题目内容
5.In 1977,a dead author of detective stories saved the life of a 19-month-old baby in a most (61)unusual(usual)way.The author was Agatha Christie,one of the most successful writers of detective stories in the world.In June that year,a baby girl became (62)seriously(serious) ill in Qatar,near Saudi Arabia.Doctors were unable to find out the cause of her illness with (63)confidence(confident),so she was sent to big hospital in London(64)wherespecialist help was available.A team of doctors hurried to examine the baby only (65)to discover (discover) that they,too,were confused by the very unusual disease.Just then,a nurse asked to speak to them.
"Excuse me,"said the nurse,"(66)butI think the baby is suffering from thallium(铊) poisoning."
"What makes you think that?"Dr.Brown asked."Thallium poisoning is extremely rare."
"I read a detective novel (67)by Agatha Christie a few days ago,"the nurse explained,"and in the book,somebody suffers from thallium poisoning,and all the symptoms(68)are described(describe).They're exactly (69)the same as the baby's."
The tests showed that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium,a rare metallic substance(70)used (use) in making special glass.Once they knew the cause of the illness,the doctors were able to give the baby the correct treatment.She soon recovered and was sent back home.
分析 文章讲述了一个19岁的女孩由于中了铊毒,没人医生能够从病症中知道是什么原因,后来一个护士说她读过一本侦探小说,作者描述的中毒症状和这个女孩子的一模一样,通过已故侦探小说作者对铊毒的描述,使医生知道了病因,女孩很快得救了.
解答 61.unusual 62.seriously 63.confidence 64.where 65.to discover 66.but 67.by 68.are described 69.the 70.used
61.unusual考查构词法 根据句意为:以一种非同寻常的方式救了一名十九个月大的婴儿的生命,usual的反义词是unusual.
62.seriously考查副词 此处修饰形容词ill,应该使用副词形式,故答案为seriously.
63.confidence考查名词 with是介词,其后应该跟名词,所以使用confident的名词形式confidence.
64.where 考查定语从句 先行词是London,从句中缺少的是地点状语,应该使用关系副词where.
65.to discover 考查非谓语动词 only to do表示预料之外的结果,使用此处填 to discover.
66.but 考查连词 句意是护士首先提供的建议救了那个孩子,前面有Excuse me,其后使用but表示委婉地表达自己的观点,故答案为but.
67.by 考查介词 根据句意可知小说是由…写的,应该使用介词by.
68.are described 考查时态语态 根据句意可知,所有的症状都被描述,应该使用一般现在时的被动语态,故答案为are described.
69.the 考查冠词 the same as 属于固定搭配,意思为:与…一样.
70.used 考查非谓语动词 根据句意可知此处used in making special glass属于过去分词短语作后置定语,修饰substance.
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.我们在解题前应快速浏览短文掌握大意,有把握的空格可以进行填写.在读懂的基础上,再结合短文提供的特定的语言环境去逐句分析逐题解答.按题型设计分三种情况:
1.纯空格试题的解题技巧
首先分析句子结构,根据所缺成分确定哪类词.然后,根据句子意思,确定具体填什么词,或根据两句间的逻辑关系确定具体用哪个连词.此处考查的冠词a的填写.
2.给出了动词的试题解题技巧
首先,判断要填的动词是谓语动词还是非谓语动词.若句子没有别的谓语动词或者虽然已有谓语动词,但需填的动词与之是并列关系,所给动词就是谓语动词,若是谓语动词就要考虑时态和语态;若句子有谓语动词则用非谓语动词(动词不定式、现在分词、动名词和过去分词).
3.词汇转换题解题技巧
这类题主要考查名词、形容词和副词.根据该词在句中所做句子成分确定用哪种形式.