Unit 2 Amazing numbers（重难词汇精练）英语新教材沪教版八年级上册

**基本信息** 初中英语Unit 2词汇专项训练，通过基础、语境、语篇三级递进设计，系统强化词汇记忆、变形及综合应用能力，助力语言能力与学习能力提升。 **专项设计** |模块|题量/典例|题型特征|知识逻辑| |----|-----------|----------|----------| |词汇基础练|汉译英、词汇拓展（单词变形）|聚焦单词/短语汉译英及词性转换|从核心词汇概念生成到词形变化规则推导| |词汇语境练|单词拼写、提示填空、单项选择|通过句子语境考查词汇辨析与应用|从孤立词汇到语境中灵活运用的拓展| |词汇语篇练|完形填空、语篇填空|在语篇中综合考查词汇理解与连贯|从句子应用到语篇逻辑的高阶整合|

Unit 2 Amazing numbers 词汇专项过关 词汇基础练 词汇语境练 词汇语篇练 一、汉译英 英文 中文 英文 中文 单词 n. （尤指乘飞机的）航程 n. 日程安排 adv. 到处，各个地方 v. 向（某人）挑战 n. 奖赏，奖励 v. 承诺，保证 n. 国际象棋棋盘 n. 银 v. 回复，答复 n. 犹豫 v. 想知道，琢磨 v. 同意，赞成 n. 百分之…… adv. 目前，当前 v. 核查，检查 n. 预算 n. 省份 adv. 急剧地，突然大幅度地 v. 计算（或清点）总数 n. 系统 n. 符号，记号 v. 代表 adv. 准确地，确切地 短语 航班时刻表 价格标签 片刻，一会儿 毫不犹豫 上升 下降 写下，记下 代替，作为……的替换 2、 词汇拓展（单词变形） 学科网（北京）股份有限公司1 / 5 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 1. flight——__________（v.）飞，航行，飞翔 2. hesitation——__________（v.）犹豫，迟疑 3. wonder——__________（adj.）精彩的 4. agree——__________（n.）协定，同意 5. currently——__________（adj.）当前的，现在的 6. sharply——__________（adj.）锋利的，骤然的 7. exactly——__________（adj.）准确的，确切的 一、单词拼写 1. I w________ how many people will join the tour. 2. She gave me a quick r________ to my email. 3. He won first p________ in the chess competition. 4. Before the trip, we must make a careful b________. 5. The plane was late, so our f________ changed. 6. Can you c________ from one to one hundred in English? 7. When spring comes, we can see colourful flowers e________ in the park. 8. The new computer s_________ runs much faster than the old one. 9. We make the Chinese character “Fu” and put it upside down on the door. It is a s________ of good luck. 10. When the wise old man asked for rice as a prize, the king a________ without hesitation. 二、根据汉语提示填空 1. The blue lines on the map _______ (代表) rivers and lakes. 2. She turned her head ________ (突然大幅度地) when she heard someone call her name. 3. Guangdong is a southern _______ (省份) in China with many big cities. 4. I need to _______ (检查) the train schedule online to plan our trip. 5. I am _______ (目前) reading an interesting book in my free time. 6. About eighty ________ (百分之) of the students in our class enjoy playing sports. 7. After a moment of ________ (犹豫), she finally raised her hand to answer. 8. Dad’s hair is turning ________ (银的) as he gets older. 9. He carefully placed every piece on the ________ (国际象棋棋盘). 10. I ________ (许诺) I will return your book by the end of this week. 三、括号内词的适当形式填空 1. __________ (hundred) of visitors will come to Shanghai next week. 2. She is ________ (current) living with her grandparents. 3. They’ve talked about it many times but still couldn’t reach an ________ (agree). 4. The line graph shows the ________ (increase) in world population. 5. The number of trees in the park ________ (fall) by 30% last year. 6. The population of China is ________ (grow) more slowly now. 7. The young man won some gold as a ________ (prize) in the race. 8. The king ordered his men ________ (collect) a bag of rice. 9. The two men played chess for a long time, and ________ (final) the old man won. 10. The king wondered how many ________ (grain) of rice there would be. 