Question

【题目】C. 在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给。

I like to travel. I have been fortunate enough to make trips to half a dozen countries in Europe. I enjoy seeing new things, experiencing other cultures and m 【1】new people. My wife and I recently came back from a driving trip that covered more than 17, 000 kilometers and a little more than six weeks on the road. It was a wonderful adventure filled with new sights and s【2】.

We're home now and have settled back into our daily routine of life. We live in a small town, so there are not the same sorts of attractions o【3】in a big city. That does not, of course, mean there is nothing to do, just that we don’t have the big shows and all the shops and other activities a city can provide. Actually, our town is a f【4】place where people say hello to you on the street whether they know you or not, a place where you can walk to almost anywhere you want to go and leave the car at home and a place where being outside is usually very nice because we have generally good weather.

I find that when I am at home, particularly for a while when we have just r【5】from a trip, I feel very pleased. Perhaps it is because everything around me is familiar and the daily routine is so much the same that I can move through it almost without thinking. Perhaps it is because our friends are here, because we can have meals at home instead of always being in restaurants a【6】it's nice to let someone else do the cooking and because I can sleep in my own bed. There are times I think it would be nice to simply stop travelling and stay home.

We will travel again and we feel fortunate to be able to do so. It's a wonderful world and we want to see as much of it as we can. S【7】, one of the best things about travelling for me is coming home. I'm very content here even if it is difficult to say exactly why.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】meeting

【2】scenery

【3】only/offered

【4】friendly

【5】returned

【6】although

【7】Still

【解析】

本文作者谈论旅行回来的心情。作者喜欢旅游，因为他喜欢看到新事物，体验其他文化，结识新朋友。作者刚刚旅行回来非常高兴。但是他们将再次旅行，他们想尽可能多地看看这个美好的世界。作者还是认为旅行对他来说最好的一件事就是回家。

【1】句意：我喜欢看到新事物，体验其他文化，结识新朋友。enjoy doing sth.：喜欢做某事；and 表示并列关系，再根据前文 seeing new things, experiencing other cultures 可知填动名词；meet new people结识新朋友，结识新人。结合句意和首字母提示填 meeting。

【2】句意：这是一次充满新景色的奇妙冒险。由new sights and 可知后面填名词，意为景色，跟 sights 相对应的就是 scenery；sights and scenery：景点和风景，风景名胜；结合句意和首字母提示填scenery。

【3】句意：我们住在一个小镇上，所以只有大城市才有不同的景点。1）此处用only 的话表示那些只有在大城市才有的景色；2）此空也可做后置定语修饰 attractions，大城市所给予的景色 offered; 结合句意和首字母提示填only/offered。

【4】句意：事实上，我们镇是一个友好的地方，在这个地方人们在街上向你问好，不管他们是否认识你。根据下文定语从句where people say hello to you on the street whether they know you or not.（人们在街上向你问好，不管他们是否认识你。）可知“我们镇是一个友好的地方”；friendly：友好的。结合句意和首字母提示填friendly。

【5】句意：我发现当我在家的时候，特别是当我们刚刚旅行回来的时候，我感到非常高兴。根据上文I find that when I am at home（我发现当我在家的时候）可知“特别是当我们刚刚旅行回来的时候”；return from：从…回来；本句是现在完成时，其构成是have/has done，可知填return的过去分词。结合句意和首字母提示填returned。

【6】句意：也许是因为我们的朋友在这里，因为我们可以在家而不要总是在餐馆吃饭，尽管让别人做饭很好，因为我可以睡在自己的床上。也许是因为我们的朋友在这里，因为我们可以在家吃饭，而不是总是在餐馆吃饭，尽管让别人做饭很好），而且因为我可以睡在自己的床上。根据“我们可以在家而不要总是在餐馆吃饭”和“让别人做饭很好”是意思转折，后句表示让步，可知此句是让步状语从句。although：虽然，尽管，引导让步状语从句。结合句意和首字母提示填although。

【7】句意：不过，旅行对我来说最好的一件事就是回家。根据上文We will travel again and we feel fortunate to be able to do so. It's a wonderful world and we want to see as much of it as we can（我们将再次旅行，我们感到很幸运能够这样做。这是一个美好的世界，我们希望尽可能多地看到它）和下一句“旅行对我来说最好的一件事就是回家。”可知转折关系。Still：还，仍然， 但，不过。结合句意和首字母提示填Still。