Question

短文综合填空（本大题满分11分，每空1分）
Most people may not think that there are any problems with watermelons, but some Japanese sellers do. There is often wasted s_______小题1:when they store watermelons, because round watermelons do not sit nicely on shelves. So some c_______小题2:farmers have solved the watermelon problem. They make their watermelons grow in square glass boxes so the watermelons become square. The only problem now is the p_______小题3:. The square watermelons cost about 80 dollars each.
Many people know the s_______小题4:“Roses are red, violets(紫罗兰) are blue, sugar is sweet and so are you”. Well, today the poem needs to c_______小题5:“Roses are red” to “Roses are red, roses are blue”! Australian scientists discovered that when they put a chemical from a blue f_______小题6:into a rose, they can create a nearly 100% blue rose. Some of science’s inventions are beautiful, not just u_______小题7:!
For many years Chinese scientists have been w_______小题8:on developing new kinds of stronger rice and now they have produced a new kind, called super rice. Super rice not only can protect i_______小题9: against insects(昆虫) and diseases(病害), but it also produces more than any other kind of rice. Today farmers can grow almost one and a half times more rice than they could grow in the p_______小题10:.
Doctors might be able to use vegetables to fight cancer now. US scientists have discovered a w_______小题11:to put a chemical into tomato plants while they are growing. When cancer patients eat the tomatoes, the tomatoes will fight the cancer in their bodies.

Answer 1

小题1:space
小题2:clever
小题3:price
小题4:saying
小题5:change
小题6:flower
小题7:useful
小题8:working
小题9:itself
小题10:past
小题11:way

试题分析：这篇短文主要描述了科学技术在农业种植方面带来的新变化。
小题1:联系下文描述，可知此处指的是总是有浪费的空间。结合语境及首字母可知填名词space，空间，太空。抽象名词不可数，故用原形即可。
小题2:联系下文，可知此处指的是一些聪明的农民们，结合语境及首字母可知填形容词clever，聪明的，作定语。
小题3:联系下文，可知此处指的是现在唯一的问题是价格。结合语境及首字母可知填名词price，价格。抽象名词不可数，故用原形即可。
小题4:联系下文，可知此处指的是许多人知道这条谚语，结合语境及首字母可知填单数名词saying，谚语，言论。
小题5:联系下文，可知此处指的是诗人们需要把玫瑰是红色的改成玫瑰是红色的，玫瑰是蓝色的。To是不定式符号，后面用动词原形。结合语境及首字母可知填原形动词change，改变。
小题6:联系下文，可知此处指的是一朵蓝色花朵，结合语境及首字母可知填单数名词flower，花朵。
小题7:联系前文，可知此处指的是不只是有用的。结合语境及首字母可知填形容词useful，有用的。
小题8:联系上下文，可知句意为：多年以来，中国的科学家们一直在从事发展一种新型的更强壮的水稻。结合前文be动词及首字母可知填现在分词working，工作，经营。
小题9:联系上下文，可知此处指的是保护它自己免受虫害和病害。结合语境及首字母可知填翻身代词itself。它自己。
小题10:联系前文描述，可知此处指的是再过去。结合语境及首字母可知填名词past，过去，往事。
小题11:联系下文，可知美国科学家已经发明了一种方法，结合语境及首字母可知填单数名词way，方法，道路。
点评：首字母一直是英语考试中的难点，得分率比较低。解答此类题型的方法一般就是根据文章前后句子之间意思推断出词义，并结合首字母推断出所缺单词，然后根据该单词在句子中的句子成分，所起作用，确定单词词形，进行适当词形变化。