Question

【题目】八、短文缺词填空，每空一词（共10分，每空1分）

People love oranges. They are sweet and juicy. Some oranges have a thick (厚的) skin and

some have a thin skin. They are rich in vitamins, so it is h【1】to eat them.

The orange tree is not t 【2】. It looks small but beautiful. An orange tree has a lot of shiny green l 【3】. Its small white flowers smell very sweet. You can see flowers and fruit on the tree at the s 【4】time. Do you think it is very interesting?

There were orange trees about twenty million years ago. But the fruit were very s【5】, not like the big ones we eat today. People think the orange trees came

f【6】China. The Chinese started to plant orange trees around 2400 BC. In the old days,

Chinese artists liked drawing p【7】of lovely oranges and orange trees.

Farmers in other parts of Asia and the world started to l 【8】 to grow oranges from the Chinese. Then the Spanish (西班牙人) planted orange trees in the New World (North and South America). They took them t【9】Florida (佛罗里达) first. The orange is a very important fruit in Florida today.

The word “orange” is b【10】a fruit and a colour. The colour of oranges is so beautiful that in English we use the name of the fruit for the colour.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】healthy

【2】tall

【3】leaves

【4】same

【5】small

【6】from

【7】paintings

【8】learn

【9】to

【10】both

【解析】本文介绍了橘子和特点以及种植历史。橘子树的种植是从中国开始的。“orange”这个单词既表示橘色，又表示橘子这种果实。

【1】healthy

句意：它们富含为维生素，所以吃它们是健康的。根据They are rich in vitamins,可知橘子富含维生素，因此吃它们是健康 的，故此处为healthy。

【2】tall

句意：橘子树不高。根据后文的It looks small but beautiful.可知橘子树小，因此不高，故为tall。

【3】leaves

句意：一棵橘子树有很多光亮的绿叶。根据后面的Its small white flowers smell ，very sweet You can see flowers and fruit on the tree at the s ____4____time.可知此处介绍树上的长的东西，除了小花和果实，应还有绿色的树叶，故此处为leaves。

【4】same

句意：同时，你可以看见树上有花和果实。at the same time同时，故此处为same。

【5】small

句意：但是果实非常小。根据后文的not like the big ones we eat today.可知不像大的果实，故应是小的果实，故此处为small。

【6】from

句意： 人们认为橘子树来自中国。come from来自，故此处为from。

【7】paintings

句意： 在古代，中国艺术家喜欢画可爱的橘子和橘子树。根据drawing可知此处表示画画，故为paintings。

【8】learn

句意：世界上和亚洲其他地方的农民开始向中国人学习种橘子树。根据前文的People think the orange trees came f_____6_____China.可知种植橘子树从中国开始的，因此其他地方的人向中国学习种橘子树，learn from向……学习。

【9】to

句意：他们先把它们带到了弗罗里达。take sth to+place“把某物带到某地”，故此处为to。

【10】both

句意：单词“orange”是水果和颜色。both……and……“两者都”，故此处为both。