Question

【题目】语法填空。

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或所给单词的正确形式。

Many English language learners believe that the ____【1】____ (great) difficulty with listening comprehension (理解) is that the listener cannot control how quickly a speaker speaks. They feel that what the speaker says disappears ___【2】___ they can follow. This frequently means that students ___【3】___ are learning to listen cannot keep up. They are so busy working out the meaning ___【4】___ one part of what they hear that they miss the next part. Or they ____【5】___ (simple) ignore a whole section because they fail to catch it quickly enough. Another difficulty is that the listener is not always in a position to get the speaker to repeat what has been said. And, of course, repeats cannot ___【6】__ (ask) for when listening to the radio or watching TV.

Besides, ___【7】___ (choose) of vocabulary is in the hands of the speaker, not the listener. Very often, for people listening to a foreign language, an unknown word can be like a suddenly ___【8】___ (drop) stone making them stop and think about the meaning of the word, __【9】___ (cause) them to miss the next part of the speech. In listening, it really is a case of “He who ____【10】___ (stop) to work out the meaning is lost.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】greatest

【2】before

【3】who

【4】of

【5】simply

【6】be asked

【7】choice

【8】dropped

【9】causing

【10】stops

【解析】

【1】greatest 考查形容词最高级用法。本句中使用最高级greatest表示听力最大的困难是无法控制说话者的语速。

【2】before 考查连词辨析。句意：他们感觉到他们还没有来得及理解，说话者说的内容就消失了。连词before有多种翻译方法，在本句中意为“还没有来得及……就……”。

【3】who 考查定语从句。本题定语从句的先行词是students，关系代词who指代先行词在句中作主语，不能省略。

【4】of 考查介词。介词of表示所属关系，意为“……的”，短语the meaning of one part指“一部分的意思”。

【5】simply 考查副词。在英语中，副词通常作状语修饰形容词、副词或动词，而形容词通常作定语或表语修饰名词。所以本句中使用副词simply作状语修饰谓语动词ignore。

【6】be asked 考查语态。主语repeats（重复）与动词ask之间构成被动关系，所以使用被动语态。

【7】choice 考查名词。本句的“____7____ (choose) of vocabulary”在句中作主语，要使用名词形式，所以使用choice。

【8】dropped 考查非谓语动词。句意：不认识的单词就像是突然落下的石头。本句中不及物动词drop的过去分词表示“已经完成”的动作，在句中作定语，dropped stone意为“突然落下的石头”。

【9】causing 考查分词作结果状语。句意：突然出现的不认识的单词让人们错过了演讲的下一部分，带来了听力方面的问题。这属于意料之中的正常的结果，作状语的现在分词在句中表示意料之中的结果。

【10】stops 考查主谓一致。本句定语从句的先行词是he，关系代词who指代先行词，在句中作主语，因此谓语动词要用第三人称单数形式stops。