Question

【题目】缺词填空

Elizabeth lived with her six children in a small house. One winter, there was a big flood and quite a f【1】houses were washed away, but Elizabeth’s house was high e【2】to escape it. Elizabeth took in one of the families which had lost everything. She s【3】 her home until the family could build a new house. Elizabeth’s friends could not understand w【4】she wanted to give so much when she already had so many children to support.

“Well,” Elizabeth e【5】 to her friends, “at the end of World War I, there was a poor woman in a town in Germany. Her husband had been killed in the war and she had a lot of children, just l【6】 me now.” “The day before Christmas, this woman said to her children, ‘We won’t be able to have much for Christmas. I’m going to get just one p【7】for us all. Now I’ll go and get it.’ She came back w【8】a little girl who had no parents. ‘Here’s our present, ’she said to her own children." The children were more than excited to get such a present. They w【9】 the little girl warmly, and she g【10】up as their sister. I was that Christmas present.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 few

【2】 enough

【3】 shared

【4】 why

【5】 explained

【6】 like

【7】 present

【8】 with

【9】 welcomed

【10】 grew

【解析】

短文大意：本文主要讲述了伊丽莎白因得到别人的帮助而努力帮助别人的故事，教育人们要主动帮助他人。

【1】句意：有一年冬天，发生了一场大洪水，许多房子都被冲走了。quite a few相当多，后接复数名词；根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知填few。

【2】句意：但伊丽莎白的房子高得足以躲避洪水。enough to足以；根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知填enough。

【3】句意：她和那个家庭合住在她的房子里，直到他们能盖新房子为止。本句缺谓语动词，根据句意时态和首字母提示，可知填shared。

【4】句意：伊丽莎白的朋友们不明白，既然她已经有那么多孩子要抚养，为什么还要付出那么多。根据下文"Well," Elizabeth explained to her friends, 伊丽莎白向她的朋友解释说，结合首字母提示，可知朋友们不知道原因，故填why。

【5】句意：伊丽莎白向她的朋友解释说。本句缺谓语动词，根据上文Elizabeth’s friends could not understand why she wanted to give so much和首字母提示，可知这里解释了原因，故填explained。

【6】句意：她有很多孩子，就像我现在一样。like me像我一样，介词短语做状语；根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知填like。

【7】句意：我将为我们所有人准备一个礼物。根据下文‘Here’s our present, ’she said to her own children.和首字母提示，可知填present。

【8】句意：她带着一个没有父母的小女孩回来了。介词短语with a little girl做伴随状语，根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知填with。

【9】句意：他们热情地欢迎这个小女孩。本句缺谓语动词，warmly热情地，副词；根据句意时态和首字母提示，可知填welcomed。

【10】句意：她像他们的姐姐一样长大了。grow up长大；and连接并列结构，前后时态需一致；根据句意语境和首字母提示，可知填grew。

短文填空题，要求根据句意语境和首字母提示填充句子，使句意通顺，文意连贯。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。