我不敢看他们。根据students were looking at me 和 I didn't dare to look at，可知此处表示转折关系，故填but。
（8）句意：我知道有些学生看着我，但我不敢看他们。根据，故填them。
（9）句意：我旁边的女孩说:“我们一起用吧。” let后是动词原形，share，是动词，分享，故填share。
（10）句意：是我那天早上帮助的那个女孩。根据It was the girl，可知时态是一般过去时，故填helped。
【点评】考查语言综合运用能力，注意谓语的时态，语态，词性，连词搭配等多种用法。
4．阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。 A wealthy old man lived alone in a big house. He was growing ________ （weak） day by day. Since he was unable to look after ________ （him）, he decided to hire （雇佣）a nurse to take care ________ him.
One day, the old man interviewed two ________ （nurse）—Anthony and Peter. Anthony was a handsome young man while Peter looked quite ordinary. The old man asked Anthony to make tea for him. After Anthony left, the old man turned to Peter and said, "Anthony has ________ （give） me a very bad account of you. He said you are rude and untrustworthy. Is this correct?"
Peter thought for a minute and said, "________ Anthony has a bad opinion of me, there must be something wrong with me. I should take some time to change these things."
The old man was very impressed by Peter's words. At the same time, Anthony came back with ________ cup of tea for the old man.
The old man sent Peter to make breakfast for him. He then returned to Anthony and told him. "Peter spoke very poorly of you while you were gone. ________ do you think about this?" After hearing this, Anthony shouted ________ （angry）.
In the end, Peter ________ （choose）. Peter looked quite common, but he had impressive inner beauty.