Question

【题目】阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词。

When I was young , I hated to clean my teeth. I used 【1】 find many excuses to go to bed without brushing my teeth.

One day, I read a story about the tooth fairy. It said that if a child put a fallen tooth under the pillow, the tooth fairy would take it away and leave some money at night. I asked my mum, “Is 【2】 really a tooth fairy, Mum?” “Maybe,” my mum smiled and answered. “But your teeth are terrible. The tooth fairy won’t like them.”

Several days later, 【3】 of my teeth fell out. It was yellow with a black hole in it. I rushed into the bathroom and brushed it carefully. After that, I put it under my pillow .

The next day, I woke up early and checked my pillow quickly. The tooth was missing. One dollar with a piece of paper 【4】 under my pillow! It said, “Please protect your teeth more carefully! If you give me a terrible tooth like this again, I won’t take it.”

When I grew 【5】, I knew the tooth fairy was actually my mum, but no one spoke out the truth. Everyone in my family wanted to keep a beautiful fairy tale

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】to

【2】there

【3】one

【4】was

【5】up

【解析】

本篇讲述小时候作者不喜欢刷牙，当读了一个关于牙仙子的故事，了解到要是把掉落的牙放在枕头下就可以得到牙仙的奖赏，一次他把一颗掉牙放在枕头下，果然得到一美元，信以为真，开始认真刷牙。

【1】句意：我过去常常找很多借口不刷牙就上床睡觉。

本篇讲述作者小时候的故事，根据上文“When I was young , I hated to clean my teeth”推断指过去常不刷牙，used to do sth过去常常做某事，故答案为to 。

【2】句意：妈妈，真的有牙仙吗？

上文讲述作者读了一个关于牙仙子的故事，推断空格指作者问妈妈真有牙仙吗，Is there …？有……；故答案为there。

【3】句意：几天后，我的一颗牙掉了。

从文字的表层意思推断空格指其中一颗牙掉了，one of+可数名词复数形式意为……之一；故答案为one。

【4】句意：一块钱和一张纸在我枕头下面！

从文字的表层意思推断空格指一块钱和一张纸在我枕头下面；用某物+be+介词短语表方位；句子陈述发生在过去的事情，用一般过去时，主语One dollar（with a piece of paper表伴随）是单数第三人称，be动词形式用was；故答案为was。

【5】句意：当我长大后，我知道牙仙其实是我妈妈，但没人讲出真相。

从文字的表层意思可知作者长大后就知道牙仙其实是妈妈；grow up长大，故答案为up。