四、单项选择 1. Although I didn’t win the match, I made a lot of new friends. So, you can always find ________. A. a silver screen B. a silver prize C. a silver lining D. a silver spoon 2. —After reading this book, please ________ your ideas in your notebook and check them later. —All right. A. write down B. look up C. agree with D. look after 3. The price may go ________ next month, so don’t buy it now. A. down B. without hesitation C. instead of D. for a moment 4. This computer ________ can help us find information quickly. A. system B. silver C. chessboard D. prize 5. The coach wanted to ________ us to run faster. A. challenge B. agree C. check D. represent 6. Could you ________ all the students in the room? A. count B. promise C. wonder D. reply 7. I bought the dress because the ________ said it was only 80 yuan. A. price tag B. flight C. province D. system 8. Tom answered the question without ________. A. wonder B. hesitation C. challenge D. promise 9. We can see numbers ________ in our life. A. anywhere B. everywhere C. somewhere D. nowhere 10. The price of houses in this city has ________ in the past five years. It’s hard for young people to buy one. A. gone down B. dropped C. gone up D. fallen 五、完成句子 1. 五一期间，成千上万的游客来到了成都观看大熊猫。 During May Day, ________ ________ tourists came to Chengdu to see pandas. 2. 在这儿稍等片刻，我马上回来。 Wait here ________ ________ ________. I’ll be right back. 3. 有了它，我们对上课的兴趣开始提升。 With it, our interest in lessons starts to ________ ________. 4. 有一天，一位睿智的老人来到宫殿，国王向他挑战下棋。 One day, a wise old man came to the palace and the king ________ ________ ________ a chess game. 5. 当你知道一个单词的真正含义时，你才能不假思索地使用它。 When you know the real meaning of a word, you will be able to use it ________________. 6. 昨天每个人都写下了他们的新年计划。 Everyone ________ ________ their plans for the coming year yesterday. 7. 接下来我们得查查火车或飞机的时刻表。 And then we need to check the train or ________ ________. 六、选词填空 从方框中选择恰当单词或短语，用其适当形式填空，每词限用一次。 challenge, promise, hesitate, double, realize, collect, spread, develop, record, pattern 1. The wise man accepted the king’s invitation without . 2. The king to give the old man any prize if he won the chess game. 3. Every square on the chessboard should the number of grains of rice. 4. At last, the king he could not offer so much rice. 5. People began to different ways of counting in ancient times. 6. Arabic numerals quickly to other countries many years ago. 7. In nature, many plants follow the same Fibonacci . 8. People use special marks to numbers in their own ways. 9. The teacher us to think more about the magic of numbers. 10. Workers started to food and clothes for poor people. 一、用方框中所给词汇的正确形式填空。 hesitation    prize    promise    reply    wonder A poor young man came first in a running race and won some gold as a 1 . He looked at the small piece of gold in his hand and 2 what to do with it. The young man decided to ask a wise old man for advice. “I have a little gold now, but I want much more,” he said. “Can you help me?” The old man looked at him. “I can teach you how to make more money if you 3 to work hard,” he said. The young man agreed without 4 . Then the old man pointed out of the window. “Look outside. What can you see?” he asked. “I can see nothing but an empty field,” the young man 5 . “Use your money to buy this field,” said the old man, “and grow some cotton. In a year, you can sell the cotton and make a profit.” The young man followed his advice and worked hard all year round, and in time, he became very rich. 