题目内容
【题目】阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
Using a tea bag is most westerners' favorite way of drinking tea.Do you know how it came about?
The tea bag was invented in 1908 by Thomas Sullivan,an American tea 【1】(sell).He was sending out free tea in silk bags 【2】 people to try.People put the bags together with the tea 【3】(leaf) into the cup and added hot water.The tea tasted good,and people thought it was easy 【4】(clean) the cup.They were not happy when Sullivan started sending them the loose tea(散装茶) again.
Sullivan 【5】(realize) that he had a hot new thing in his hands,and he built 【6】 machine to pack the bags.【7】 tea bags became popular,they were changed from silk to gauze(薄纱) and later paper.In 1952,Lipton Tea made the tea bag even more popular with its invention of the foursided tea bag.Tea bags were soon a hit in the UK,and today about 85% of the tea in the UK is 【8】(pack) in paper bags.
However,many people still prefer looseleaf tea.This is because some tea companies put poor quality tea in 【9】(them) tea bags.But for most 【10】(drink),tea bags are still an easy and tasty way to go.
【答案】
【1】seller
【2】for
【3】leaves
【4】to clean
【5】realized
【6】a
【7】As/While
【8】packed
【9】their
【10】drinkers
【解析】
短文大意:短文介绍的是西方流行的饮茶方式袋装茶,讲述了它的起源、发展和现状,说明了袋装茶是一种简单而美味的饮茶方式。
【1】句意:茶包是由美国茶叶销售商Thomas Sullivan于1908年发明的。tea seller茶叶销售商,tea名词用作形容词,做名词的定语。根据句意结构和英文提示,可知填seller。
【2】句意:他用丝绸袋送来免费茶叶供人们试用。send out发送;for表目的,根据句意语境和上下文提示,可知填for。
【3】句意:人们将袋子和茶叶放在杯子里,加入热水。tea leaves茶叶;根据句意语境和英文提示,可知需用leaf的复数形式,故填leaves。
【4】句意:茶味道很好,人们认为这杯茶很容易学。it is/was +形容词+ to do,固定句型,不定式是真正主语;根据句意语境和英文提示,可知填to learn。
【5】句意:沙利文意识到他手里拿着一个热门新东西。本句是宾语从句,主句缺谓语动词,根据句意语境和英文提示,结合短文的时态,可知填realized。
【6】句意:他造了一台机器来包装这些袋子。machine机器,单数名词前面需加不定冠词a。根据句意语境和上下文提示,可知填a。
【7】句意:随着茶袋的流行,它们从丝绸变成纱布和后来的纸张。根据句意语境可知,主句和从句表示两个正在发展变化的情况,相当于汉语的“随着”,需用as引导,故填As/While。
【8】句意:如今英国大约有85%的茶叶是用纸袋包装的。85% of the tea是动词pack的受动者,需用被动语态,即be+过去分词结构;根据句意结构和英文提示,可知填packed。
【9】句意:这是因为一些茶叶公司把劣质茶叶放进茶叶袋里。句尾的tea bags其实是some tea companies一些茶叶公司的,some tea companies是复数第三人称,其相应的物主代词需用their,结合英文提示,可知填their。
【10】句意:但对于大多数饮茶者来说,袋泡茶仍然是一种简单而美味的方法。most大多数的,形容词修饰复数名词;根据句意语境和英文提示,可知填drinkers。
短文填空题,要求根据句意语境和英文或上下文提示用单词的正确形式填空,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。
【题目】Recently we did a survey of students' dream jobs in our class. Here's the report about my group members’ ideas.
Mary: I want to be a teacher when I grow up. I think I am very patient and I enjoy working with children. Now, I am interested in all the subjects and work very hard to learn them well. I can get along well with the teachers and make friends with students easily at school. I am sure the kids will like me.
Kate: I am slim and good at dancing and I would like to be a ballet dancer in the future. I spend most of my spare time on ballet training every day. After high school, I will learn dancing lessons in a college.
Mike: I would like to be a writer when I grow up. I like to share my wonderful stories with others. Now I keep reading and writing every day. I also send some of my stories to the magazines.
Lucy: I want to be a singer because I like singing very much. I practise singing every day.
People have their own dreams and work hard for them, because they all know it is not easy to realize them in the future.
根据短文内容补全表格,每空一词。
A survey of students’ dream jobs
Names | Hobbies or special skills | Dream jobs | How to realize them |
Mary | Enjoys working with 66【1】 | A teacher | Works very hard to learn all the subjects well |
Kate | Is good at dancing | A 67【2】 dancer | Spends her spare time on ballet training. Will learn dancing lessons after 68【3】 high school. |
Mike | Likes sharing his 69【4】 stories with others | A writer | Keeps reading and writing every day |
Lucy | Likes singing | A 70【5】 | Practises singing every day |