题目内容
【题目】 Long, long ago there lived in Greece a king whose name was Midas. He was a greedy man and loved gold better than anything e【1】 in the world.
One day he asked the God to give him still more gold. The God decided to p【2】 him and said: “Very well. In the morning everything that you touch will become gold.” Midas was excited w【3】 he heard this. “I shall be the richest man in the world,” he said to himself.
He got up early the next morning. When he touched his bed it turned to gold. He began to dress and his c【4】 became gold. Midas was delighted. The king went to have his b【5】. He took a cup of milk, but it immediately turned to gold. Then he took a piece of bread, and that also g【6】 into gold. Midas now began to feel u【7】. It was good to be the richest man in the world, but he was hungry, and he could not eat or drink gold. He went out into the garden.
His little daughter was there. When she saw her f【8】, she ran up to him. King Midas was very fond of his daughter and he kissed her tenderly. Then and there she turned into a golden statue.
Midas was now s【9】 and sad. He begged the God to take away the Golden Touch.
The God took away his Golden Touch and everything became n【10】 again. Midas never forgot this lesson. He knew now that gold did not bring happiness.
【答案】
【1】else
【2】punish
【3】when
【4】clothes
【5】breakfast
【6】grew
【7】unhappy
【8】father
【9】surprised
【10】normal
【解析】
本文是一篇记叙文,讲述了希腊国王Midas爱金如命的故事,为了给他一个教训,上帝让他触碰过的每一样东西都变成了金子,最后Midas领悟到,金子并不能带来幸福。
【1】
句意:他爱黄金胜过世上一切其他事物。
空格处所给首字母为e。根据下文One day he asked the God to give him still more gold可知,Midas很爱黄金,他爱黄金胜过世上一切其他事物。空格处应填入意为“其他的”副词,故答案为else。
【2】
句意:上帝决定惩罚他。
空格处所给首字母为p。根据下文The God took away his Golden Touch and everything became normal again. Midas never forgot this lesson可知,此处是指上帝决定惩罚一下Midas。空格处应填入意为“惩罚”的动词,故答案为punish。
【3】
句意:Midas听到这句话时很兴奋。
空格处所给首字母为w。根据上文The God decided to punish him and said: “Very well. In the morning everything that you touch will become gold.”可知,听到上帝的话时,Midas感到很兴奋。空格处应填入意为“当……时”的连词,故答案为when。
【4】
句意:他开始穿衣,衣服变成了金子。
空格处所给首字母为c。根据上文He began to dress可知,他开始穿衣,手会碰到衣服,所以衣服变成了金子。空格处应填入意为“衣服”的名词,故答案为clothes。
【5】
句意:国王去吃早饭了。
空格处所给首字母为b。根据下文He took a cup of milk, but it immediately turned to gold可知,此处是指他去吃早餐了。空格处应填入意为“早餐”的名词,故答案为breakfast。
【6】
句意:然后他拿了一块面包,面包也长成了金子。
空格处所给首字母为g。根据下文but he was hungry, and he could not eat or drink gold可知,他饿了却不能吃东西,因为食物都变成了金子。空格处应填入意为“变成”的动词,且故事叙述的是过去发生的事,故应用过去式,故答案为grew。
【7】
句意:Midas现在开始感到不高兴了。
空格处所给首字母为u。根据下文It was good to be the richest man in the world, but he was hungry, and he could not eat or drink gold可知,他饿了却不能吃东西,所以他有些不高兴了。空格处应填入意为“不开心的”形容词,故答案为unhappy。
【8】
句意:当她看到她父亲时,她向他跑了过去。
空格处所给首字母为f。根据上文His little daughter was there可知,他的小女儿看见了自己的父亲,于是朝他跑了过去。空格处应填入意为“父亲”的名词,故答案为father。
【9】
句意:Midas现在既惊讶又悲伤。
空格处所给首字母为s。根据上文King Midas was very fond of his daughter and he kissed her tenderly. Then and there she turned into a golden statue可知,国王碰了女儿之后,女儿也变成了一座金雕像,这出乎了Midas意料之外。空格处应填入意为“惊讶的”形容词,故答案为surprised。
【10】
句意:一切又恢复了正常。
空格处所给首字母为n。根据上文The God took away his Golden Touch可知,上帝拿走了国王的“点石成金手”,于是一切事物又恢复了正常。空格处应填入意为“正常的”形容词,故答案为normal。
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