三、词汇运用
阅读下面的短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
A crow goes to see his cousin. On the way to (1)
(he) home, he wants (2)
(drink) some water after he flies (3)
a long time. He looks everywhere, (4)
he can't find any water. Suddenly, he sees some water in a bottle. "That's very good," the crow (5)
(say). "I can drink water now." When the crow drinks the water in the bottle, he finds he can't (6)
the bottleneck is too small. The crow thinks, "What can I do now? I must drink the water."
At this time, the crow sees some small (7)
(stone). He says, "They can help (8)
(I)!" So, he gets a small stone into the bottle. Then he gets a second one, a (9)
(three) one... At last, the crow drinks the water in the bottle. He (10)
(be) so happy!
解析：
我们逐空结合七年级所学知识点分析：
1. 此处修饰名词home，需要将人称代词he变为形容词性物主代词his，意为“他的”。
2. 此处考查固定搭配want to do sth.，意为“想要做某事”，所以填动词不定式to drink。
3. 此处考查介词用法，“for + 时间段”表示动作持续一段时间，fly for a long time 意为飞了很长时间，填for。
4. 前半句“他到处看”，后半句“他找不到任何水”，是转折关系，填并列连词but。
5. 全文为一般现在时，主语the crow是第三人称单数，谓语动词say要变为第三人称单数形式says。
6. 后半句“瓶颈太小”是前半句“他没法喝到水”的原因，填连词because引导原因状语从句，此处省略了前文提到的drink the water，符合语境。
7. 空前有some修饰，可数名词stone要变为复数形式stones。
8. 动词help后面要接人称代词的宾格形式，I的宾格是me。
9. 此处和前面的a second one对应，表示“第三个”，基数词three要变为序数词third。
10. 主语是He，全文为一般现在时，be动词用is。
