Question

【题目】阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式（每空不多于三个单词）。

Once upon a time, there was a farmer in the central region of China. He didn't have a lot of money and, instead of a tractor, he used 【1】 old horse to plow his field.

One afternoon, while 【2】(work) in the field, the horse dropped dead.Everyone in the village said, "Oh, what a horrible thing to happen. " The farmer said 【3】（ peace）, "We’ll see."

Admiring his attitude, they gave him a new horse 【4】a gift. Everyone 's reaction now was, " What a/an 【5】 (luck) man. " And the farmer said, "We’ll see."

Later in the year, the farmer's young boy【6】(go) out riding on the horse and fell and broke his leg. Everyone in the village said,"What a shame for the poor boy. "The farmer said, "We’ll see."

Two days 【7】(late), the army came into the village to draft new recruits(征兵). When they saw that the farmer's son had a broken leg, they decided not to recruit 【8】.

Everyone said, " What a fortunate young man.." The farmer smiled again, and said, "We’ll see."

Moral of the story: There's no use in over【9】 (react) at the events and circumstances of our everyday lives. Many times what【10】 (look) like a setback, may actually be a gift in disguise.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】an

【2】working

【3】peacefully

【4】as

【5】lucky

【6】went

【7】later

【8】him

【9】reaction

【10】looks

【解析】

本篇文章讲述的是“塞翁失马”的故事。

【1】句意：他没有很多钱，用一匹老马代替拖拉机耕地。本句指用一匹老马，是泛指，要用不定冠词，又因为old是以元音音素开头的，所以用不定冠词an。故填an。

【2】句意：一天下午，当马在田里干活的时候，死了。while后直接跟动词时，如果该动词和主句主语之间为主动关系,则一般用其现在分词形式；如果该动词和主句主语之间为被动关系时,则用其过去分词形式。本句中while后的动词work与主句主语the horse之间为主动关系，所以填working。故填working。

【3】句意：农民很平静地说“再看看吧!”。本空要修饰动词said，所以要用副词形式，peace的副词为peacefully。故填peacefully。

【4】句意：村里人很欣赏他的态度，送给他一匹新马作为礼物。本句指作为一件礼物送给他，“作为”为as，故填as。

【5】句意：每个人现在的反应是“多么幸运的一个人啊!”。what引导的感叹句的结构为“what + a/an +adj. +名词”，所以此处要填luck的形容词lucky。故填lucky。

【6】句意：年底，农民的儿子出去骑马摔了下来跌断了腿。因为全文是用过去时叙述的，所以应填go的过去式went。故填went。

【7】句意：两天后，军队来征兵。时间+later表示一段时间后，故填later。

【8】句意：当他们看见农民的儿子腿断了，就决定不征用他。本句指不征用农民的儿子，用人称代词“他”代替，因为在动词后，所以用宾格形式him。故填him。

【9】句意：对于我们日常生活中的事件和环境，过激反应是没有用的。over reaction意为“过激反应”，故填reaction。

【10】句意：很多时候看起来像是挫折，其实可能是伪装的礼物。本段是讲文章的寓意，用的是一般现在时，因为主语为what，所以谓语动词要用单三形式。故填looks。