Question

【题目】选词填空根据短文内容，从下面方框中选择恰当的单词，并用其正确形式填空。每词只能用一次，有两个是多余项。

secret enjoy afford good gift see except share

Christmas Is for Love

Christmas is for joy, for giving and 【1】 , for reuniting with family and friends. But mostly, Christmas is for love. I didn't know this until I received a wonderful gift one Christmas.

Mark was an 11-year-old orphan（孤儿）who lived with his aunt. I hadn't noticed Mark until he began staying after class each day to help me clean our classroom. We didn't talk much, but 【2】 the quiet hours of the day. When we did talk, Mark spoke mostly of his mother. Though he was quite little when she died, he remembered her as a kind, gentle, loving woman who always spent a lot of time with him.

As Christmas drew near, Mark stopped staying after school. I had always looked forward to 【3】 him. One afternoon, as he was leaving our classroom, I stopped him and asked why he hadn't been staying around to help me clean. I told him how I had missed him and explained how he had been my best helper. "I was making you a surprise," he whispered 【4】. "It's for Christmas." After saying that, he became embarrassed and rushed out of the room. He didn't stay after school anymore after that.

Finally, the last school day before Christmas came. Mark gave me a tiny box. I opened the wooden box and found nothing in it. I held the empty box and asked gently, "What is this, Mark?"

"It's love," he whispered softly, "and mother always said it's the 【5】 when you give it away." And he turned and quietly left the room.

Yes, Christmas is for good and wonderful 【6】 . But mostly, Christmas is for love.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】sharing

【2】enjoyed

【3】seeing

【4】secretly

【5】best

【6】gifts

【解析】

本文通过讲述一个小男孩马克，是一个孤儿，帮助老师和给老师送圣诞礼物的故事，告诉我们，圣诞节不仅仅是一个分享和团聚的日子，更是一个有爱的日子。

【1】句意：圣诞节是为了快乐，给与和分享，为了和家人和朋友团聚。

由“giving and” 可知，giving是给与，and前后并列，所以空格处为含有给与的含义，为动词分享share，giving为-ing形式，故填sharing。

【2】句意：我们没有谈论太多，但是我们享受了这天的安静的时光。

由“We didn't talk much, but我们没有谈论太多，但是，可知，but表示转折，虽然没有说太多的话，但是还是享受了安静的时光。quiet为安静的，did表示过去式，故填enjoyed。

【3】句意：我一直向往着看到他。

由下文“asked why he hadn't been staying around”问他为什么不待在这里了，可知，我是想见到他的，再由“look forward to doing sth”向往做某事，故填seeing。

【4】句意：“我在给你制造一个惊喜”，他秘密地低语。

由“After saying that, he became embarrassed and rushed out of the room.他变得很尴尬，冲出了教室。可知，他是秘密地跟我说，不想别人听见。空格处修饰动词whispered，用副词形式，故填secretly。

【5】句意：“是爱”,他轻轻地低语，“妈妈总是说当你把它给出去的时候是最好的。”

由the加形容词最高级，爱当你给出去的时候，是最好的礼物，故填best。

【6】句意：是的，圣诞节是为了好的和很棒的礼物的。

由上文“I received a wonderful gift one Christmas”我收到过一个非常棒的圣诞节礼物，可知，在圣诞节会有礼物，并且不是一个礼物，故填gifts。

这道题比较难，因为不仅要匹配单词和空格，还有两个迷惑的选项，这道题对学生的要求很高。首先学生需要把单词的意思都弄懂，然后通读全文，通过对上下文的理解，确定空格处的意思。对迷惑选项进行排除。第二步则是根据语法规则将空格处进行变形。例如一般过去时，副词修饰动词，the加形容词最高级等，对学生来说是一个比较大的挑战。