Question

【题目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable words（在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺。每空格限填一词首字母已给）

Each Indian tribe（部落） had different language. Many Indians never learned any language e【1】 their own. Do you know how Indians from different tribes talked to each other？They had two ways to talk without sound. One way was by sign language; the other was by signals.

Sign language is way talking by signs. Indians used it when they met strangers. In this way, they could find out w【2】 the stranger was a friend or an enemy. Indians usually used signals when they wanted to send messages to someone far away. To make signals, an Indian might use a pony（小马）. He might use a blanket. Or he might use smoke, a mirror or fire arrows.

To signal that he had seen many animals, an Indian r【3】 his pony in a large circle. Sometimes the Indian gave a signal like this and then went away to hide. This meant that there was danger.

The blanket signal was visible from far away. An Indian held two c【4】 of a blanket in his hands. Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front of him. An Indian could send many different signals with his blanket.

He could also send many signals with a mirror to w【5】 someone of danger or to get the attention of a person far away. But he also used it to send message in code. Of course, mirrors could be used o【6】 when the sun was shining. At night, Indians use fire arrows for signaling.

An Indian also sent signals with smoke. He made a small fire of dry wood. Then he put grass or green branches on it. He held a blanket over the fire for a minute. When her r【7】 the blanket from the fire, there was a cloud of smoke. The number of clouds of smoke told his message in code.

Now you can see that Indians didn’t need to learn each other’s language. They could talk to one another by using signals or sign language.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】except

【2】whether

【3】rode

【4】corners

【5】warn

【6】only

【7】removed

【解析】

本文主要讲了印第安人的每个部落都有自己的语言，以及各部落之间的交流方式。

【1】句意：许多印度人除了自己的语言外，从不学习任何语言。

根据文章最后一段Now you can see that Indians didn’t need to learn each other’s language. “现在你可以看到，印度人不需要学习彼此的语言。”由此推断“除了自己的语言外，从不学习任何语言。”，根据首字母提示用except“除…之外”，故答案为except。

【2】句意：这样，他们就可以知道陌生人是朋友还是敌人。

根据a friend or an enemy，可知意思为“是朋友还是敌人”， 所以用whether...or “是...还是...”，故答案为whether。

【3】句意：为了发出他看到许多动物的信号，一个印第安人骑着他的矮种马转一个大圈。

根据空后的his pony“他的小马”，可知意思为“骑马”用动词ride，根据To signal that he had seen many animals用过去完成时，可知先看见动物，然后用骑马的方式发信号，所以“骑马”用一般过去式，ride的过去式为rode，故答案为rode。

【4】句意：一个印第安人手里拿着毯子的两个角。

根据Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front of him. “然后他开始在身前挥舞毯子从一边到另一边。”，可知手里拿着毯子的角，角corner，由空前的two，可知用复数形式corners，故答案为corners。

【5】句意：他也能用镜子发出许多信号。它通常用镜子提醒某人有危险。或者他试图引起在远处的某人的注意力。

根据首字母提示及空后的…someone of danger，可知用warn sb. of sth.“警告某人某事”，由空前的to，可知此处用动词不定式to warn，表示目的“为了警告”，所以用动词原形，故答案为warn。

【6】句意：当然，只有当太阳照耀时，镜子才能使用。

根据常识：只有当太阳照耀时，才能利用镜子反光发出信号，所以用only“只有，仅仅”，故答案为only。

【7】句意：当他把毯子从火上移开时，就有一团烟雾（冒出来了）。

根据上句He held a blanket over the fire for a minute.“他把毯子盖在火上一分钟.”，可知然后把毯子移走，there was a cloud of smoke.就有烟雾冒出，根据首字母，可知用remove“移走，拿走”，由there was a cloud of smoke.为过去时，所以此处用过去式removed，故答案为removed。