复数形式,故填heads。
(8)句意:老人自言自语道:“我付了钱,所以我必须吃。”固定短语,say to oneself,因主语是he,故填himself。
(9)句意:我们所有人都把时间和金钱花在了一些事情上。spend,花费,动词。因前面有助动词have,其后要用过去分词,故填spent。
(10)句意:我们可以从这位老人身上学到的是……。固定短语,learn from sb,向某人学习,故填from。
【点评】考查语法填空。通读全文理解大意,然后根据上下文或者所给单词的提示对所缺部分进行逐一解答。
5.阅读下面短文,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Ernest Hemingway, the son of a doctor and a music teacher, was born in 1899 in Oak Park, Illinois. Hemingway's father________(teach) him early on how to hunt and fish, two activities Hemingway loved throughout his life. Instead of ________(go) to college, Hemingway became a reporter for the Kansas City Star.
Later, in Europe, he worked as a driver ________ the Italian army until he was wounded and shipped home, where he again wrote for newspapers. Two years ________, he moved to Paris, where he hoped to improve his writing. There he became friends with other ________(America) writers, including Gertrude Stein and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Hemingway developed ________ style of writing that was simple and direct. He chose words sparingly(俭省地), avoided using adjectives, and trusted the reader to understand ________(mean) of his writing. As he put it, \(write) on the principle(原则) of the iceberg(冰山). There is seven eighths of it under water for every part that shows. \style continues to influence Writers today. In his career(生涯), which lasted some 40 years, Hemingway earned the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize. He was one of the finest writers of the________(twenty) century.
For a while Emest Hemingway lived in Key West, Florida, where he had nearly 50 cats. One of them was a cat with six toes(脚趾), which a ship's captain had given him. Today his Key West home is a museum, and many cats still live there. Some of them are ________(child) of Hemingway's six-toed cat. Hemingway was married four times and had three sons. He died in 1961.
【答案】 taught;going;for;later;American;a;meaning;to write;twentieth;children 【解析】【分析】本文介绍了海明威及其写作风格。
(1)句意: 海明威的父亲很早就教他如何打猎和钓鱼。描述过去用一般过去时,teach的过去式是taught,故填 taught。
(2)句意: 海明威没有去上大学,而是成了《堪萨斯城明星报》的记者。of是介词其后是动名词,故填going。
(3)句意: 后来,在欧洲,他在意大利军队当司机,直到他受伤并被运回家,在那里他
再次为报纸写作。work for,固定搭配,为……工作,故填for。
(4)句意: 四年后,他搬到巴黎,希望在那里提高写作水平。时间段+later,……之后,故填later。
(5)句意:在那里,他和其他美国作家成了朋友。writers是名词其前是形容词做定语,America是名词,American是形容词,故填 American。
(6)句意: 海明威形成了一种简单直接的写作风格。style是名词单数,以辅音音素开头,故用不定冠词a表示泛指,故填a。
(7)句意:他谨慎地选择词语,避免使用形容词,并相信读者能理解他作品的意思。understand后是动名词做宾语,故填 meaning。
(8)句意:我总是试图用冰山的原理写作。try to do,固定搭配,尝试做某事,故填 to write 。
(9)句意: 他是20世纪最优秀的作家之一。根据定冠词the可知,此处是序数词,twenty是基数词,twentieth是序数词 , 故填 twentieth。
(10)句意: 其中一些是海明威六趾猫的孩子。 根据are,可知表语是名词复数,child的复数是children , 故填 children。
【点评】考查语法填空,注意谓语的时态,非谓语动词,词性,介词搭配等多种用法。
6.阅读下面短文,根据文章大意用所给单词的适当形式填空(未提供单词的,限填一词),使文章意思完整、正确。