二、完形填空 A long time ago, there was a king who had many kinds of animals, but he did not have a great horse. So he ordered his men to go and find the 1 horse in his country. They searched for months, but they returned without 2 . One day, a man named Zan 3 a very fast horse in another country. He asked to travel there, and the king agreed. 4 , when he arrived, he learned that the horse had died. But Zan had an idea. He bought the horse’s 5 for five hundred pieces of silver. When Zan returned, the king was very angry. “You paid five hundred pieces of silver for this?” the king shouted. “What 6 is it to me? I want a living horse, you fool.” “Please be patient, my king,” the man said. “When people hear how much you paid for the head of a dead horse, they will think you will pay a huge amount for a 7 one! People from other countries will bring their horses to you!” That’s just what happened. 8 , lots of people started bringing their fast horses to the king. The king was happy, and he soon found exactly the horse he wanted. In the end, Zan’s clever plan 9 to be successful. The king gave him a 10 position in the court as a prize. 1. A. oldest B. fastest C. largest D. prettiest 2. A. success B. trust C. luck D. trouble 3. A. heard through B. heard about C. heard from D. heard out 4. A. Luckily B. Hopefully C. Sadly D. Calmly 5. A. leg B. feet C. head D. body 6. A. harm B. success C. problem D. use 7. A. healthy B. famous C. living D. strong 8. A. Long before B. Sooner or later C. At present D. Shortly after 9. A. seemed B. proved C. realized D. promised 10. A. less comfortable B. higher C. less important D. safer $Unit 2 Amazing numbers 词汇专项过关 词汇基础练 词汇语境练 词汇语篇练 一、汉译英 英文 中文 英文 中文 单词 flight n. （尤指乘飞机的）航程 schedule n. 日程安排 everywhere adv. 到处，各个地方 challenge v. 向（某人）挑战 prize n. 奖赏，奖励 promise v. 承诺，保证 chessboard n. 国际象棋棋盘 silver n. 银 reply v. 回复，答复 hesitation n. 犹豫 wonder v. 想知道，琢磨 agree v. 同意，赞成 per cent n. 百分之…… currently adv. 目前，当前 check v. 核查，检查 budget n. 预算 province n. 省份 sharply adv. 急剧地，突然大幅度地 count v. 计算（或清点）总数 system n. 系统 symbol n. 符号，记号 represent v. 代表 exactly adv. 准确地，确切地 短语 flight schedule 航班时刻表 price tag 价格标签 for a moment 片刻，一会儿 without hesitation 毫不犹豫 go up 上升 go down 下降 write down 写下，记下 instead of 代替，作为……的替换 2、 词汇拓展（单词变形） 学科网（北京）股份有限公司1 / 5 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 1. fly 2. hesitate 3. wonderful 4. agreement 5. current 6. sharp 7. exact 一、单词拼写 1. wonder 2. reply 3. prize 4. budget 5. flight 6. count 7. everywhere 8. system 9. symbol 10. agreed 二、根据汉语提示填空 1. represent 2. sharply 3. province 4. check 5. currently 6. per cent 7. hesitation 8. silver 9. chessboard 10. promise 三、括号内词的适当形式填空 1. Hundreds 2. currently 3. agreement 4. increase 5. fell 6. growing 7. prize 8. to collect 9. finally 10. grains 四、单项选择 1. C 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. A 6. A 7. A 8. B 9. B 10. C 五、完成句子 1. thousands of 2. for a moment 3. go up 4. challenged him to 5. without hesitation 6. wrote down 7. flight schedule 六、选词填空 1. hesitation 2. promised 3. double 4. realized 5. develop 6. spread 7. pattern 8. record 9. challenges 10. collect 一、用方框中所给词汇的正确形式填空。 