题目内容
8.One afternoon in January in 2008,Susan Sharp,43,and her 8-year-old son David,were walking across an icy square,when Susan's cane (拐杖) slipped on the ice.Her face (16)D first into the mud.David (17)A her mother's side,"Are you all right,Mom?"(18)C,Susan pulled herself up,"I'm okay,Honey,"she said.Susan was falling more(19)A since she had trouble walking.Every inch of ice was a(20)B danger for her."I wish I could do something,"the boy thought.David,too,was having (21)B of his own.The boy had a speech problem,so at school he talked(22)A.
One day,David's teacher announced a(23)C homework."Each of you is going to come up with an (24)A,"she said.This was for"INVENT AMERICA",a national competition to encourage creativity in children.
An idea(25)C David one evening.If only his mother's cane didn't slip on the ice."What if I(26)B your cane to a nail coming out of the bottom?"he asked his mother.
"(27)C the sharp end would scratch (剐蹭) floors,"Susan said.
"No,Mom,I (28)Amake it like a ball-point pen.You take your hand off the button and the(29)C returns back up."Hours later the cane was finished.David and his father (3)D as Susan used it to walk 50feet about the (31)A.Happily Susan cried out,"It(32)D!"
In July 1999,David was(33)D national winner for the"INVENT AMERICA".David began to make public appearance.Thus he was forced to communicate(34)B.Today,David is nearly free of his speech problem,and his(35)A is becoming well accepted.
16.A.dropped | B.touched | C.lay | D.fell |
17.A.rushed to | B.stood by | C.looked at | D.ran around |
18.A.Firmly | B.Easily | C.Shakily | D.Quickly |
19.A.frequently | B.slowly | C.freely | D.heavily |
20.A.hiding | B.possible | C.certain | D.waiting |
21.A.method | B.trouble | C.disease | D.hope |
22.A.little | B.few | C.much | D.more |
23.A.useful | B.strange | C.special | D.common |
24.A.invention | B.appearance | C.experience | D.experiment |
25.A.reminded | B.encouraged | C.hit | D.occurred |
26.A.put | B.fixed | C.stuck | D.tied |
27.A.So | B.And | C.But | D.For |
28.A.would | B.might | C.did | D.need |
29.A.pen | B.hand | C.nail | D.cane |
30.A.helped | B.supported | C.noticed | D.watched |
31.A.ice | B.street | C.yard | D.square |
32.A.helps | B.operates | C.succeeds | D.works |
33.A.given | B.received | C.won | D.declared |
34.A.more slowly | B.more clearly | C.more carefully | D.faster |
35.A.cane | B.speech | C.mother | D.story. |
分析 本文讲述了大卫在完成老师留的让孩子想一个发明的家庭作业时,想起妈妈在冰上行走容易摔跤的事情,就发明出一种类似圆珠笔原理的手杖.最终他凭借此项发明成为"发明美国"赢家的故事.
解答 16.答案D.考查动词.dropped下降;touched 接触;lay躺;fell落到.根据句意:她的脸第一次摔进泥里.故选D.
17.答案A.考查词组.rushed to火速赶往…;stood by站在旁边;looked at看;ran around与异性交往.根据句意:大卫冲到她身边.故选A.
18.答案C.考查副词.firmly坚定地;easily容易地;shakily颤抖地; quickly迅速地.根据常识可知摔倒后很疼,颤颤巍巍地站起来.故选C.
19.答案A.考查副词.frequently频繁地;slowly慢慢地;freely自由地;heavily沉重地.根据句意:自从她走路困难后,苏珊更频繁地摔跤了.故选A.
20.答案B.考查形容词.hiding隐藏的;possible可能的;certainly当然;waiting等待的.根据句意:每一寸的冰是一个可能的危险.certainly是副词,可排除.其余两个不符合语境.故选B.
21.答案B.考查名词.method方法;trouble麻烦;disease弊病;hope希望.根据下文可知小男孩在讲话上有问题,因此他自己也有麻烦.故选B.
22.答案A.考查副词. little很少;few几乎没有;much非常;more更多.根据上文可知小男孩在讲话上有问题,因此他在学校不怎么说话,一次C、D两项排除.Few后面跟附属可数名词,是形容词,此处用副词.故选A.
23.答案C.考查形容词.useful有用的;strange奇怪的;special特殊的;common普通的.根据句意:一天,大卫的老师宣布了一项特殊的作业.下文提到"美国发明",一项鼓励孩子发明创造的比赛,这是件特殊事情.故选C.
24.答案A.考查名词.invention发明;appearance外貌;experience经验;experiment实验.根据下文提到"发明美国",一项鼓励孩子发明创造的比赛,因此这里是让孩子们想出个发明来.故选A.
25.答案C.考查动词. sth hit sb.某人突然想起.reminded提醒;encouraged鼓励;hit被…想起;occurred发生.根据句意:一天晚上他有了个想法.故选C.
26.答案B.考查动词.put放;fixed安装;stuck刺;tied系.根据句意:如果我把钉子安装在你的手杖底部会怎么样.固定搭配fix to 意思是把…安装到…上.故选B.
27.答案C.考查连词.So所以;And并且;But但是;For因为.根据后面句意说会把地板划坏的,可知虽然不会摔倒了,但会损坏地板,前后意思是相反的.故选C.
28.答案A.考查助动词. would将会;might可能;did助动词(构成疑问句和否定句);need需要.根据句意:不,妈妈,我将使它像一个圆珠笔.故选A.
29.答案C.考查名词.pen钢笔;hand手;nail钉子;cane手杖.根据上文提到的要把钉子安装到手杖底部,因此指是钉子.故选C.
30.答案D.考查动词.helped帮助;supported支持;noticed注意;watched看.根据句意:大卫和他的父亲看着苏珊用它来走50英尺的冰.故选D.
31.答案A.考查名词.ice冰;street街道;yard院子;square广场.根据上文可知大卫是为了防止妈妈在冰上摔倒才有了这个发明,因此他看妈妈在冰上试着行走.故选A.
32.答案D.考查动词.helps帮助;operates操作;succeeds成功;works起作用了.根据上文提到苏珊在冰上走没有摔倒,可知这项发明起作用了.故选D.
33.答案D.考查动词.given 给;received收到;won赢;declared 宣布.根据句意:1999年7月,大卫被宣布是"发明美国"的胜利者.故选D.
34.答案B.考查副词比较级.more slowly更慢地;more clearly更清晰地;more carefully更小心地;faster更快.根据常识可知与人交流要求吐字要清楚,别人才能听懂你在说什么.故选B.
35.答案A.考查名词.cane手杖;speech说话,演讲;mother母亲;story故事.根据句意,今天,大卫已经摆脱了他的语言问题,而他的手杖也更为人所接受.
点评 做这类题目是,首先应该把文章通读一遍,了解一下文章的大概内容.了解文章大意之后,就可逐步填空. 一般来说,文章后面所给的选择答案可分三类:一类是语法正确,而意思不对;另一类是意思正确,而语法错误;第三类是语法正确,意思也正确.在选择答案时,一定要考虑到上下文的意思,还要考虑到句子的结构,习惯用法,固定搭配和词类的功能,尽量使选出的答案及复合语法又符合原文的意思.填空全部做完以后,应把短文从头到尾再读一遍,检查一下填空以后的文章是否连贯,情节是否合理,语法结构是否正确.