There is a nice family living in Valladolid, a beautiful city in Spain.________father, Jose Garcia, is a tall and friendly man. He________(work) in a famous company. He married Teresa, a________(beauty) woman, ________dark eyes and light hair. She is a ________(teach) of a primary school. Jose and Teresa have three________(child): Susan, Rebecca and Juan. The________(old), Susan, is 24 years old. She's a doctor and busy with her work every day. She________(usual) goes to work at 8 a.m. and comes home after 7p.m. Rebecca, a beautiful girl with big dark eyes, is 19 years old and________(study)Chinese in the Canary Islands. Juan, a naughty 11-year-oldboy, dreams of________a great football player. They are a happy family. 【答案】 The;works;beautiful;with;teacher;children;eldest;usually;studies;becoming
【解析】【分析】文章大意:在西班牙美丽的城市瓦拉多利德,住着一个很好的家庭。何塞·加西亚娶了特蕾莎。她是一所小学的五年级教师。何塞和特蕾莎生了三个孩子:苏珊、丽贝卡和胡安。苏珊,24岁。她是个医生,每天都忙于工作。She早上8点上班,晚上7点回家。Rebecca,19岁,在加那利群岛学习中文。胡安,一个顽皮的11岁男孩,梦想着成为一名伟大的足球运动员。他们是一个幸福的家庭。
(1)句意:爸爸,何塞加西亚是一个高个子善良的人。father特指前文提到的住在瓦拉多利德承德市幸福家庭中的爸爸,因此使用定冠词,因为在句首,手字母t应大写,故答案是The。
(2)句意:他在一个著名的公司上班。本文的基本时态为一般现在时,所以本句也是一般现在时,主语he是第三人称单数,因此谓语动词使用单三形式,故答案是works。
(3)句意:他娶了一个叫做特蕾莎的长着黑色眼睛的妇女。beauty作定语修饰woman,应使用形容词beautiful,故答案是beautiful。
(4)句意:他娶了一个叫做特蕾莎的长着黑色眼睛的妇女、长着黑色眼睛作定语修饰woman,应使用介词with连接,故答案是with。
(5)句意:他是一个小学的老师。根据冠词a,可知后面单数可数名词,与teach相关的名词是teacher,老师,故答案是teacher。
(6)句意:何塞和特蕾莎有三个孩子。child孩子,可数名词,根据three可知应使用复数形式children,故答案是children。
(7)句意:最大的,苏珊24岁了。根据后文的叙述可知苏珊年龄最大,兄弟姐妹之间年龄最大使用eldest,故答案是eldest。
(8)句意:她通常八点上班。usual修饰go to work,应使用副词形式usually,故答案是usually。
(9)句意:长着黑色大眼睛的丽贝卡19岁了,在加那利群岛学习中文,文章的基本时态为一般现在时,主语Rebacca是第三人称单数,动词使用单三形式,故答案是studies。 (10)句意:十一岁的胡安是一个淘气的男孩,他的梦想是成为一乐伟大的足球运动员。空缺处是 a great football player. 的逻辑谓语,能够跟 a great football player. 构成动宾关系的是become,of是介词,介词后跟动词ing形式,故答案是becoming。
【点评】考查词汇在篇章中的运用能力,答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握其大意,然后细读文章,字斟句酌逐一作答,注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素。最后通读一遍,检查验证。
7.语法填空
A kidnapped 3-year-old boy ________ (name) Aiden helped police find himself on Tuesday, Jan. 13, after answering ________ (he) mum's phone in her stolen car- find out how he pulled it off!
Authorities said they found a 3-year-old boy who was sitting ________ a car stolen outside a Utah day care on Tuesday after he ________ (answer) his mother's cellphone and honked the horn to draw their attention.
\boy's mother, Elizabeth Barrios, left the car unlocked and running ________ a snowy morning as she dropped off another child, a baby, at the day care around 7 am in Ogden, a town about 40 miles north of Salt Lake City,\________ (drive) her car away with her 3-year old son Aiden inside.
Police arrived and called her cellphone, which was in the car, hoping ________ (reach) the thief and negotiate the boy's release.
Instead, the boy answered the phone. He told his mother that a ________ (strange) had driven away her car and was going through her purse. She told him ________ (stay) calm as the man took things from her purse ________ ran away.
