题目内容
6.When tea and coffee were first introduced to Europe in the 18th century,people had different ideas about (61)their (they) use.Some said that tea and coffee were(62)harmful (harm) to humans and they could cause people to die.In Sweden,King GustafⅢdecided to find out (63)whether this was true or not.It happened that there were two brothers (64)in prison at that time.
They were twins and were almost alike in every way.They had both been sentenced to(65)death (die).The King decided to let them live if one of the men agreed(66)to drink (drink) several cups of tea each day and the other several cups of coffee.
Both brothers (67)lived (live) many years without problems of any kind.At last,the brother(68)who/that had drunk tea every day died at the age of 83,and the other died a few years later.
Because of (69)theexperiment,tea and coffee got accepted and became (70)increasingly (increase) popular as drink in Sweden,and it is one of the many countries of the world where much tea and coffee is drunk today.
分析 本文讲述了18世纪时,当茶叶和咖啡被引进到欧洲时,人们对它们的使用有不同的看法.有些人认为茶叶和咖啡对人们有害,它们能致人死亡.在瑞典,国王通过实验证明了它们对人没有害处,从而被人们所接受并流行起来.
解答 61.their 考查形容词性物主代词.根据空后的单词use是名词,可知此处应用形容词性物主代词,故填their.
62.harmful 考查形容词.根据空前是系动词were,可知此处应用harm的形容词形式,beharmful to意为"对…有害",故填harmful.
63.whether 考查连词.根据句意和后面的or not可知,此处应用whether构成whether…ornot结构,故填whether.
64.in 考查介词. 根据下面提到的兄弟俩都被判了死刑,可知此处他们在坐牢,in prison意为"坐牢,蹲监狱",故填in.
65.death 考查名词.短语be sentenced to中to是介词,所以应用动词die的名词形式death.
66.to drink 考查固定短语.agree to do sth.是固定短语,意为"同意做某事",故填todrink.
67.lived 考查一般过去时态.因为叙述的是过去发生的一件事,所以应用一般过去时态,故填lived.
68.who/that 考查定语从句的关系代词.因为haddrunk 的主语是先行词the brother,所以是定语从句,在定语从句中指人做主语的关系代词是who/that.
69.the 考查定冠词.此处特指这次试验,故用定冠词the表特指.
70.increasingly考查副词.根据空后的popular是形容词,且副词修饰形容词,所以应用increase的副词形式increasingly.
点评 语法填空是通过语篇在语境中考查语法知识的运用能力,在解题前应快速浏览短文掌握大意,在读懂短文的基础上,结合短文提供的特定的语言环境去逐句分析,逐题解答.扎实的语法功底加上准确的理解是解答语法填空题的关键.
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