Question

    I told my mother everything and we knew that we were in danger.

The sailors were sure to come back for the captain's chest (箱子). We quickly went to the nearest village to ask for help. But everyone was so a1. that no one had the courage to come back to the inn with us.

We went back to the inn and l2. the door behind us. The captain was lying on the floor. We soon found his key on a string a3. his neck. My mother took the key and we hurried up to open his chest. It was full of clothes and other things, but right at the b4. there were some papers and a bag of gold. My mother started c5. out the money the captain owed us.

I suddenly heard the tapping of the blind man's stick o6.. We heard him knocking on the door and t7. to open it, but thankfully it was locked. He walked off and some moments later, we heard a whistle blowing.

"I'll take this to make up the difference, "I said and took the p8..

We quickly left the inn and went to hide near a bridge by the river. Behind us we heard footsteps running, and we saw a light moving in the darkness.

Seven or eight men, i9. the blind man, were at the inn. The blind man shouted orders as the others ran inside.

"Bill's dead." came a voice, "S10. has opened the chest."

"Is it there? Flint's papers, I mean." cried Pew, the blind man.

"No, there are no papers, "said another voice.

"The boy from the inn," shouted Pew. "The boy took the papers. Find him! Search the house!"

Answer

1.afraid

2.locked

3.around

4.bottom

5.counting

6.outside

7.trying

8.papers

9.including

10.Someone

【解析】

本文出自小说《金银岛》节选，主要讲述的是我和妈妈返回旅馆拿走船长的金子和文件被发现的经过。

1.

句意：但是每个人都是如此害怕以至于没有人有勇气和我们一起回到旅馆。

根据“no one had the courage to come back to the inn with us”可推断，是因为害怕所以才不敢和我们一起回到旅馆，害怕afraid，故答案是afraid。

2.

句意：我们回到旅馆，锁上了身后的门。

根据下文“ but thankfully it was locked.”可推断，前后照应，故此处应是锁上 lock，本文用的是一般过去时，故此处也需用lock的过去式locked，故答案是locked。

3.

句意：我们很快就找到了挂在他脖子上的一串钥匙。

根据“ a string… his neck.”结合常识可知，是挂在他脖子上的钥匙，因为钥匙要挂在脖子上，需要绕脖子一圈，也就是围绕，around围绕，故答案是around。

4.

句意：里面装满了衣服和其他东西，但在底部，有一些文件和一袋金子。

根据常识可知，打开箱子找东西，先看到的是上面，再是下面，at the bottom在底部，固定短语，故答案是bottom。

5.

句意：我母亲开始数钱，这钱是船长欠我们的。

根据“the money the captain owed us”及“c”开头的单词，结合常识可知，这里表达的意思是数钱，也就是数数，即count，故答案是count。

6.

句意：我突然听到外面盲人手杖的敲击声。

根据上文“我们锁上了门”及下文“We heard him knocking on the door”可知，声音是来自门外，outside外面，故答案是outside。

7.

句意：我们听到他敲门并尝试开门，但幸好门是锁着的。

根据“to open it”及“t”开头的单词，可推断，这里是试着要打开门，即try to do sth.，因为and连接的并列句，所以同一主语下，前后动词形式要保持一致，根据“knocking”可知，此处是trying，故答案是trying。

8.

句意：我说着并拿走了文件。

根据下文“The boy took the papers.” 男孩拿走了文件，可知，这里与后文照应，故答案是papers。

9.

句意：旅馆里有七、八个人，包括那个瞎子。

根据句意可知，这七、八个人中包括瞎子，包括including， 现在分词做状语，故答案是including。

10.

句意：有人打开了箱子。

根据上下文，可知，我们打开了箱子，拿走了东西，被他们发现了，所以此处是：有人打开了箱子，someone某人，故答案是Someone。