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31、2006年湖北省武汉市

先阅读短文，然后在短文后76—85小题空白处写出各单词的正确形式，单词的第—个字母已给出。

This is a story about Geneva Emmons who got a prize for growing pumpkins.

Geneva Emmons saw ap（76） of an 827-pound pumpkin in a newspaper and thought she could dob（77）. Nine years later, she took part in a pumpkin competition（比赛）in Oregon, USA, with a pumpkin of 1,262 pounds!

Geneva set the world's record for the biggest pumpkin andw（78） worldwide fame. But how did she grow such a BIGv（79）? Emmons said: “Good seed（种子）, good soil（土壤）, good w（80）, and good luck.”

Geneva Emmons isl（81） to get enough help. She had an assistant who studies the soil, a husband who gave the technical（技术）help, and a son whob（82） a cart（推车）to carry the pumpkin. The pumpkin set the record, but it wasc（83）, because two other pumpkins were as h（84） as 1,000 pounds.

The pumpkin will be carved（雕刻）by somea（85） of an art museum for kids in Washington.

76．p 77．b

78．w 79．v

80．w 81．l

82．b 83．c
84．h 85．a

参考答案

2006年湖北省武汉市：

76.picture/ photo 77.Better 78.won 79.Vegetable 80.weather

81.Lucky 82.built 83.Close 84.heavy 85.artists