Question

【题目】短文填空。

Ben was a boss. When he was young, he didn’t work hard. So he knew 【1】_____ about the world, and he was often laughed at in public and sometimes he got into trouble. So he 【2】______ a lot of books and shelves and put them in his sitting room so that the visitors could see them as soon as they went in. He often went to the parties and listened to【3】________ other men said carefully. He hoped to make friends with them.

Once Ben was told that it was a famous professor’s birthday that day. He hurried there with his 【4】______. He gave the professor (教授)some expensive presents and the old man 【5】______ him very much. After dinner they began to talk 【6】______ some famous books. He could hardly answer【7】________ questions. The professor asked him the easiest one, “What was Shakespeare” “It was a 【8】_____ of drink,” answered Ben. “But people do not like it now. ” The professor had a smile and soon he stopped talking with Ben. On 【9】______way home, Ben’s wife said, “You 【10】______a mistake just now. Shakespeare is a kind of cake, like the Chinese mooncake.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】little

【2】bought

【3】what

【4】wife

【5】thanked

【6】about

【7】any

【8】kind

【9】their

【10】made

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章主要介绍了Ben是个老板，但是他没有知识，经常在公共场合被嘲笑，陷入困境。本文就介绍了一次他和妻子去参加一位教授的生日聚会，教授问他莎士比亚是什么，他回答说是一种饮料，他的妻子说是一种蛋糕。

【1】句意：当他年轻的时候，他没有努力工作，因此他几乎不了解世界，经常在公共场合被嘲笑，有时候陷入困境。此题考查副词，根据句意，故填little。

【2】句意：因此，他买了很多书和书架，把它们放到了起居室以便当游客们进来的时候，能够看到它们。根据句意，故填bought。

【3】句意：他经常去参加聚会，认真地听其他人说些什么。此题考查特殊疑问词，根据句意，故填what。

【4】句意：有一天，Ben被告诉是一位著名的教授的生日，因此他快速地和妻子去了那里。根据句意，故填wife。

【5】句意：他给了教授一些贵重的礼物，教授非常感激他。此题考查动词，根据句意，故填thanked。

【6】句意：吃过晚饭后，他们开始谈论有关名著。此题考查固定短语talk about谈论有关，根据句意，故填about。

【7】句意：他几乎回答不上那些问题。因为是否定句，所以用any。根据句意，故填any。

【8】句意：教授问了他一个最简单的问题：“莎士比亚是什么？”他回答是一种饮料。根据句意，故填kind。

【9】句意：在他们回家的路上，他妻子说：“刚才你犯了一个错误。”此题考查形容词性物主代词，根据句意，故填their。

【10】句意：在他们回家的路上，他妻子说：“刚才你犯了一个错误。”此题考查固定短语make mistakes犯错误，根据句意，故填made。