二、根据首字母提示填空，补全短文
After visiting Oz, the Wizard, Dorothy told her two buddies (伙伴) about him. “He’ll help me get back to Kansas, and he promises (承诺) to help all of you too,” she said. “So what must we do b 1 he will help us?” the Tin Woodman asked. “You need to go and ask him by y 2,” Dorothy said.
“I’ll wait here.”
So the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and the Lion, one at a t 3, went into the palace of the Great Wizard. Sure enough, they got the same promise from Oz, “I will help you o 4 if you help Dorothy kill the West Witch.”
Now the friends started to find the West Witch. In order to know more, Dorothy spoke to the Guardian of the Gates. “Can you tell me w 5 road leads to the West Witch?”
“There is no road,” the Guardian said. “I think the b 6 you can do is to keep walking to the west. And I want to give you some a 7 —do it as carefully as you can, o 8 the evil Witch may kill all of you.”
Then they thanked him and turned toward the west. As they went, some strange things suddenly h 9. Dorothy’s green silk dress became white. The ribbon around Toto’s neck also lost its green. To their s 10, the land changed too. It wasn’t flat any more and the flowers and trees disappeared (消失) quickly. What would Dorothy and her friends meet next?
—A modified excerpt from *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
After visiting Oz, the Wizard, Dorothy told her two buddies (伙伴) about him. “He’ll help me get back to Kansas, and he promises (承诺) to help all of you too,” she said. “So what must we do b 1 he will help us?” the Tin Woodman asked. “You need to go and ask him by y 2,” Dorothy said.
“I’ll wait here.”
So the Tin Woodman, the Scarecrow and the Lion, one at a t 3, went into the palace of the Great Wizard. Sure enough, they got the same promise from Oz, “I will help you o 4 if you help Dorothy kill the West Witch.”
Now the friends started to find the West Witch. In order to know more, Dorothy spoke to the Guardian of the Gates. “Can you tell me w 5 road leads to the West Witch?”
“There is no road,” the Guardian said. “I think the b 6 you can do is to keep walking to the west. And I want to give you some a 7 —do it as carefully as you can, o 8 the evil Witch may kill all of you.”
Then they thanked him and turned toward the west. As they went, some strange things suddenly h 9. Dorothy’s green silk dress became white. The ribbon around Toto’s neck also lost its green. To their s 10, the land changed too. It wasn’t flat any more and the flowers and trees disappeared (消失) quickly. What would Dorothy and her friends meet next?
—A modified excerpt from *The Wonderful Wizard of Oz*
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.
答案：1. before 2. yourselves 3. time 4. only 5. which 6. best 7. advice 8. or 9. happened 10. surprise
解析：
本题结合《绿野仙踪》的节选短文，考查七年级核心词汇与固定搭配，结合上下文语境和首字母提示解题：
1. 句意为“在他帮助我们之前，我们必须做什么？”，填表示“在……之前”的连词before。
2. 此处是固定搭配by oneself表示“独自、亲自”，指代前文的多个伙伴，第二人称反身代词用yourselves。
3. 固定搭配one at a time表示“一次一个”，符合后文轮流进入宫殿的语境，填time。
4. 固定搭配only if表示“只有”，符合语境“只有你们帮多萝西杀死西方女巫我才会帮你们”，填only。
5. 句意为“你能告诉我哪条路通向西方女巫吗？”，表示“哪一个”填which。
6. 固定结构the best you can do表示“你能做的最好的事”，填best。
7. 句意为“我想给你们一些建议”，不可数名词advice表示“建议”，符合语境，填advice。
8. 此处连词表示“否则”，符合语境“尽可能小心，否则邪恶的女巫会杀死你们”，填or。
9. 句意为“一些奇怪的事突然发生了”，全文为一般过去时，happen的过去式为happened。
10. 固定搭配to one's surprise表示“令某人惊讶的是”，填surprise。
1. 句意为“在他帮助我们之前，我们必须做什么？”，填表示“在……之前”的连词before。
2. 此处是固定搭配by oneself表示“独自、亲自”，指代前文的多个伙伴，第二人称反身代词用yourselves。
3. 固定搭配one at a time表示“一次一个”，符合后文轮流进入宫殿的语境，填time。
4. 固定搭配only if表示“只有”，符合语境“只有你们帮多萝西杀死西方女巫我才会帮你们”，填only。
5. 句意为“你能告诉我哪条路通向西方女巫吗？”，表示“哪一个”填which。
6. 固定结构the best you can do表示“你能做的最好的事”，填best。
7. 句意为“我想给你们一些建议”，不可数名词advice表示“建议”，符合语境，填advice。
8. 此处连词表示“否则”，符合语境“尽可能小心，否则邪恶的女巫会杀死你们”，填or。
9. 句意为“一些奇怪的事突然发生了”，全文为一般过去时，happen的过去式为happened。
10. 固定搭配to one's surprise表示“令某人惊讶的是”，填surprise。