题目内容
【题目】先阅读短文,再在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式。单词的第一个字母己给出。
Pop! Pop-pop!! Fresh popcorn is one of the most popular foods when people are watching a movie or a ball g【1】. Popcorn is d【2】, cheap and easy to make. It may just be the perfect snack.
There is a small amount of water in com kernels(玉米粒).When the com kernel is heated at a very high t【3】, the water in it turns to steam(水蒸气).The steam can’t get out. Pressure build up u 【4】 ...Pop!!
The first machines were designed to pop com were invented(发明)in 1880s. They heated the com with steam. L【5】. these machines were put into small wagons(车), the wagons could be pulled to different p 【6】. Popcorn was sold at parks and fairs. People couldn't get enough of it!
Soon movie theaters began selling popcorn, too. This started the t【7】 way of eating popcorn-eating at the movies. At this time popcorn became more popular than e【8】 For a short time though, people began eating l【9】 popcorn. In the 1950s, television was still very new. Many people s【10】 at home to watch television instead of going to the cinema. Then microwave ovens(微 波炉)were invented. It became easy to make popcorn at home. Americans started to eat more popcorn again-more than one billion pounds each year!
【答案】
【1】game
【2】delicious
【3】temperature
【4】until
【5】Later
【6】places
【7】traditional
【8】ever
【9】less
【10】stayed
【解析】
短文大意:短文介绍了爆米花的制作原理、发明和流行经过。
【1】句意:当人们在看电影或棒球赛时,新鲜的爆米花是最受欢迎的食物之一。
不定冠词a修饰单数名词;ball game棒球比赛,根据句意语境和首字母提示,可知填game。
【2】句意:爆米花很好吃,便宜而且容易做。
本句缺表语形容词;根据下文It may just be the perfect snack它可能是最完美的零食,可知很好吃,结合首字母提示,故填delicious。
【3】句意:当玉米仁被加热到很高的温度时,里面的水就会变成蒸汽。
high高的,形容词修饰名词;根据the water in it turns to steam里面的水就会变成蒸汽,可知温度很高,结合首字母提示,故填temperature。
【4】句意:压力越来越大,直到……砰!!
本句缺时间副词,根据Pressure build up(压力越来越大)和首字母提示,可知直到……“砰”的一声,压力才释放出来,故填until。
【5】句意:后来,这些机器被放进小货车里。
本句缺时间状语,需用时间副词;根据句意语境和首字母提示,可知填Later。
【6】句意:这些货车可以被拉到不同的地方。
different不同的,形容词修饰名词;根据句意语境和首字母提示,可知填places。
【7】句意:这开启了吃爆米花的传统方式——看电影。
way方式,名词需用形容词修饰;traditional way传统方式,根据句意语境和首字母提示,可知填traditional。
【8】句意:这时,爆米花比以往任何时候都更受欢迎。
than比,用于比较,后接比较对象;根据At this time popcorn became more popular爆米花更受欢迎,可知是和过去作比较,结合首字母提示,可知填ever。
【9】句意:但在很短的一段时间内,人们开始少吃爆米花。
popcorn爆米花,名词需用形容词修饰;根据下文Many people stayed at home to watch television instead of going to the cinema许多人呆在家里看电视而不去看电影,可知吃爆米花的少了,首字母提示,需用比较级,故填less。
【10】句意:许多人呆在家里看电视而不去看电影。
本句缺谓语动词,根据at home(在家里)和首字母提示,可知是呆在家里;结合时间In the 1950s,可知需用过去式,故填stayed。
短文填空,要求根据句子结构和首字母提示用合适的单词填空,使短文内容前后连贯,表达顺畅,重在考查学生对所学语言的综合运用能力和对文段的理解判断能力。本题有一定难度,但只要联系整篇短文,把握好上下句的意思和关系,正确作答是不成问题的。例如小题2,本句缺表语形容词;根据下文It may just be the perfect snack它可能是最完美的零食,可知很好吃,结合首字母提示,故填delicious。
【题目】选词填空
从方框中选择恰当的词或短语并用其正确的形式填空。
carry on with; try one's best; laugh at; go over; take place;in the form of; direct; careful; set up; break into; |
(1)Suzy did her homework so that she made many mistakes.
(2)— I went for Linda's party last night, but I didn't see you.
— Oh, I my lessons the whole night.
(3) others is very impolite and will make others sad.
(4)— Have you heard of the clock Sensorwake , which uses different scent(香气) to wake you up.
— Of course, it's said that it is a capsule(胶囊).
(5)More money will be needed our project.
(6)Many films won big prizes at Cannes(戛纳) Film Festival in 2015.
(7)It's reported that a museum and many valuable things were stolen.
(8)— When and where the 31st Olympic Games ?
— In Rio de Janeiro in August,2016.
(9)— Steven seems unhappy today because he didn't pass the exam.
— Let's cheer him up. After all, he.
(10)Gu Tianle, a famous actor, devotes himself to many schools for children in poor areas.