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
2. yourselves
3. time
4. only
5. which
6. best
7. advice
8. or
9. happened
10. surprise
解析：
1. 根据上下文语境，此处表示“在他帮助我们之前我们必须做什么”，应填before（在……之前）。
2. 固定搭配by oneself表示“独自、亲自”，此处you指代Tin Woodman、Scarecrow和Lion，所以用yourselves（你们自己）。
3. 固定搭配one at a time表示“一次一个、逐个”，应填time。
4. 固定搭配only if表示“只有……才”，符合“只有你们帮Dorothy杀死西方女巫，我才会帮你们”的语境，应填only。
5. 此处是询问“哪条路通向西方女巫那里”，用which（哪一个）引导宾语从句，应填which。
6. 固定表达the best you can do表示“你能做的最好的事”，应填best。
7. 固定搭配give sb. some advice表示“给某人一些建议”，advice为不可数名词，应填advice。
8. 根据语境“你们要尽可能小心地做这件事，否则邪恶的女巫可能会杀了你们所有人”，应填or（否则）。
9. 句意为“当他们前行时，一些奇怪的事情突然发生了”，事件发生在过去，用happen的过去式happened。
10. 固定搭配to one's surprise表示“令某人惊讶的是”，应填surprise。
2. 固定搭配by oneself表示“独自、亲自”，此处you指代Tin Woodman、Scarecrow和Lion，所以用yourselves（你们自己）。
3. 固定搭配one at a time表示“一次一个、逐个”，应填time。
4. 固定搭配only if表示“只有……才”，符合“只有你们帮Dorothy杀死西方女巫，我才会帮你们”的语境，应填only。
5. 此处是询问“哪条路通向西方女巫那里”，用which（哪一个）引导宾语从句，应填which。
6. 固定表达the best you can do表示“你能做的最好的事”，应填best。
7. 固定搭配give sb. some advice表示“给某人一些建议”，advice为不可数名词，应填advice。
8. 根据语境“你们要尽可能小心地做这件事，否则邪恶的女巫可能会杀了你们所有人”，应填or（否则）。
9. 句意为“当他们前行时，一些奇怪的事情突然发生了”，事件发生在过去，用happen的过去式happened。
10. 固定搭配to one's surprise表示“令某人惊讶的是”，应填surprise。