Question

【题目】

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。

mean, children, up, Peggy, ask, while, bear, she, second, happy

Peggy is a lovely girl, she is only ten but she likes reading and thinking. One evening, while 【1】mom was preparing dinner, Peggy came into the kitchen and 【2】, “Mom, what is puberty (青春期)?”

When mom heard the question, 【3】 stopped cooking and looked at her daughter in surprise. She wasn’t sure how to answer the question. Mom thought for a few 【4】 and then she said to Peggy kindly, “Peggy, why not look the word 【5】 in the dictionary? After that, we can talk about it, OK?”

Peggy agreed and left the kitchen 【6】. Half an hour later, she returned with a thick dictionary in her hand. Her mom asked her what the dictionary said.

“Puberty 【7】,” answered Peggy, “the earliest age at which a girl is able to bear 【8】.”

“What do you think of that?” her mom asked.

“I’m not sure really,” Peggy replied. “I have always been able to 【9】 children. It’s adults who I can’t bear at all.”

In English, the word “bear” can have several meanings. 【10】 in the dictionary, “bear” means “to give birth to a child”. But clearly, Peggy was thinking about its other meaning — to endure (忍受) something.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Peggy’s

【2】asked

【3】she

【4】seconds

【5】up

【6】happily

【7】means

【8】children

【9】bear

【10】while

【解析】

本文是一则幽默的故事，讲述了十岁的佩吉如何理解单词“puberty（青春期）”在字典里的解释。

【1】句意：一天晚上，佩吉的妈妈准备晚饭的时候。

根据“while ____1____mom was preparing dinner”可知此处缺所有格，可推测出此处是“佩吉的”，故答案为Peggy’s。

【2】句意：佩吉走进厨房，问道:“妈妈，什么是青春期?”

根据“Mom, what is puberty”可知佩吉问了一个问题，可推测出此处是“问”，文章是一般过去时，所以此处也是一般过去时。故答案为asked。

【3】句意：她停了下来，惊讶地看着她的女儿。

根据“___3____ stopped cooking and looked at her daughter in surprise.”可知从句缺主语，可推测出此处是“she”，故答案为she。

【4】句意：妈妈想了一会儿，然后和蔼地对佩吉说。

根据“a few”可知缺名词复数，可推测出此处是“seconds”，故答案为seconds。

【5】句意：佩吉，为什么不查字典呢?

look up表示“查阅”，根据“in the dictionary”可知字典，可推测出此处是“查阅”，所以用“up”，故答案为up。

【6】句意：佩吉同意了，高兴地离开了厨房。

根据“Peggy agreed”可知佩吉同意了，可推测出此处是“高兴地离开了厨房”，此处用副词修饰动词，所以用“happily”，故答案为happily。

【7】句意：“青春期的意思是，”佩吉回答说，“一个女孩能忍受孩子的最早年龄。”

根据“the earliest age at which a girl is able to bear children”可知一个女孩能忍受孩子的最早年龄，可推测出此处是解释意思，所以用“mean”，主语是“Puberty”，谓语动词动用动词三单，故答案为means。

【8】句意：一个女孩能忍受孩子的最早年龄。

根据下文“I have always been able to bear children.”可知我已经能够忍受孩子了，可推测出此处是“孩子”，故答案为children。

【9】句意：我已经能够忍受孩子了。

根据上一句“the earliest age at which a girl is able to bear children”可知一个女孩能忍受孩子的最早年龄，可推测出此处是“忍受”，故答案为bear。

【10】句意：而在字典里，“bear”的意思是“生孩子”。

根据“In English, the word “bear” can have several meanings.”可知在英语中，“bear”这个词可以有几个意思，可推测出两句话之间是转折，所以是“while”，放句首，需大写。故答案为While。

选词填空题需要根据句子大意并结合备选词来确定空缺处所需词语。本题中所给词语都是需要变化形式，对于学生而言比较难。如第2小题，根据句意可推出是佩吉问了一个问题，用备选词ask合适，全文是一般过去时，所以此处也是一般过去时，把ask变为asked即可。