题目内容
【题目】阅读短文,从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺、意思完整。请将答案写在答题卡的相应位置。每空限填一词,每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。
child tell so complete he while on speak such study high ill
Stephen Hawking, a world famous British physicist, also wrote a 【1】 book with his daughter. Hawking said the book would be "a bit like Harry Potter" but without the magic. "It explains the wonders of the universe(宇宙)." said Hawking, 【2】 he was on a visit to Hong Kong over 10 years ago.
Hawking is probably the world's most famous scientist after Albert Einstein. He is an expert 【3】 black holes. He has put his whole life into 【4】 the beginning and the end of the universe. "My goal is simple, "Hawking once said." It is to 【5】 understand the universe, why it is and why it is there at all."
Hawking has a bad 【6】 that stops him from moving or talking. For a period of time, he had no way to communicate except by blinking(眨眼).
Now he sits on a wheelchair with a computer by 【7】side. To communicate, he moves two fingers to control the computer's mouse. He chooses his words from the screen, which are 【8】 by a voice synthesizer(音响合成器).
"I have had the disease for most of my life," Hawking once said. "Yet it has not stopped me from being successful at my work."
Although Hawking is 【9】 a disabled man, he made great achievements. He has received awards and prizes for his work over the years. This includes winning the Albert Einstein Award. It is the 【10】 achievement in theoretical physics(理论物理).
【答案】
【1】children's
【2】while
【3】on
【4】studying
【5】completely
【6】illness
【7】his
【8】spoken
【9】such
【10】highest
【解析】
短文大意:本文是人物类阅读,介绍了著名物理大师霍金和病魔作斗争的故事和他的科学成就。
【1】句意:世界著名的英国物理学家斯蒂芬·霍金也和他的女儿一起写了一本儿童读物。
名词book需用形容词修饰;children's book儿童读物,固定短语;根据句意结构和所给单词提示,可知填children's。
【2】句意:“它解释了宇宙的奇迹,”霍金在10多年前访问香港时说。
根据句意结构,可知本句是时间状语从句,结合所给单词提示,故填while。
【3】句意:他是研究黑洞的专家。
on可用于表示在某方面,on black holes关于黑洞;根据句意结构和所给单词提示,可知填on。
【4】句意:他一生都在研究宇宙的起源和终结。
put into致力于,介词into后接动名词短语;根据句意结构和所给单词提示,可知填studying。
【5】句意:它是要完全理解宇宙,它为什么存在,它为什么存在。
understand理解,动词需用副词修饰;根据句意结构和所给单词提示,可知填completely。
【6】句意:霍金有一种严重的疾病,使他不能移动或说话。
bad糟糕的,形容词修饰名词;根据句意结构和所给单词提示,可知填illness。
【7】句意:他坐在轮椅上,旁边有一台电脑。
side名词,旁边,此处需要有形容词修饰名词,可知说的是他的旁边,结合所给单词提示,故填his。
【8】句意:他从屏幕上选择自己想说的话,这些话由语音合成器发出。
本句是定语从句,先行词words(话语)和动词speak是被动关系,需用被动语态结构;根据句意结构和所给单词提示,可知填spoken。
【9】句意:虽然霍金是这样一个残疾人,但他取得了巨大的成就。
such如此的,修饰名词或名词性短语;本句是“such + a/an+ 形容词+单数名词”结构,根据句意结构和所给单词提示,可知填such。
【10】句意:这是理论物理学的最高成就。
achievement成就,名词需用形容词修饰;定冠词the修饰最高级,根据句意结构和所给单词提示,可知填highest。
短文填空,要求根据句意语境和所给单词提示填空,使句意通顺,语法正确,文意连贯。主要考查单词形式,包括名词的单复数和所有格、动词的三单形式、非谓语动词、基数词或序数词,主格代词/宾格代词和物主代词(形容词性物主代词/名词性物主代词)等。这类题目难度不大,重点是掌握句意,在理解的基础上把握句子时态,从而判断所填单词的正确形式。例如小题8,本句是定语从句,先行词words(话语)是动词speak的受动者,需用“be done”被动语态结构;根据句意结构和所给单词提示,可知填spoken。