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【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。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。

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“As American as apple pie" is a very common saying in English. It【1】things that represent（代表）the best of American culture. People use this expression when talking about things like blue jeans, baseball and rock-n-roll music.

【2】 why use apple pie? Why not some other fruit, like a cherry or a peach? The【3】might be a man known as Johnny Appleseed.

A lot of stories have been written about Johnny Appleseed【4】the years. They made him into a larger than life folk hero. Yet Johnny Appleseed was a【5】person. It was the name given to a man named John Chapman. Many Americans【6】him responsible for popularizing apples in the United States.

John Chapman was born in Massachusets in 1774. John's mother died in childbirth, so his father brought him up. The father taught his son everything he knew about【7】.

The young Chapman took his father's【8】to heart. For 40 years,it has been said that Johnny Appleseed cleared land and planted apple seeds（种子）in the Midwestern states of the US. In a short time, the seeds grew into trees that produced fruit.

Apples were important for the early American settlers. Apples【9】something different in daily meals. They were easy to grow and store for use throughout the year.【10】the story of Johnny Appleseed has made apples and apple pie so very American.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】describes

【2】But

【3】reason

【4】over

【5】real

【6】considered

【7】farming

【8】lessons

【9】offered

【10】Perhaps

【解析】

本文讲述了英语常见的谚语“As American as apple pie"的由来。

【1】句意：它描述的是那些最能体现美国文化的事物。

结合句意，此处表示这个习语描述了一些事物，根据前文的is可知，此处用一般现在时，主语it是第三人称单数，谓语用第三人称单数形式，故填describes。

【2】句意：但是为什么用苹果派呢？

根据下一句的“Why not some other fruit， like a cherry or a peach?”为什么不是其他的水果可知，此处表示转折，所以用but，且句子开头字母要大写。故填But。

【3】句意：原因可能就是一个叫 Johnny Appleseed的男子.

根据前文的“why use apple pie?”可知，此处回答原因，故填reason。

【4】句意：这些年来，有许多关于Jonny Appleseed的故事。

over+时间段，与现在完成时连用，故填over。

【5】句意：然而Johnny Appleseed是个真实人物。

根据后文的“It was the name given to a man named John Chapman.”可知，这是一个真实存在的人，修饰名词person，用形容词，故填real。

【6】句意：许多美国人认为是他让苹果在美国变得受欢迎。

consider sb/sth (to be )+形容词，表示“认为某人或某物……”，根据was可知，此处用一般过去时，故填considered。

【7】句意：父亲把自己知道的农业方面的所有知识都教给了他。

根据下文中的“it has been said that Johnny Appleseed cleared land and planted apple seeds（种子）in the Midwestern states of the US.”他清理土地，播种苹果种子，这是与农业有关的。且此处的farm是“务农，耕种”，属于动词的性质，about是介词，后面接动名词。故填farming。

【8】句意：年轻的Chapman将父亲的经验牢记于心。

根据前文的“The father taught his son everything he knew about____7____.”可知，这是他父亲教给他的，因此是父亲的经验，lesson“课程，经验，教训”符合语境。且lesson是可数名词，此处表示不止一个经验，要用复数形式。故填lessons。

【9】句意：苹果给日常饮食提供了一些与众不同的东西。

此处缺少谓语，用动词，结合句意，苹果提供了一些东西，根据前一句的were可知，此处用一般过去时，故填offered。

【10】句意：或许Johnny Appleseed的故事让苹果和苹果派成为非常具有美国特色的东西。

此处位于句首，修饰整个句子，用副词作状语，句首字母要大写，故填Perhaps。

本文是选词填空。根据句意，结合时态，词性，短语，句型和主谓一致，选择适当的单词，用其正确形式填空。注意空格前后的单词的词性。例如第7小题。根据下一段的内容可知，他清理土地，播种，判断此处表示在务农，选择单词farm。farm表示“务农”时，是动词。空格前是介词about，根据介词后面接动名词的原则，故填farming。