Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen.

Suddenly, he【1】 (find)that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much 【2】 too little.”

His son looked surprised. “I can understand why I shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, 【3】 not save a bit of money?”

“That would be a very 【4】 (reason)thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like 【5】 (we),” Nick said.

Nick’s guests, who 【6】 (hear) their conversation, asked why they should not buy sale more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell sale salt 【7】 a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect to the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”

“But such a small thing couldn’t【8】 (possible) destroy a village.”

“In the beginning, there was only a very small amount of【9】 (fair) in the world, but everyone added a little, always 【10】 (think) that it was only small and not very important ,and look where we have ended up today.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】found

【2】nor

【3】why

【4】reasonable

【5】ours

【6】had heard/heard

【7】at

【8】possibly

【9】unfairness

【10】Thinking

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲的是一个爸爸让他儿子不能少给买盐的钱的故事，讲述了不少给钱的原因，告诉我们要尊重公平。

【1】found考查动词的过去式，根据上下文是过去时，所以动词用过去式。故填found

【2】nor考查连词搭配 ，neither …nor 表示既不…也不…。故填nor

【3】why考查连词 ，why not do sth. 为什么不做某事，可以看作是固定搭配使用。故填why

【4】reasonable考查形容词 ，其结构形式为 a/an+形容词+单数名词。故填reasonable

【5】ours考查代词，句意：但是它可能会毁灭一个小村庄就像我们的一样。故填ours

【6】had heard/heard，考查动词，根据上下文是过去时，所以动词用过去式。故填had heard/heard

【7】at考查介词，固定搭配 at a price 以什么的价格。故填at

【8】possibly考查副词，修饰动词destroy ，但是这么小的事不可能毁灭一个村庄。故填possibly

【9】unfairness考查名词，句意：一开始，这世界上只有很少数的不公平。故填unfairness

【10】Thinking考查非谓语动词，动名词表伴随。此题的结构为A, B, and C，其中A,C用and 连接表并列，谓语动词形式须一致，但B多数用现在分词形式表伴随。故填Thinking