Question

阅读下面短文，并借助上下文和插图补充所缺信息，每个空只需填写一个形式正确、与短文内容意义相符的英语单词。请将答案写在答题卷相应题目的答题位置上。

Mr. King was a chicken farmer. He had hundreds   1 chickens and he   2  the eggs and the meat and got a lot of money from them. But he lived in a very   3 country and he found that his hens could hardly   4 eggs in summer. So he decided to put air- conditioning in his chicken-house, then the hens would lay well  5  year round and he would get   6  eggs and more money. The owner of the air-conditioning
company wanted to   7  Mr. King to buy some more for his own house, so he said,“Your wife would be much   8  to have a nicer house to live in.” But Mr. King was not   9 in that idea. “My wife   10  lay eggs!”he said.

Answer 1

【小题1】of     
【小题2】sold    
【小题3】hot     
【小题4】lay   
【小题5】all 
【小题6】more
【小题7】ask/persuade    
【小题8】happier    
【小题9】interested  
【小题10】can’t/doesn’t

解析【小题1】此题考查固定短语hundreds of 表示成百上千的。
【小题2】此题考查动词，出售的过去式是sold。
【小题3】此题考查形容词，根据下文提示可知选择hot，表示炎热。
【小题4】此题考查动词，表示孵蛋，故用lay。
【小题5】此题考查固定短语all year round表示整年。
【小题6】此题考查形容词，表示更多的，故用more。
【小题7】此题考查固定结构ask sb to do sth表示让某人做某事。
【小题8】此题考查形容词，根据语境可知需要比较级，故用happier。
【小题9】此题考查固定结构be interested in sth表示对某事感兴趣。
【小题10】此题考查情态动词，表示能力故用can’t。