题目内容
【题目】
think, out, know, grow, high, until,
one, fail, aloud, speech, ready, when
Sir Edmund Hillary was the first man to climb Mount Everest. On May 29, 1953 he climbed and measured the highest mountain then 【1】 to man—29,000 feet straight up. He was spoken 【2】 of for his efforts when he came back. He even made advertisements for big companies. However, 【3】 we read his book, High Adventure, we don't understand that Hillary had to grow into this success.
You see, in 1952 he tried to climb Mount Everest, but failed. A few weeks later a group in England asked him to give a 【4】 to its members. Hillary was given a warm welcome 【5】 walking on stage. People there 【6】him as a hero, but Edmund Hillary saw himself as a【7】. He moved away from the microphone and walked to the side of the stage.
He lifted one hand and pointed at a picture of the mountain. He said in a 【8】voice, “Mount Everest, you beat me the 【9】 time, but I’ll beat you the next time because you’ve grown all you are going to grow, but I'm still【10】!
【答案】
【1】known
【2】highly
【3】until
【4】speech
【5】when
【6】thought
【7】failure
【8】loud
【9】first
【10】growing
【解析】选词填空。本文介绍第一个登上Mount Everest 的人——Sir Edmund Hillary。
【1】此处是过去分词做后置定语“为人类所熟知的山”。可知答案为known
【2】固定词组:speak highly of高度评价,可知答案为highly
【3】此处是not―――until结构,“直到我们读了他写的书High Adventure,我们才明白Hillary必须有这样的成功。可知答案为until
【4】句意:几周之后,在英国有一个团队请他做演讲。give a speech,故答案为speech。
【5】句意:当Hillary在舞台上走的时候,受到了热烈的欢迎。when doing sth.现在分词做时间状语,故答案为walking。
【6】句意:那里的人们把他当做英雄。句子用以偶般过去时态,故答案为thought。
【7】此处but表示转折,但是他把自己当做一个失败的人。答案为failure。
【8】句意:他大声喊道“Mount Everest,第一次你打败了我,但是下一次我将打败你,因为你已经不能再长了,但是我仍然在长。”in a loud yoice用大的声音,故填loud。
【9】句意:第一次你打败了我,但是下一次我将打败你,the first time第一次,故答案为first。
【10】句意:因为你已经不能再长了,但是我仍然在长。可知答案为growing。