题目内容
11.You know that the earth turns.This makes day change to night.Here is a story about how the earth began to turn.Long(71)ago,the world did not turn.One side always faced the sun(72).It was always day there.The day side was hot and dry.People(73)there lived underground to keep cool.The other side never saw the sun at all.The night side was dark and windy.People there were always cold.
Then a wise(74)woman of the night people had an idea(75).She called day people and night people together.They met oil the night side of the world.
The woman said:"Music(76)makes us want to dance.Maybe music will make the earth want to move,"So the people got harps and horns and drums.They played(77)music.Some of them danced in a big circle.
Then they heard a noise.They felt something move under(78)their feet.The earth was starting to turn.The sky got lighter.It was the first(79)sunrise.
Now both sides of the earth have day and night.Both sides have sunrises and sunsets(80).
分析 短文讲述一个古老的故事,关于地球怎样开始转动,使日月交替.
解答 71.Long; 考查形容词词义和用法,根据理解讲述故事,很久之前,long ago,放在句首大写,故填Long.
72.sun; 考查名词含义,根据语境理解,朝着太阳的一面,那里总是白天,太阳,故填sun.
73.people;考查名词含义,根据语境,白天的那一边又热又干,那里的人们住在地下室保持凉快.人们,people,故填people.
74.wise; 考查名词含义,根据首字母和语境推测想出这个办法的人是聪明的,有智慧的,故填wise.
75.idea; 考查名词含义,根据首字母和句子理解,然后住在黑夜里的人们中有一个聪明的妇人,她有一个"主意",主意idea.
76.Music; 考查名词含义,根据后一句Maybe music will make the earth want to move.或许音乐将会使地球想移动,可推测上一句"音乐"使我们想跳舞.音乐music,放在句首首字母大写填Music.
77.played;考查动词含义,因此人们拿来竖琴,长号和鼓,他们"演奏"音乐.以p开头,故填paly,其过去式played.
78.under; 考查介词含义,根据理解,然后他们听到一处噪音,他们感到有东西在他们的脚"下面"移动.在…下面,以u开头,故填under.
79.first; 考查序数词含义和用法,根据理解,天空开始更亮了,它是"第一"个日出,序数词前有the,以f 开头,故填first.
80.sunsets; 考查名词含义,根据理解,现在地球两边都有白天和黑夜.两边都有日出和日落,日落sunset,and连接并列名词,前后形式一致,故sunset也填复数形式sunsets.
点评 首字母填空题,考生注意通读全文在掌握短文大意的基础上,结合固定搭配和首字母以及语境填出适当的单词.
| A. | who | B. | that | C. | it | D. | what |
| A. | away | B. | far away from | C. | away from | D. | far away |
| A. | which | B. | / | C. | whom | D. | who |
| A. | The early bird catches the worm | |
| B. | Practice makes perfect | |
| C. | Many hands make light work | |
| D. | You cannot burn the candle at both ends |