Question

【题目】Once upon a time, there was a man from the State of Chu who loved his sword very much. One day, he was sitting in a boat【1】(prepare)to cross a river, when he accidentally dropped his sword into the water. 【2】he ship moving fast on and the water running, the people on board reminded that he should go into the water to find his beloved sword back. The man felt in great【3】(anxious)too. However, he turned a deaf ear to that and instead, he 【4】(immediate) took out a knife and made a notch(刻痕)on the side of the boat【5】his dear sword fell. The people wondered why he did so. He said proudly the notch could help【6】(get)his sword back. Shortly after the 【7】(arrive)at the shore, he entered the water just beneath the notch he made. Though【8】(spend)rather a long time, he returned empty-handed. Without doubt, he was laughed at in public and his story became【9】well-known joke in China.

Today the idiom 【10】(relate)to the story is used to describe a person who stick to rigid rules without considering a changing environment or describes an action made pointless by changing circumstances.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】preparing

【2】With

【3】anxiety

【4】immediately

【5】where

【6】(to)get

【7】arrival

【8】having spent

【9】a

【10】related

【解析】本文叙述的是刻舟求剑，这个故事形容只会刻板地遵守规则，不懂变通的人。

【1】句意：他正坐在一条船上准备过河。根据句意可知此处是现在分词做伴随状态，答案为preparing。

【2】句意：随着船快速的向前移动。此处是with的独立主格结构，with+宾语+doing sth.现在分词表主动关系，可知答案为With。

【3】great修饰名词，anxious是形容词，故答案为anxiety（名词）焦虑。

【4】句意：他立刻拿出刀子。副词修饰动词，故答案为immediately。

【5】此处a notch做先行词，在后面的定语从句中做地点状语，“在剑落下的地方画上刀痕”。可知答案为where。

【6】句意：帮助把他的剑取回来。help( to )do sth.帮助做某事，故答案为(to)get。

【7】the放在名词前面，arrival(名词)到达，“到达海滨之后”，故答案为arrival。

【8】句意：尽管他花费了相当长的时间，但是他空手而归。Though+现在分词，表主动关系，做让步状语，“现在分词”这一动作发生在谓语动词前，故用现在分词的完成式，答案为having spent。

【9】句意：这个故事在中国变成了一个有名的笑话。答案为a。此处表示泛指。

【10】句意：与这个故事相关的成语被用来描述死板教条的人。related to与---有关，过去分词做后置定语，答案为related。