Question

【题目】用括号中所给动词的正确形式填空，使短文完整。

Vikings were very strong and were good at 【1】 (fight). They【2】 (take) control of England, Scotland, Ireland and even Russia in the late 8'h century. Vikings were also great explorers. Leif Ericsson is believed to be the first European【3】 (reach) Canada', in his long boat, This was 500 years before famous explorer Christopher Columbus arrived there. Vikings stopped【4】 (attack) other cities about 1,000 years ago.

Now their descendents (后裔)【5】 (live) in Scandinavia, Russia and Europe.

Influenced by their courage and wisdom, some movie characters are Vikings. For example, the popular character, Thor,【6】 (base) on a Viking. And the leading character Hiccup in the 2010 US cartoon film Train Your Dragon is also a Viking.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】fighting

【2】took

【3】to reach

【4】attacking

【5】live/are living

【6】is based

【解析】短文大意：短文介绍了斯堪的纳维亚人（维京人）的发展历史，维京人身体强壮，擅长打斗。他们在八世纪底控制了英国、苏格兰、爱尔兰甚至俄罗斯。维京人也是伟大的探险家，雷夫·埃里克森被认为是欧洲第一个到达加拿大的维京人。现在他们的后代生活在斯堪的纳维亚，俄罗斯和欧洲。

【1】句意：维京人身体很强壮，擅长打斗。be good at doing sth.擅长做某事，故答案为fighting。

【2】句意：他们在八世纪末期控制了英国、苏格兰、爱尔兰甚至俄罗斯。根据时间状语“in the late 8th century.”判断，句子的时态为一般过去时，故答案为took。

【3】句意：雷夫·埃里克森被认为是欧洲人第一个到达加拿大的。the first one to do sth.第一个做某事的人，故答案为to reach。

【4】句意：维京人大约在1000年前停止攻击其他城市。stop doing sth.停止做某事，故答案为attacking。

【5】句意：现在他们的后代生活在斯堪的纳维亚，俄罗斯和欧洲。Now是描述现在的情况，时态为一般现在时或现在进行时，故答案为live/are living。

【6】句意：例如，一个受欢迎的角色托尔是基于一个维京人。be based on基于，结合句意可知，答案为is based。