题目内容
Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格内填入适当的词,使其内容通顺,每空格限填一词,首字母已给)(14分)
A pearl necklace(项链)
Penny was a five-year-old girl. One day when she and her mother were at a grocery store, Penny saw a plastic pearl necklace. What a b 1. necklace! She wanted it very much, so she begged her mother to buy it for her. The mother said, “Well, I can buy you the necklace, but when we get home, we should discuss what you can do to pay for it. Can we do that?” Penny agreed with much h 2. , and she got the plastic necklace she liked.
How much Penny loved the necklace! She w 3. it everywhere and every minute. Penny also did part time jobs to earn pocket money and she worked very hard. Soon she managed to pay off the price for the necklace.
Penny’s daddy knew all her e 4. and knew how much Penny cared about the necklace. One night, he asked Penny, “Penny, do you love me?”
“Sure, Daddy, ” the little girl said.
“Then how about giving me your necklace?”
“Oh, no , Daddy! N 5. my necklace!” Penny cried.
“Oh, dear, it’s fine,” her father gave her a kiss.
Several days l 6. , Penny went to her daddy, with her lips(嘴唇) trembling(颤抖). “Here, Daddy. I love you.” She held out her hand. Inside it was her beloved plastic pearl necklace.
Seeing this, Penny’s father smiled with surprise. He then pulled a cute box out of his pocket. Inside the box was a r 7. and colourful pearl necklace, whi
ch was waiting for Penny for so long.
1.beautiful
2.happiness
3.wore
4.effort(s)
5.Not
6.later
7.real
【解析】
试题分析:短文大意:这是一个美籍华人与命运抗争,生生不息,执着追过的传记故事。 米雪是出生在美国的第一代华人,从小饱尝“边缘人”的滋味,此后生活颇为周折。她的孩子罹患自闭症,全家无所适从;她的丈夫离开报酬丰厚的工作,家庭失去经济来源;她随丈夫在美国四处迁徙,漂泊不定;在人们纷纷移民美国的时候,他们全家迁往香港;她的事业蓬勃发展之时,却突然重返美国…… 悉心品味这个传记,您可以从平凡中看到不平凡,从许多人的身上看到奇妙的恩典。
1.根据下句She wanted it very much, so she begged her mother to buy it for her.可推知此句句意:多么漂亮的一条项链!所以填写beautiful。
2.根据下句and she got the plastic necklace she liked.可推知本句句意:佩妮非常高兴地同意了。所以填写happiness。
3.根据上句How much Penny loved the necklace!可推知本句句意:她无处不戴着它。所以填写wore。
4.佩妮的爸爸知道她所有的努力。故填写effort(s)
5.不是我的项链!根据语境可知该填写Not。
6.几天后,佩妮去见她的爸爸。结合答语Several days 及首字母可知该填写later。
7.盒子里是一条真正的多彩的珍珠项链。根据语境结合首字母可知该填写real。
考点:短文填空。
A. watched B. weak C. studied D. love E. than |
“I first heard about Mother Teresa in my high school, we 1. a video about her work in India and all over the world. I was so moved by her spirit to help others and her endless 2. for every human being that after I graduated from high school, I also wanted to try her kind of work. So with two friends I flew to Calcutta for a few weeks.”
“I was asked to work in a home for sick people. I helped wash clothes and sheets, and pass out lunch. I also fed the people who were too 3. to feed themselves and tried to cheer them up. I felt it was better to share with them 4. to think that I have helped them. To be honest, I don
’t think I was helping very much. It was then that I realized that I had not really come to help, but to learn about and experience another culture that helped improve my own understanding of life and the world.”