1. prize 2. wondered 3. promise 4. hesitation 5. replied 二、完形填空 1. B 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. C 6. D 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. B $Unit 2 Amazing numbers 词汇专项过关 词汇基础练 词汇语境练 词汇语篇练 一、汉译英 英文 中文 英文 中文 单词 flight n. （尤指乘飞机的）航程 schedule n. 日程安排 everywhere adv. 到处，各个地方 challenge v. 向（某人）挑战 prize n. 奖赏，奖励 promise v. 承诺，保证 chessboard n. 国际象棋棋盘 silver n. 银 reply v. 回复，答复 hesitation n. 犹豫 wonder v. 想知道，琢磨 agree v. 同意，赞成 per cent n. 百分之…… currently adv. 目前，当前 check v. 核查，检查 budget n. 预算 province n. 省份 sharply adv. 急剧地，突然大幅度地 count v. 计算（或清点）总数 system n. 系统 symbol n. 符号，记号 represent v. 代表 exactly adv. 准确地，确切地 短语 flight schedule 航班时刻表 price tag 价格标签 for a moment 片刻，一会儿 without hesitation 毫不犹豫 go up 上升 go down 下降 write down 写下，记下 instead of 代替，作为……的替换 2、 词汇拓展（单词变形） 学科网（北京）股份有限公司1 / 5 学科网（北京）股份有限公司 1. flight——__________（v.）飞，航行，飞翔 2. hesitation——__________（v.）犹豫，迟疑 3. wonder——__________（adj.）精彩的 4. agree——__________（n.）协定，同意 5. currently——__________（adj.）当前的，现在的 6. sharply——__________（adj.）锋利的，骤然的 7. exactly——__________（adj.）准确的，确切的 【答案】1. fly 2. hesitate 3. wonderful 4. agreement 5. current 6. sharp 7. exact 一、单词拼写 1. I w________ how many people will join the tour. 2. She gave me a quick r________ to my email. 3. He won first p________ in the chess competition. 4. Before the trip, we must make a careful b________. 5. The plane was late, so our f________ changed. 6. Can you c________ from one to one hundred in English? 7. When spring comes, we can see colourful flowers e________ in the park. 8. The new computer s_________ runs much faster than the old one. 9. We make the Chinese character “Fu” and put it upside down on the door. It is a s________ of good luck. 10. When the wise old man asked for rice as a prize, the king a________ without hesitation. 【答案】1. wonder 2. reply 3. prize 4. budget 5. flight 6. count 7. everywhere 8. system 9. symbol 10. agreed 二、根据汉语提示填空 1. The blue lines on the map _______ (代表) rivers and lakes. 2. She turned her head ________ (突然大幅度地) when she heard someone call her name. 3. Guangdong is a southern _______ (省份) in China with many big cities. 4. I need to _______ (检查) the train schedule online to plan our trip. 5. I am _______ (目前) reading an interesting book in my free time. 6. About eighty ________ (百分之) of the students in our class enjoy playing sports. 7. After a moment of ________ (犹豫), she finally raised her hand to answer. 8. Dad’s hair is turning ________ (银的) as he gets older. 9. He carefully placed every piece on the ________ (国际象棋棋盘). 10. I ________ (许诺) I will return your book by the end of this week. 【答案】1. represent 2. sharply 3. province 4. check 5. currently 6. per cent 7. hesitation 8. silver 9. chessboard 10. promise 三、括号内词的适当形式填空 1. __________ (hundred) of visitors will come to Shanghai next week. 2. She is ________ (current) living with her grandparents. 3. They’ve talked about it many times but still couldn’t reach an ________ (agree). 4. The line graph shows the ________ (increase) in world population. 