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【答案】 named;his;in;answered;on;driving;to reach;stranger;to stay;and 【解析】【分析】本文讲述了一个3岁的男孩通过在被偷的车里接了妈妈的电话后,帮助
警方找到了他的事情。
(1)句意:1月13日,星期二,一个被绑架的名叫艾登的3岁男孩在被偷的车里接了妈妈的电话后,帮助警方找到了他。 helped是谓语动词,故此处是非谓语动词,name与boy是被动关系,故用过去分词做后置定语,named,名字叫……的,故填named。 (2)句意:1月13日,星期二,一个被绑架的名叫艾登的3岁男孩在被偷的车里接了妈妈的电话后,帮助警方找到了他。phone是名词其前是形容词性物主代词,he是主格,他,其形容词性物主代词是his,他的,故填his。
(3)句意:当局说,他们发现一个3岁的男孩坐在一辆被偷走的车里,星期二他在犹他州一家日托所外接了他母亲的手机,并按了喇叭以引起他们的注意。根据was sitting,可知表示正坐在某处,in the car,在车里,表示地点,故填in。
(4)句意:当局说,他们发现一个3岁的男孩坐在一辆被偷走的车里,星期二他在犹他州一家日托所外接了他母亲的手机,并按了喇叭以引起他们的注意。根据and honked the horn,可知and前后时态一致是一般过去时,故填answered。
(5)句意:警方称,男孩的母亲伊丽莎白·巴里奥斯早上7点左右在盐湖城以北40英里的小镇奥格登接受日托时,在一个下雪的早晨,将另一个孩子,一个婴儿,放下后,车没锁,就跑了。根据a snowy morning,可知morning前有形容词时用介词on,表示在……的早上,故填on。
(6)句意:当她走出来的时候,她看到有人开车带着她3岁的儿子艾登走了。see sb doing sth,看见某人正在做某事,故此处是现在分词,故填driving。
(7)句意:蒂姆·斯科特中尉说,警察到了,打电话给她车里的手机,希望能找到小偷,并与他协商释放男孩的事宜。hope to do,希望做某事,故此处是不定式,故填to reach。 (8)句意:他告诉他妈妈一个陌生人开着她的车走了,正在翻她的钱包。不定冠词a后是名词单数,strange是形容词,stranger,是名词,陌生人,故填stranger。
(9)句意:她让他保持冷静,因为那个男人从她的钱包里拿走了东西就跑开了。tell sb to do,固定搭配,告诉某人做某事,故此处是不定式,故填to stay。
(10)句意:她让他保持冷静,因为那个男人从她的钱包里拿走了东西就跑开了。此处表示并列关系,拿走东西并且跑掉,故是并列连词and,故填and。
【点评】考查语法填空,注意谓语的时态,语态,非谓语动词,词性,连词搭配等多种用法。
8.根据短文内容及所给提示,补全文中单词或用所给单词的正确形式填空。
Anna was a 9-year-old girl from a small village. It was the ________ (one)day of her school in town. W________ seeing her simple clothing and knowing her identity(身份), other students laughed at Ann. Then the teacher told everyone to write d ________ the 8 wonders of the world. Everyone except Anna handed in ________ (they) answer papers. The teacher came to her, \many ________ (thing) Which 8 wonders can I pick to write?\
Most students answered ________ (correct)-the Great Green Wall of China, the Great Pyramid of Giza, the Leaning Tower of Paris… Finally the teacher ________ (start) reading
Anna's answer, \Kind, Love and Learn! \(silence).
The girl from a small village reminded them ________ the precious(宝贵)gift in their life, which were true wonders.
【答案】 first;When;down;their;What;things;correctly;started;silent;of 【解析】【分析】文章大意:课上老师让学生写出世界上的八大奇迹,一个来自农村的小女孩的答案与众不同,他的答案提醒了我们生活中真正的礼物是什么。那才是真正的奇迹。
(1)句意:这是她在镇上上学的第一天。根据the可知应会使用序数词,one的序数词为first,故答案是first。
(2)句意:当看到她简单的服装并且知道她的身份时,其他同学就嘲笑她。根据两个句子的意思可知,该句是一个时间状语从句,根据首字母w可知应会使用when,故答案是When。
(3)句意:老师然每个人写下世界上的八大奇迹。write down固定短语,记下,写下,故答案是down。
(4)句意:除了安娜每个人都把他们的答卷交上去了。they在这里作定语修饰answer papers,因此应使用形容词性物主代词their,故答案是their。
(5)句意:就写你所知道的。句子为宾语从句空缺处作从句的宾语,应使用从属连词what,故答案是what。
(6)句意:安娜回答到:有那么多的东西,我从中选八个吗?根据many可知thing应使用复数形式things,故答案是things。
(7)句意:大多数同学回答正确。correct在这里修饰动词answered,应使用副词形式,correct的副词形式为correctly,故答案是correctly。
(8)句意:最后,老师开始看安娜的答案。本文的基本时态是一般过去式,在这里应使用start的过去式started,故答案是started。
(9)句意:全班都保持沉默。kept在这里是连系动词,后面跟形容词作表语,因此将silence改为silent,故答案是silent。
(10)句意:这个来自乡村的小女孩提醒我们生活中宝贵的礼物,那才是真正的奇迹。remind of提醒,固定搭配,故答案是of。
【点评】考查词汇在语篇中的运用能力,答题时首先要跳过空格通读文章掌握大意,然后细读文章字斟句酌逐一作答,注意考虑句型、语法、搭配、语境等因素,最后通读一遍检查验证。
9.阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
I was born and raised in Ireland and lived there until I was nineteen years old. I came to this country in 1913 where I held several jobs ________ (earn) a few dollars before enlisting in World War I.
After being discharged, I bought my own cab and have owned one ever since. ________ hasn't