Question

【题目】

A. kindness

B. hurt

C. a huge bag of

D. as well as

E. on the first day

In a small village, the parents of a little boy were very worried about him because of his bad temper (脾气). The boy used to get angry very easily and 【1】 others with his words. While he forgot what he spoke in anger, his friends and neighbours avoided him.

His mother and father tried many ways to make him give up his anger and develop 【2】. Unfortunately, all their attempts failed. Finally, the boy’s father came up with an idea.

One day, his father gave him 【3】 nails, asking him to hammer one nail to the fence every time he lost his temper. The little boy found it funny and accepted what his father had said.

His anger drove him to hammer 30 nails into the fence 【4】! Over the next few days, the little boy found it very difficult to hammer the nails into the fence and decided to control his temper.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】.A

【3】C

【4】.E

【解析】

本篇讲述一个男孩的父母面对容易发脾气伤人的孩子，他们想了很多的法子想要改变他的坏脾气，都没有奏效。有一天，男孩的爸爸给了他一大袋的钉子，叫他每次要脾气时就去围墙上订一颗钉子，很快地男孩就发现围墙上没地钉钉子了，他决定要控制自己的脾气。

【1】句意：那个男孩过去很容易发怒，用语言伤害别人。

根据and并列成分，时态要一致的原则，判断空格填动词原形；根据上文. “The boy used to get angry very easily那个男孩过去很容易发怒”，推断下文是用“语言伤害别人”，hurt意为“伤害”，故选B。

【2】句意：他的爸爸妈妈想了很多办法要让他改掉脾气培养善意。

空格在动词develop后面，判断填名词；根据上文“tried many ways to make him give up his anger想办法让他改掉脾气”，推断下文是“培养他的善意”，kindness意为“善良”，故选A。

【3】句意：有一天，他爸爸给他一大袋的钉子，叫他每次他发脾气，就在围栏上钉一颗钉子。

give sb sth意为“给某人某物”，推断空格选用表“数量”的词，故选C。

【4】句意：他的怒火让他第一天就在围栏上钉了30颗钉子。

判断空格是句子的时间状语，故选E。