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【题目】用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。（每个单词限用一次。每空只填一个单词。）

lead yourself search collect ask good find please listeners exact

One day, a speaker was giving a speech about happiness. He wanted to draw the【1】 attention, so he created a group activity. All of the listeners were asked to take part in it.

He gave each listener a balloon. Each one was asked to write his or her name on the balloon. Then, all of the balloons were 【2】 and put in another room.

The speaker then【3】 the group to the room full of balloon. He told each person to find the balloon that had his or her name within five minutes. Everyone was busy 【4】 for his or her name. They pushed each other around and bumped into each other. Five minutes passed, but no one could 【5】 his or her own balloon.

After seeing this, the speaker asked each person to take any balloon and try to find the person whose name was written on it. Everyone started【6】 each other for their names. They all had their own balloons within just two minutes.

“This is 【7】 what happens in our life,” the speaker said. “ The balloons are like the happiness we look for . Everyone is busy looking for their own happiness, not caring what happens to others. But sometimes the 【8】 way to find happiness is to help others. Help them find happiness and you 【9】 will get happiness. At the same time, it will bring you great 【10】.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】listeners’

【2】collected

【3】led

【4】searching

【5】find

【6】asking

【7】exactly

【8】best

【9】yourselves

【10】pleasure

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了一个演说家如何通过气球找名字的游戏让大家领悟寻找幸福的真谛。

【1】句意：他想引起听众的注意，因此他创建了一个小组活动。

draw one’s attention 引起某人的注意；这里演说家想引起的肯定是“listeners 听众”的注意，又此处要表达“听众”的所有格形式listeners’，故答案为listeners’。

【2】句意：然后，收集所有气球并放在另一个房间。

由“Then, all of the balloons were ______2______ and put in another room”提示可知气球要先“被收集”起来才能被放到一起，且气球和“collect收集”是被动关系，所以要用collect的过去分词形式collected，故答案为collected。

【3】句意：演讲者随后带领小组到了满是气球的房间。

根据前文“Then, all of the balloons were ______2______ and put in another room”可知气球都被放到了另一个房间，所以演讲者要把小组“带过去”，选择单词lead，又全文时态为一般过去时，所以用lead的过去式led，故答案为led。

【4】句意：每个人都在忙着寻找他或她的名字。

通过“He told each person to find the balloon that had his or her name within five minutes.”可知组员们要在5分钟内找到写有自己名字的气球，所以大家忙于“寻找”，选择单词search，构成“search for寻找”的固定搭配，且根据“be busy doing sth.忙于做某事”，故search应用动名词形式searching，故答案为searching。

【5】句意：五分钟过去了，但没人能找到自己的气球。

根据语境可知，5分钟过去了，没人“找到”自己的气球，选择动词find，且could为情态动词，情态动词后接动词原形，故答案为find。

【6】句意：每个人都开始互相询问自己的名字。

由“... the speaker asked each person...try to find the person whose name was written on it.”提示可知，演讲家建议大家找气球上对应名字的人，所以大家互相开始“询问”对方名字，选择动词ask，又“start doing sth. 开始做某事”，所以填“asking”，故答案为asking。

【7】句意：这正是我们生活中发生的事情。

此句缺少副词修饰句子“what happens in our life”，根据语境，演说家想表达的是找气球上的名字和找幸福一样，这“正是”我们生活中发生的事，填exact的副词形式exactly，故答案为exactly。

【8】句意：但是有时候找到幸福的最好方法就是帮助别人。

根据“Everyone is busy looking for their own happiness, not caring what happens to others.”提示可知作者想表达的是：找寻幸福“最好的”方式就是帮助他人，而不仅仅只顾自己，此处填good的最高级best，故答案为best。

【9】句意：帮助他们找到幸福，你们自己就会获得幸福。

前文已经提到找寻幸福的最好方式就是帮助他人，帮助他人找到了幸福，“你们自己”也会幸福，本空格应填you的反身代词yourselves，故答案为yourselves。

【10】句意：同时，它将带给您极大的乐趣。

帮助别人寻找幸福的同时自己也能获得幸福，这毫无疑问会给我们自己带来极大的满足和乐趣，great修饰名词，所以填please的名词形式“pleasure乐趣”，故答案为pleasure。

短文填空题，要求根据句意语境和英文提示，运用所给单词的正确形式填空，主要考查单词形式，包括名词的单复数和所有格，动词的时态语态，非谓语动词，动词搭配，基数词或序数词的相互转换，人称、物主或反身代词的相互转换，形容词、副词和名词的相互转换等。如本题中的第2题考查被动语态，第1题考查名词所有格等，这类题目难度不大，重点是掌握文意和句意，在理解的基础上把握句子所要考查的语法，从而判断所给单词的正确形式。