Question

【题目】

A.together B.cotton C.dark D. lay E.as well as

About five years ago, Jack’s father, a ship’s captain, brought back a strange egg from Africa. Nobody knew what kind of egg it was and whether it was alive. They stored it in a basket，covered it with 【1】 and laid it beside the warm radiator (暖气片)

It【2】there for a very long while. One day, Jack discovered an empty shell in the basket and in the 【3】corner under the radiator，a small ugly creature stayed there Quietly. It was a baby crocodile!

Jack’s classmates 【4】 newspaper reporters came to have a look at his pet crocodile. His mother kept a copy of the newspaper in her handbag and showed the article to her friends.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】C

【4】E

【解析】

本篇讲述杰克的爸爸从非洲给他带回一只不知名的蛋，他们把它放在一个篮子里，用棉花盖着，把它放在暖气片旁边，结果孵化出一只鳄鱼，杰克的同学和记者都来看。

【1】句意：他们把它放在一个篮子里，用棉花盖着，把它放在暖气片旁边。

空格在介词with后面，判断填名词；根据下文“a small ugly creature stayed there Quietly” 小鳄鱼的出生推断空格是指“用棉花盖着，把它放在暖气片旁边”，准备孵化，故选B。

【2】句意：它搁在那儿很长一段很长时间。

空格是句子的谓语，判断填动词；根据上文“covered it with cotton and laid it beside the warm radiator” 盖上棉花把它搁在暖气片旁边，推断此处是“搁在那儿很长一段时间”，故选D。

【3】句意：一天，杰克发现篮子里一个空蛋壳，在暖气片下面黑暗的角落，一只小小的难看的生物安静地呆在那儿。

空格在定冠词和名词之间，判断填形容词；根据常识，暖气片下面是“黑暗的”，故选C。

【4】句意：杰克的同学还有报纸的记者都来看他的宠物鳄鱼。

Jack’s classmates 和newspaper reporters 都是名词，当句子的主语，判断空格用连词；as well as常用来连接两个并列的成分，意为“也，还”，它强调的是前一项，后一项只是顺便提及，谓语动词与前一项一致；故选E。