Question

【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，使短文意思通顺、完整。请将答案写在短文后相应题号的横线上。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有来两个词是多余的。

Here is a page from my diary.

Thursday, May the【1】2011. 【2】

One of my aunts has never had a comfortable pair of shoes on all her life, but often wearing larger shoes walked up 【3】 down in the past.

Once I asked her 【4】, she would say: "The size of shoes is the same price, why not buy big ones?" Every time I retold this story, there were always some people 【5】had a good laugh over it.

In fact, there are too many people like my aunt. Such as, a writer who has no thought just writes a thick bitter(厚重苦涩的) works; a(n) 【6】who has nothing to draw, but paints super-giant draw (超级巨画); a businessman or businesswoman seldom stays at home on business, but there are huge homes.

Many people want to get much 【7】,in fact, he or she is only 【8】by the inherent greed (内在贪欲), just like buying a king-size(特大号的) shoes but forget 【9】in the foot.

No matter what shoes to buy, it is the most important to fit your 【10】. No matter what you want to get, it is necessary to stop when it is enough.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】twelfth

【2】Sunny

【3】and

【4】why

【5】who

【6】artist

【7】more

【8】driven

【9】themselves

【10】feet

【解析】

这是一篇来自作者的一篇日记。讲述了我们无论做什么都要选择适合自己的。

【1】日记中的格式，是星期几+月日年+天气情况。表示具体的某年某日某日用序数词表示，这里用twelve的序数词twelfth，

May the twelfth 2011.表示2011年5月20日。根据题意，故填twelfth。

【2】日记中的格式，是星期几+月日年+天气情况。这里是说天情况是晴朗的，用sun的形容词sunny。根据题意，故填Sunny。

【3】句意：但在过去经常穿着更大的鞋子走来走去。短语walk up and down表示走来走去。这里用and连接。根据句意，

故填and，

【4】句意：有一次我问她原因。表示原因用why，根据下文she would say: "The size of shoes is the same price, why not buy big ones?"可知是提问原因，根据所给单词及句意，故填why。

【5】句意：总是有一些人对它笑得很开心。这里是定语从句，先行词是some people，指人，关系词用who来引导，在定语从句中做主语。根据句意及所给单词提示，故填who。

【6】句意：一个没有任何东西去绘画的艺术家，但是却能画出超级巨画。Such as, a writer who has no thought just writes a thick bitter(厚重苦涩的) works及下文 a businessman or businesswoman seldom stays at home on business, but there are huge homes.可知，这里是说艺术家，artist的意思是“艺术家”，根据句意及所给单词提示，故填artist。

【7】句意：许多人想得到更多。根据下文in fact, he or she is only ___8___by the inherent greed (内在贪欲), just like buying a king-size(特大号的) shoes but forget ___9___in the foot.可知上文是说更多，用much的比较级more。根据句意及所给单词提示，故填more。

【8】句意：事实上，他或她只受内在贪婪的驱使。drive的意思是“驱使，强迫”，这里是一般过去时态的被动语态，其结构是be done的形式。根据句意及所给单词提示，故填driven。

【9】句意：就像买一把大号的鞋子，却忘了自己的脚。根据上文in fact, he or she is only ___8___by the inherent greed (内在贪欲)可知这里是忘记他们自己在脚上，这里用they的分身代词。根据题意，故填themselves。

【10】句意：最重要的是适合你自己的脚。根据下文No matter what you want to get, it is necessary to stop when it is enough.可知上文是说最重要的是适合自己的脚。foot的意思是“脚”，这里用名词的复数。很据题意，故填feet。