题目内容
短文填空:先通读下面的短文,然后根据短文内容和所给首字母,在空格内填入一个适当的单词。使短文完整。所填单词必须在答题卡标有题号的横线上完整写出。(本大题共10空,每空0.5分,共5分)
On Thanksgiving Day. About 88 percent of Americans eat turkey. But one l 1. turkey not only survives but also becomes famous! Every year, turkey farmers p 2.a turkey to the U.S. president. However the president does not e 3.this turkey. But gives in a “pardon”. The turkey is s 4.to Florida for a Thanksgiving parade. Then it lives on a farm for the r 5.of its life.
Turkeys come from North America and have been part of American culture for c 6.. Benjamin Franklin even wanted the turkey, i 7.of the bald eagle, to be America’s icon.
Turkeys living on farms are large birds that cannot fly. But w 8.turkeys are quite fast. They can fly at a s 9.up to 88 kilometers per hour. They can also run as fast as 40 kilometers per hour.
Turkeys don’t have ears. They h 10.with a snood (肉垂) above their beaks. But their hearing is five times better than human’s.
1.Lucky
2.Pick
3.Eat
4.Sent
5.Rest
6.Centuries
7.Instead
8.Wild
9.Speed
10.hear
【解析】
1.联系下文描述,可知此处指的是一只幸运的火鸡不但活了下来还出名了。根据首字母可知填形容词lucky幸运的,做定语。
2.联系下文描述,可知此处指的是每年养火鸡的农民都要选一只送给总统。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。主语turkey farmers 是复数,故谓语动词用原形。根据首字母可知填原形动词pick,挑选,拾取。
3.联系上下文,可知此处指的是美国总统并不吃这只火鸡。根据前文助动词does及首字母可知填原形动词eat,吃。
4.联系下文,可知这只火鸡被送到了佛罗里达。结合语境可知本句主语是动作对象,故用被动语态。根据首字母可知填过去分词sent,送。
5.结合语境可知此处指的是它就在一个农场度过了余生。根据首字母可知填形容词rest,剩余部分。
6.结合语境及常识,可知此处指的是火鸡成为美国文化的一部分已经有几个世纪了。根据首字母可知填复数名词centuries,世纪。
7.联系下文,可知此处指的是,美国总统富兰克林甚至想用火鸡代替秃鹰作为美国的象征。根据首字母可知太难副词instead,代替;
8.联系上下文,可知此处指的是野生火鸡非常快。根据首字母可知填形容词wild,野生的,做定语。
9.联系下文88 kilometers per hour 描述,可知此处指的是它们的速度。根据首字母可知填单数名词speed,速度。
10.联系一句描述,可知此处指的是他们用嘴上面的一个肉瘤来听。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。主语they表示复数含义,故谓语动词用原形。根据首字母可知填原形动词hear,听见。