5. The number of trees in the park ________ (fall) by 30% last year. 6. The population of China is ________ (grow) more slowly now. 7. The young man won some gold as a ________ (prize) in the race. 8. The king ordered his men ________ (collect) a bag of rice. 9. The two men played chess for a long time, and ________ (final) the old man won. 10. The king wondered how many ________ (grain) of rice there would be. 【答案】1. Hundreds 2. currently 3. agreement 4. increase 5. fell 6. growing 7. prize 8. to collect 9. finally 10. grains 四、单项选择 1. Although I didn’t win the match, I made a lot of new friends. So, you can always find ________. A. a silver screen B. a silver prize C. a silver lining D. a silver spoon 【答案】 C 【解析】句意：虽然我没有赢得比赛，但我交到了很多新朋友。所以，你总能找到一线希望。 a silver screen银幕；a silver prize银奖；a silver lining一线希望；a silver spoon银勺子。根据“Although I didn’t win the match, I made a lot of new friends.”可知，虽然比赛输了（坏事），但收获了友谊（好事），体现了在困境中也能找到积极的一面，俗语“Every cloud has a silver lining”意为“黑暗中总有一线光明”，“a silver lining”符合语境。 2. —After reading this book, please ________ your ideas in your notebook and check them later. —All right. A. write down B. look up C. agree with D. look after 【答案】A 【解析】句意：——读完这本书后，请把你的想法写在你的笔记本上，之后再加以核对。——好的。 write down写下；look up查阅；agree with同意；look after照顾。根据“your ideas in your notebook”可知，需要把想法写在笔记本上，应填write down。 3. The price may go ________ next month, so don’t buy it now. A. down B. without hesitation C. instead of D. for a moment 【答案】A 【解析】句意：价格下个月可能会下降，所以不要现在买它。 down向下；without hesitation毫不犹豫地；instead of代替；for a moment片刻。根据“The price may go...”可知此处描述价格变动，英语中常用go up或go down表示价格涨跌。 4. This computer ________ can help us find information quickly. A. system B. silver C. chessboard D. prize 【答案】A 【解析】句意：这台计算机系统可以帮助我们快速找到信息。 system系统；silver银；chessboard棋盘；prize奖品。根据“help us find information quickly”可知，能帮助快速查找信息的是计算机系统，故选A。 5. The coach wanted to ________ us to run faster. A. challenge B. agree C. check D. represent 【答案】A 【解析】句意：教练想要挑战我们跑得更快。 challenge挑战；agree同意；check检查；represent代表。根据教练希望我们跑得更快，应该是挑战或激励我们。challenge sb to do sth意为“挑战某人做某事”，符合语境。 6. Could you ________ all the students in the room? A. count B. promise C. wonder D. reply 【答案】A 【解析】句意：你能清点一下房间里所有的学生吗？ count数数；promise承诺；wonder想知道；reply回答。根据Could you ________ all the students in the room?可知，此处语境是请求对方数一下房间里学生的数量，count 意为“数数”，符合句意。 7. I bought the dress because the ________ said it was only 80 yuan. A. price tag B. flight C. province D. system 【答案】A 【解析】句意：我买了这条裙子，因为价签上显示它只要80元。 price tag价格标签；flight航班；province省份；system系统。根据句中“it was only 80 yuan”可知，此处涉及物品的价格信息。 8. Tom answered the question without ________. A. wonder B. hesitation C. challenge D. promise 【答案】B 【解析】句意：汤姆毫不犹豫地回答了这个问题。 wonder惊奇；hesitation犹豫；challenge挑战；promise承诺。without hesitation意为“毫不犹豫地”，固定搭配，符合回答问题的状态。应填hesitation。 9. We can see numbers ________ in our life. A. anywhere B. everywhere C. somewhere D. nowhere 【答案】B 【解析】句意：我们在生活中到处都能看到数字。 anywhere 任何地方；everywhere 到处；somewhere 某处；nowhere 无处。根据句意及生活常识可知，数字在我们的生活中无处不在，到处都能看到，符合语境。 10. The price of houses in this city has ________ in the past five years. It’s hard for young people to buy one. A. gone down B. dropped C. gone up D. fallen 【答案】C 【解析】句意：过去五年里这座城市的房价上涨了。年轻人很难买得起。 gone down下降；dropped下降；gone up上涨；fallen下降。根据后句“hard for young people to buy one”可知，房价应是“上涨”了，导致年轻人买不起，应填gone up。 五、完成句子 1. 五一期间，成千上万的游客来到了成都观看大熊猫。 During May Day, ________ ________ tourists came to Chengdu to see pandas. 