四、(泰州海陵区期末改编)从方框中选择合适的单词，并用其适当形式填空，补全短文。
become make study work live hard only buy find
Long long ago, there was a child. His name was Kuang Heng. He wanted to study. But he 1.
lived
in a very poor family. He had no money 2.
to buy
books.
续表
He had to 3.
work
for rich people. He worked very 4.
hard
. But he said that he did not want their money. He 5.
only
wanted to read their books.
Kuang Heng only had time to read at night. But he did not have an oil lamp(油灯). He 6.
found
a hole in the wall. He 7.
made
the hole bigger. So the light could pass through(穿过) the hole.
He read the books by the light. He 8.
studied
every night. He read a lot of books. Finally, he 9.
became
a great scholar(学者).
解析：
【分析】
这是一道结合历史故事的选词填空题，需先通读短文理解匡衡凿壁偷光的语境，再结合方框内单词，根据全文一般过去时的时态要求、固定搭配、词性需求，选择单词的适当形式填空，逐个匹配空格的语法与语境逻辑即可。
【解析】
1. 由时间状语“long long ago”可知用一般过去时，live in表示“居住”，故填lived；
2. 固定搭配have no money to do sth意为“没钱做某事”，此处表示没钱买书，故填to buy；
3. have to后接动词原形，work for表示“为……工作”，故填work；
4. 固定搭配work very hard意为“努力工作”，hard为副词，故填hard；
5. 此处需副词表示“仅仅，只”，符合“只想读他们的书”的语境，故填only；
6. 全文为一般过去时，find表示“找到”，过去式为found，故填found；
7. 固定搭配make sth + adj.表示“使某物变得……”，此处需make的过去式made，故填made；
8. 全文为一般过去时，study表示“学习”，过去式为studied，故填studied；
9. 全文为一般过去时，become表示“成为”，过去式为became，故填became。
【答案】
lived; to buy; work; hard; only; found; made; studied; became
【知识点】
一般过去时、固定搭配、动词适当形式填空
【点评】
本题结合经典历史故事考查选词填空，既考查词汇的语境运用，又涉及时态、固定搭配等基础语法，是初中英语的基础题型，需学生掌握单词的不同形式及语境理解。
【难度系数】
0.6
