题目内容
根据短文内容和首字母提示,在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。(每空一词)
On Thanksgiving Day. About 88 percent of Americans car 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】
试题分析:这篇短文介绍了火鸡在美国感恩节是一个代表,每一年火鸡场主挑选一只火鸡给美国总统。然而总统并不吃它,而是将它放生。接下来讲述了火鸡来自北美,数百年来一直是美国文化的一部分。同时又将农场的火鸡与野生的火鸡进行了比较,又介绍了火鸡的听力。
1.考查形容词及语境的理解。通过对短文的理解,有一只火鸡不仅能够幸存而且还能够著名。说明这只火鸡是幸运的,故填:lucky
2.考查动词及语境的理解。火鸡场主挑选一只火鸡给美国总统,挑选,故填:pick
3.考查动词及语境的理解。但是总统并不吃这只火鸡,而是将它赦免。因此根据句意为吃这只火鸡,故填:eat
4.考查动词及语境的理解。根据句意:这只火鸡被送到佛罗里达为了一个感恩节游行活动。送send,此处是被动语态,用动词的过去分词,故填:sent
5.考查固定短语及语境的理解。考查固定短语:the rest of剩余的……句意:它剩下的生命时间都会生活在农场,故填:rest
6.考查语境的理解。句意:火鸡来自北美,数百年来一直是美国文化的一部分。从另一个角度讲就是世纪,故填:centuries
7.考查动词及语境的理解。通过句意了解本杰明想将火鸡来代替秃鹰,成为美国的代表。固定短语instead of代替。故填:instead
8.考查形容词及语境的理解。联系上下文得知是将农场的火鸡与野火鸡进行对比,野生的:wild,故填:wild
9.考查名词及语境的理解。联系下文:每小时达到88千米,指的是速度,故填:speed
10.考查动词及语境的理解。分析介绍火鸡没有耳朵,听力在勾嘴上的肉锤,故填:hear
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