Question

【题目】第二节（共10小题；每小题1 ．5分，满分15分）

阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式，并将答案填写在答题卡相应的位置上。

Two weeks before Christmas，two little girls were walking down the street 【1】 they saw old Harry，who was on his knees pulling weeds from around a tree. He wore a pair of worn gloves．His fingers were sticking out 【2】the ends，blue from the cold. They stopped to talk to him.

Harry told them he 【3】(get) the yard in shape as a Christmas gift for his mother，who had died several years before.“My mother was all I had. She loved her yard and trees，so I do this for her every Christmas."

His words touched the girls and soon they 【4】(join) him，pulling weeds. When they finished，Harry pressed a coin into each of their hands.“I wish I could pay you more，but that's all I’ve got right now，”he said.

The girls had often passed his house，and they remembered that it had always been 【5】poor condition. No decorations to add cheeriness were anywhere in sight.

As they walked on，the coin in one little girl's hand seemed to burn a hole of【6】(guilty)．The next day she called her friends． 【7】 they agreed to put their coins in a jar marked“Harry's Christmas Gift"．Then they began to seek out small jobs to earn more．Every coin they earned went into the jar.

Finally，they had enough 【8】（buy）new gloves. Christmas Eve found them on Harry's doorstep singing carols. They presented him with the gloves. With【9】 (tremble）hands，he held the gloves to his face and wept. No doubt he once again felt 【10】 love of others as the girls reached out to him.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】when

【2】of

【3】was getting / would get

【4】joined

【5】in

【6】guilt

【7】And

【8】to buy

【9】trembling

【10】the

【解析】

【1】when 考查句型。was/were doing … , when…“正在做某事，在这时……”。

【2】of 表示Harry的手指从手指尖从手套里面露出来。the ends指的是手套的手指部分。

【3】was getting / would get 句意：他说他正在/将修理院子，作为一件圣诞礼物送给他的母亲。

【4】joined 他的话感动了两个小女孩，他们加入一块拔草。根据上下文，用一般过去时。

【5】in in poor condition表示“状况很差”，是固定搭配。

【6】guilt 此处用作宾语，故用名词，故填guilt。

【7】And 与上文是并列关系，故答案填and。

【8】to buy have enough to do sth.有足够的可以做某事。

【9】trembling 与主语he是主动关系，故用现在分词。

【10】the 定冠词表示“特指”。