题目内容
根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，完整地写出空缺处各单词的正确形式。（每空一词）
A man tried to catch monkeys to sell them to zoos. The monkeys, however, were very c 1. and every kind of trap(计谋) that he set failed.
A young boy watched the man’s efforts and then took a pot with a narrow(狭窄的) neck. He placed a few peanuts around the pot and put lots of peanuts i 2. it. He then tied the pot to a tree and he told the man, “We should have a m 3. in a few hours.”
Some monkeys soon discovered the peanuts and the pot. One put his hand into the pot e 4. and got a handful of peanuts, but he couldn’t p 5. his hand with peanuts out of the narrow opening of the pot. The monkey was a 6. and began to cry. Some of the other monkeys tried unsuccessfully to pull the pot off his hand.
The boy and the man heard the noise. As the boy came near to the monkeys with a bag, the monkeys all ran away e 7. the one with its hand in the pot. The boy packed the monkey and the pot into the bag. The man was s 8. and asked the boy the secret of his monkey trap. “Why was it so easy for the monkey to get his hand in but so h 9. to get it out?”
The boy laughed and said, “The monkey could get his hand back out if he let go of the peanuts in the pot, but he just wasn’t w 10. to let go. They never are.
1.clever
2.in/inside
3.monkey
4.easily
5.pull
6.angry
7.except
8.surprised
9.hard
10.willing
【解析】短文大意：这篇短文主要讲述了一个男孩如何利用猴子的心理，巧捉猴子的故事。也告诉我们，在必要的时候要懂得放弃。
1.联系下文描述,可知此处指的是这些猴子非常聪明.结合语境及首字母可知填形容词clever聪明的,做表语.
2.结合语境可知此处指的是,这个男孩在罐子的里面放了许多花生.根据首字母可知填介词in/inside,在里面,在里边;
3.联系上下文,可知此处指的是几分钟后我们就应该能获得一只猴子.结合语境及首字母可知填单数名词monkey,猴子.
4.结合语境可知此处指的是容易地把爪子放进了罐子.根据首字母可知填副词easily容易地,做状语.
5.联系上下文,可知此处指的是,但是他们拿着花生的爪子就不能拽出来了.结合语境及首字母可知填原形动词pull,拉,拽.
6.联系下文,可知此处指的是猴子开始生气.结合语境及首字母可知填形容词angry生气的,做表语.
7.联系上下文,可知此处指的是除了这只住在在罐子里面的.根据首字母可知填介词except,除了……。
8.联系上下文，可知此处指的是这个男人很惊讶。结合语境及首字母可知填形容词surprised，吃惊的，做表语。
9.联系上下文，可知此处指的是很难把手拿出来。结合语境可知填形容词hard，困难的；
10.联系前文描述，可知此处指的是猴子不愿意放开手中的花生。结合语境及首字母可知填形容词willing，乐意的，心甘情愿的。
