题目内容
根据短文内容及首字母提示，填入适当的单词，使短文的意思完整。（在填写答案时，单词的第一个字母要写出来）
Have you ever seen Korean writing before? In many people’s eyes, it 1.l lovely but difficult. Do you know the2.h_________of the special letters?
Long ago, Korean people didn’t 3.o their letters. At that time, they used Chinese characters(字符). Because Chinese is hard to learn, only rich people had the4.m and time to ask teachers to teach them. One of their kings was called Sejong. He decided to5.i_________ Korean Letters. He thought hard.
One day, on 6.O________ 9, 1446, he looked at a window frame(框架)and shouted, “I know what our letters should be!” He was so excited that he cried it loudly. He got the7.i from the frame and invented letters of all the same size. It seemed that they were put in a window frame. The earliest Korean letters were born. King Sejong said, “Chinese characters can’t express Korean meanings. Now I invent 8.o_________ own letters. These letters are very 9.e_________ to learn. I hope that they can help all people learn to read.”
When King Sejong first invented the Korean letters, they had 28 letters, but only 24 are used today. All the Korean people enjoy 10.u their own letters. Some Chinese young people think they’re interesting.
1.looks
2.history
3.own
4.money
5.invent
6.October
7.idea
8.our
9.easy
10.using
【解析】
试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了朝鲜字母的发明历史。
1.联系前一句描述，可知此处指的是它看起来很可爱。结合语境可知本句描述的是客观性动作，故用一般现在时态。根据首字母可知填looks，看起来。
2.联系下文描述，可知此处指的是这些特殊字母的历史，根据首字母，可知填单数名词history历史。
3.结合语境可知此处指的是朝鲜人不拥有他们自己的字母。前文已有助动词did，故行为动词用原形。根据首字母可知填原形动词own，拥有。
4.结合语境可知此处指的是，只有富人们有钱和时间请老师教他们。根据首字母可知填名词money，金钱。抽象名词不可数，故用原形即可。
5.结合语境可知此处指的是他决定发明朝鲜字母。本句中to是不定式符号，后面动词用原形。根据首字母可知填原形动词invent，发明。
6.结合语境及首字母可此处指的是在1446年10月9日。故填October，十月。
7.结合语境可知此处指的是他从这个框架获得了灵感，根据首字母可知填单数名词idea主意，思想。
8.结合语境可知此处指的是现在我发明了我们自己的字母。根据首字母可知填形容词性物主代词our，我们的，作定语。
9.结合语境可知此处指的是这些字母很容易学。根据首字母可知填easy，容易的。
10.结合语境可知此处指的是所有朝鲜人喜欢用他们自己的字母。Enjoy后多接动名词作宾语，表示喜欢做某事。根据首字母可知填动名词using，使用。
考点：短文中词汇短语的运用能力
点评：首字母一直是英语考试中的难点，得分率比较低。解答此类题型的方法一般就是根据文章前后句子之间意思推断出词义，并结合首字母推断出所缺单词，然后根据该单词在句子中的句子成分，所起作用，确定单词词形，进行适当词形变化。