2. 在这儿稍等片刻，我马上回来。 Wait here ________ ________ ________. I’ll be right back. 3. 有了它，我们对上课的兴趣开始提升。 With it, our interest in lessons starts to ________ ________. 4. 有一天，一位睿智的老人来到宫殿，国王向他挑战下棋。 One day, a wise old man came to the palace and the king ________ ________ ________ a chess game. 5. 当你知道一个单词的真正含义时，你才能不假思索地使用它。 When you know the real meaning of a word, you will be able to use it ________________. 6. 昨天每个人都写下了他们的新年计划。 Everyone ________ ________ their plans for the coming year yesterday. 7. 接下来我们得查查火车或飞机的时刻表。 And then we need to check the train or ________ ________. 【答案】1. thousands of 2. for a moment 3. go up 4. challenged him to 5. without hesitation 6. wrote down 7. flight schedule 六、选词填空 从方框中选择恰当单词或短语，用其适当形式填空，每词限用一次。 challenge, promise, hesitate, double, realize, collect, spread, develop, record, pattern 1. The wise man accepted the king’s invitation without . 2. The king to give the old man any prize if he won the chess game. 3. Every square on the chessboard should the number of grains of rice. 4. At last, the king he could not offer so much rice. 5. People began to different ways of counting in ancient times. 6. Arabic numerals quickly to other countries many years ago. 7. In nature, many plants follow the same Fibonacci . 8. People use special marks to numbers in their own ways. 9. The teacher us to think more about the magic of numbers. 10. Workers started to food and clothes for poor people. 【答案】1. hesitation 2. promised 3. double 4. realized 5. develop 6. spread 7. pattern 8. record 9. challenges 10. collect 一、用方框中所给词汇的正确形式填空。 hesitation    prize    promise    reply    wonder A poor young man came first in a running race and won some gold as a 1 . He looked at the small piece of gold in his hand and 2 what to do with it. The young man decided to ask a wise old man for advice. “I have a little gold now, but I want much more,” he said. “Can you help me?” The old man looked at him. “I can teach you how to make more money if you 3 to work hard,” he said. The young man agreed without 4 . Then the old man pointed out of the window. “Look outside. What can you see?” he asked. “I can see nothing but an empty field,” the young man 5 . “Use your money to buy this field,” said the old man, “and grow some cotton. In a year, you can sell the cotton and make a profit.” The young man followed his advice and worked hard all year round, and in time, he became very rich. 【答案】1. prize 2. wondered 3. promise 4. hesitation 5. replied 【导语】本文讲述了一个贫穷的年轻人在跑步比赛中获胜赢得金子，向智者请教后通过辛勤劳作最终致富的故事。 【解析】1. 句意：一个贫穷的年轻人在跑步比赛中获得第一名，赢得了一些金子作为奖品。根据“won some gold as a…”可知，这里是prize表示“奖品”，符合语境。故填prize。 2. 句意：他看着手中的一小块金子，想知道该如何处理它。根据“he looked at the small piece of gold and…what to do with it”可知，这里是wonder表示“想知道”，此处用过去式wondered，与前文时态一致。故填wondered。 3. 句意：如果你承诺努力工作，我可以教你如何赚更多的钱。根据“I can teach you how to make more money if you…to work hard”可知，这里是promise to do sth表示“承诺做某事”，符合智者提出的条件。故填promise。 4. 句意：年轻人毫不犹豫地同意了。根据“agreed without…”可知，这里是without hesitation表示“毫不犹豫”，形容年轻人同意的果断。故填hesitation。 5. 句意：年轻人回答说：“我只看到一片空旷的田野。” 根据“‘I can see nothing but an empty field,’ the young man…”可知，这里是reply表示“回答”，此处用过去式replied，与对话的过去时态一致。故填replied。 