Question

    Once there was a village beside a river. The lovely river flowed quietly to the sea. The river gave the people of the village water to drink.

In this village lived a family which had a young daughter named Amanda. She was q1. like the river. Amanda often walked through the forest near her house. She loved looking at all the beautiful trees. Her favourite was the willow tree.

Amanda had a special a2.. She would notice things that other people did not. She would notice the first golden leaf as summer turned to autumn.

One year there was l3. rain, so the river dried up in summer. The people of Amanda’s village dug a well, but they did not find water. This worried them. While walking through the forest one day, Amanda noticed the leaves of the trees. W4. rain, they turned dry and brown. Then she came upon the willow tree. It had green leaves!

   “The willow’s leaves are still soft and green, but all the other leaves are dry and brown,” she said to h5.. “Maybe the willow’s roots can find water that other trees can’t.” Amanda ran back home and t6. what she found to her family. When she reached her house, she saw that o7. people from the village were there. They were talking about how to find water. “The leaves of the willow tree are still green,” Amanda said. “We should dig a well where the willow’s roots end. We might find water there.” The villagers looked at Amanda in surprise. She seldom spoke. In fact, many villagers n8. heard her speak. They knew that her message must be very important, so they f9. Amanda to the willow tree. There they dug a deep well where the willow’s roots stopped. Water filled the well just as Amanda expected.

Amanda and the willow tree helped to s10. her village. All the people from the village thanked her very much.

Answer

1.quiet

2.ability

3.little

4.Without

5.herself

6.told

7.other

8.never

9.followed

10.save

【解析】

文章大意：短文主要叙述了一个女孩Amanda和柳树的故事。在一个干旱的夏季缺少水源，她通过观察水源应该在柳树附近而拯救了整个村子的人。

1.句意：她安静的像一条河。

根据文中The lovely river flowed quietly to the sea.这条河静静地流向大海和空后like the river像河一样的提示，并且位于系动词was之后，应为形容词“安静的”，结合首字母提示，应为quiet，故答案为quiet。

2.句意：Amanda有一种特别的能力。

根据下文She would notice things that other people did not.她可以注意到其他人不能注意的东西和首字母提示可知，她有一个特别的能力，故答案为ability。

3.句意：一年几乎没有下雨，因此夏天的河流都干涸了。

根据后半句so the river dried up in summer. 因此夏天的河流都干涸了和首字母的提示，可推测出是几乎没有下雨，所以空处的词应为表示否定意义的词little，故答案为little。

4.句意：没有雨，它们变干变棕。

根据文中One year there was l___3___ rain, so the river dried up in summer. 一年几乎没有下雨，因此夏天的河流都干涸了和首字母的提示可知，空处的词应为表示否定意义的介词“没有”，故答案为without。

5.句意：她自言自语。

结合上下文以及首字母提示可知，女孩在自言自语，结合固定搭配say to oneself和主语she，故答案为herself。

6.句意：Amanda跑回家并且告诉她的家人她的发现。

根据句意可知，空处的词应为动词“告诉”tell，句子是一般过去时，所以用tell的过去式told，故答案为told。

7.句意：当她到达家时，她看到村子里其他的人都在那。

根据句意和首字母的提示可知，空处的词是表示泛指其他的人，故答案为other。

8.句意：事实上，许多村民从未听过她开口。

根据上句The villagers looked at Amanda in surprise. She seldom spoke.村民们惊奇的看着她。她很少说话和首字母提示可知，空处的词应是表示否定意义的副词“从来不”，故答案为never。

9.句意：因此他们跟随Amanda来到柳树那。

根据下文There they dug a deep well where the willow’s roots stopped.在那他们在柳树根停止的地方挖了一个深井和首字母的提示推测出，是跟随女孩来到那，故答案为followed。

10.句意：Amanda和柳树帮忙挽救了她的村子。

根据下文All the people from the village thanked her very much.村子里的所有人都非常感谢她和首字母的提示可知；空处的词应为“挽救”，并且用于help to do结构中，故答案为save。