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。
It is (say) that in the year of 300 AD, there was a kind old man and his name was Saint Nicholas. He was always ready to help the poor and often gave (present) to them.
Today, Father Christmas is imaginary figure, but (near) all young children believe in him. They think he is an (attract) old man with a long white beard a long red robe.
the night of the twenty-fourth of December every year, Father Christmas from some cold northern land comes down the chimney of the fireplace (put) presents by the beds of children or to fill their stockings. So children go to bed that night, (hang) up their stockings, and on Christmas morning they wake to find them full of presents. Of course, it's really (they) parents who fill the stockings.

Answer 1

【答案】said；presents；an；nearly；attractive；and；on；to put；hanging；their
【解析】本文讲述的是据说在公元300年有一个善良的老人：圣·尼古拉斯，他总是乐于帮助穷人，并经常给他们礼物；在现代小孩子一直相信在圣诞节有一位白胡子的老爷爷：圣诞老人会给他们送礼物。

①考查固定用法。It is said……据说；听说，此处指的是据说在公元300年有一个善良的老人。故填said。

②考查名词。此处指的是送出很多礼物。应该用复数形式。故填presents。

③考查冠词。imaginary的发音是以元音因素开头，应该用an。故填an。

④考查句意理解。此处指的是几乎所有的年幼的孩子相信他。故填nearly。

⑤考查形容词。此处指的是圣诞老人是一个很有吸引力的人。故填attractive。

⑥考查连词。句意：有长的白胡子和长的红色长袍。故填and。

⑦考查介词。此处是具体到天，应该用on。故填on。

⑧考查动词。此处指的是从烟囱里放礼物。不定式表示目的，故填to put。

⑨考查动词。此处表示伴随状态，床上挂满了他们的袜子。故填hanging。

⑩考查物主代词。此处指的是孩子们的礼物其实是他们的父母放进去的。故填their。