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

【答案】

 

 of     

 sold    

 hot     

 lay  

 all 

 more

 ask/persuade    

 happier    

 interested  

 can’t/doesn’t

【解析】

 此题考查固定短语hundreds of 表示成百上千的。

 此题考查动词，出售的过去式是sold。

 此题考查形容词，根据下文提示可知选择hot，表示炎热。

 此题考查动词，表示孵蛋，故用lay。

 此题考查固定短语all year round表示整年。

 此题考查形容词，表示更多的，故用more。

 此题考查固定结构ask sb to do sth表示让某人做某事。

 此题考查形容词，根据语境可知需要比较级，故用happier。

 此题考查固定结构be interested in sth表示对某事感兴趣。

 此题考查情态动词，表示能力故用can’t。