Question

【题目】根据短文内容和所级中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。
A ceremony（仪式）where boys become crocodile（鳄鱼）men
When does a teenager grow up and become an adult? In many countries, it happens on your 18th （生日）, but in some parts of the world, you have to do something special to （进入）the world of grown-ups.
On an Oceanian island, some people live near the Sepik River, which is （充满的）of crocodiles. They believe that crocodiles made the （地球）and its people. When it is time for teenage boys to become men, a "crocodile ceremony" takes place.
The boys are taken to small house （叫作）the "Crocodile Nest". In the house, the boys are told to think of their crocodile "fathers and mothers". Old people in the village say that if the boys think of their crocodile parents, they will be stronger and （勇敢的）because the ceremony will cause great pain. To take their minds off the pain, the boys tell jokes in the house, rather than just stay （沉默的）. Surprisingly, some of the boys even sleep （在……期间）the most painful parts of the ceremony! It will be （八）weeks before they leave the house.
When the boys （最后）leave the crocodile house, there is singing and dancing in the village to welcome the new crocodile men.

Answer 1

【答案】birthday；enter；full；earth；called/named；braver；silent；during/in；eight；finally
【解析】
⑴句意：在许多国家，这发生在18岁生日上。故填birthday。
⑵句意：但是在世界的一些地区，你必须做一些特别的事情才能进入成人的世界。由to可知用动词原形，故填enter。
⑶句意：在大洋洲的岛上，一些人生活在塞皮克河附近，河里满是鳄鱼。短语：be full of充满，故填full。
⑷句意：人们认为鳄鱼创造了地球和它的人民。故填earth。
⑸句意：男孩子们被带到叫做“鳄鱼巢”的小房子里。此处作定语，修饰house，故用过去分词called。
⑹句意：村子里的老人们说如果孩子们想到他们的鳄鱼父母，他们会更坚强更勇敢，因为这个仪式造成极大的疼痛。由and可知此处与stronger平行，故填比较级braver。
⑺句意：为了把思想从疼痛上转移走，这些男孩们在房子里讲笑话，而不是保持沉默。stay+形容词，“保持某种状态，”故填silent。
⑻句意：令人吃惊的是，一些男孩在仪式的最疼痛的时候甚至睡着了。故填during或in。
⑼句意：要过8个星期他们才能离开那座房子。故填eight。
⑽句意：当男孩子们最后离开鳄鱼屋的时候，村子里唱歌跳舞欢迎这些新的鳄鱼人。用副词修饰动词，故填finally。