Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空(最多不超过三个)。

Last Friday was my birthday. About a week 【1】 my birthday, my father said he 【2】 (give) me a special gift. So I was looking 【3】 to receiving my father’s gift.

On the early morning of last Friday, my father woke me up and after breakfast we got to the bus station. About an hour later, we 【4】 (reach) father’s home village. Soon we came to a house. It 【5】 (make) of tiles (瓦片). In front of it, there was a small playground. I suddenly realized it was a village school. The school had just one small house 【6】 one classroom. Allowed by the teacher, I followed father into the classroom. There were 21 pupils. They had little stationery (文具) and 【7】 study materials, but all the students were listening to the teacher 【8】 (careful). The teacher told us the people there were still poor and many families couldn’t even 【9】 their children’s education. Although their study conditions were very poor, all the students still studied hard.

At the end of my birthday, I finally realized what the special gift was. I decided to study harder than I 【10】 to.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 before

【2】 would give

【3】 forward

【4】 reached

【5】 was made

【6】 with

【7】 few

【8】 carefully

【9】 afford

【10】 used

【解析】

短文大意：本文是记叙文，讲述了在自己生日那天，父亲带他回家乡访问了一所小学，尽管学习条件很差，但所有的学生仍然努力学习，作者意识到这是父亲送给自己的特殊生日礼物，决定比以前更努力学习。

【1】句意：大约在我生日的前一周，我的父亲说他会给我一个特别的礼物。本句缺时间状语，根据结尾At the end of my birthday, I finally realized what the special gift was.和上下文提示，可知是生日前一周，故填before。

【2】句意：大约在我生日的前一周，我的父亲说他会给我一个特别的礼物。本句是宾语从句，主句my father said是一般过去时，根据下文So I was looking forward to receiving my father’s gift.，可知用过去将来时，故填would give。

【3】句意：所以我很期待收到父亲的礼物。look forward to doing期待做某事；根据句意结构和上下文提示，可知填forward。

【4】句意：大约一个小时后，我们到达了父亲的家乡。本句缺谓语动词，根据句意时态和英文提示，可知填reached。

【5】句意：它是瓦片做的。be made of用…造成（用于原材料显而易见的场合）；根据句意时态和英文提示，可知填was made。

【6】句意：学校只有一间小房子和一间教室。with带有，表伴随；根据句意结构和上下文提示，可知填with。

【7】句意：他们只有很少的文具和学习材料。and连接并列结构，根据前面的little stationery，可知复数名词materials（材料）需用few修饰，故填few。

【8】句意：他们只有很少的文具和学习材料，但是所有的学生都在认真地听老师讲课。listen是动词，需用副词修饰；根据句意语境和英文提示，可知填carefully。

【9】句意：老师告诉我们那里的人仍然很穷，许多家庭甚至不能负担他们的孩子的教育。and连接并列结构，本句缺谓语动词，根据上文the people there were still poor，可知负担不起学费，故填afford。

【10】句意：我决定比以前更努力学习。than用于比较，根据句意结构和上下文提示，可知比以前更加努力，used to过去一向，故填used。

短文填空题，要求根据句意语境和所给单词提示，用正确的单词填充句子，使句意通顺，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，从而判断所给单词的正确形式。