二、完形填空 A long time ago, there was a king who had many kinds of animals, but he did not have a great horse. So he ordered his men to go and find the 1 horse in his country. They searched for months, but they returned without 2 . One day, a man named Zan 3 a very fast horse in another country. He asked to travel there, and the king agreed. 4 , when he arrived, he learned that the horse had died. But Zan had an idea. He bought the horse’s 5 for five hundred pieces of silver. When Zan returned, the king was very angry. “You paid five hundred pieces of silver for this?” the king shouted. “What 6 is it to me? I want a living horse, you fool.” “Please be patient, my king,” the man said. “When people hear how much you paid for the head of a dead horse, they will think you will pay a huge amount for a 7 one! People from other countries will bring their horses to you!” That’s just what happened. 8 , lots of people started bringing their fast horses to the king. The king was happy, and he soon found exactly the horse he wanted. In the end, Zan’s clever plan 9 to be successful. The king gave him a 10 position in the court as a prize. 1. A. oldest B. fastest C. largest D. prettiest 2. A. success B. trust C. luck D. trouble 3. A. heard through B. heard about C. heard from D. heard out 4. A. Luckily B. Hopefully C. Sadly D. Calmly 5. A. leg B. feet C. head D. body 6. A. harm B. success C. problem D. use 7. A. healthy B. famous C. living D. strong 8. A. Long before B. Sooner or later C. At present D. Shortly after 9. A. seemed B. proved C. realized D. promised 10. A. less comfortable B. higher C. less important D. safer 【答案】1. B 2. A 3. B 4. C 5. C 6. D 7. C 8. D 9. B 10. B 【导语】本文是一篇寓言故事，讲述了赞通过购买死马头巧妙吸引人们献马，最终帮助国王得到千里马的故事。 1. 句意：很久以前，有一位国王养了许多种动物，但他没有一匹好马。所以他命令他的臣民去寻找他国家里最好的马。 oldest最老的；fastest最快的；largest最大的；prettiest最漂亮的。根据下文内容可知，国王想要一匹好马，这里应是找最快的马。故选B。 2. 句意：他们找了好几个月，但一无所获地回来了。 success成功；trust信任；luck幸运；trouble麻烦。根据“They searched for months, but they returned”可知，他们找了好几个月都没找到，应是空手而归，without success“一无所获”。故选A。 3. 句意：一天，一个叫赞的人在另一个国家听说有一匹非常快的马。 heard through通过……听说；heard about听说；heard from收到……的来信；heard out听完。根据“a very fast horse in another country”可知，是在另一个国家听说有快马。故选B。 4. 句意：不幸的是，当他到达时，他得知那匹马已经死了。 Luckily幸运地；Hopefully有希望地；Sadly不幸地；Calmly平静地。根据“when he arrived, he learned that the horse had died”可知，马死了是不幸的事。故选C。 5. 句意：他花了五百两银子买了这匹马的马头。 leg腿；feet脚；head头；body身体。根据下文“When people hear how much you paid for the head of a dead horse”可知，是买了马头。故选C。 6. 句意：这对我有什么用？我想要一匹活马，你这个笨蛋。 harm伤害；success成功；problem问题；use用处。根据“I want a living horse, you fool.”可知，国王想要活马，所以觉得买马头没用。What use is it to me?“这对我有什么用？”故选D。 7. 句意：当人们听说你为一匹死马的马头付了多少钱时，他们会认为你会为一匹活马付一大笔钱！ healthy健康的；famous著名的；living活着的；strong强壮的。根据“I want a living horse”可知，此处指活马。故选C。 8. 句意：不久之后，很多人开始把他们的快马带到国王那里。 Long before很久以前；Sooner or later迟早；At present目前；Shortly after不久之后。根据“That’s just what happened.”以及“lots of people started bringing their fast horses to the king”可知，应是赞的计划起作用了，不久之后很多人就带着快马来见国王了。故选D。 9. 句意：最后，赞的聪明计划证明是成功的。 seemed似乎；proved证明；realized意识到；promised承诺。根据“The king was happy, and he soon found exactly the horse he wanted.”可知，国王找到了想要的马，说明赞的计划证明是成功的。故选B。 10. 句意：国王给了他一个朝廷里的更高职位作为奖赏。 less comfortable更不舒服的；higher更高的；less important更不重要的；safer更安全的。根据“as a prize”以及上文赞的计划成功可知，国王应是给了他一个更高的职位作为奖赏。故选B。 $