题目内容
【题目】 My mother and I started our morning by rushing into the local grocery store. Befor long I began to wait in line at the counter w【1】 she was shopping around .
As I was standing there I noticed an elderly woman, w【2】 layers (层) upon layers of old torn clothES, moving behind me .
At some point I became a【3】 of her moving closer behind me .it was closer than I was comfortable with! Instinctively (本能地) I placed a hand over my purse and drew it closer to me. My f【4】 and imagination raced creating wild stories about this homeless woman who might try to steal from me.
Soon it was my turn to o【5】. As the cashier rang up my total, I was surprised to discover I was 37 cents s【6】 . I called to my mother but she was hard of hearing. She asked me to repeat what I said but she s【7】 couldn’t make me out. The cashier waited. I felt so embarrassed.
Suddenly, a long grey arm, with holes in its sleeves袖子, reached over from behind me. She l【8】 37 cents out on the counter, saying, "Here, We all need some help sometimes."
I was shocked! Here was a woman who clearly had very little to give and was in great n【9】 herself. I had judged her w【10】 and she had reached out, voluntarily, to help me!
What an amazing gift and lesson this woman gave me .
【答案】
【1】while
【2】wearing
【3】afraid
【4】fear
【5】order
【6】short
【7】still
【8】laid
【9】need
【10】wrongly
【解析】
本文作者讲述自身的故事,告诉我们不可以貌取人。作者和母亲一起购物时,发现自己的身后有一个衣衫褴褛女人。他很害怕,认为这个女人会偷他的东西。他的脑海里勾画一个关于这个无家可归的女人可能试图从我这里偷东西的疯狂故事。后来作者付款时,发现缺少37美分,这个衣衫褴褛的女人把37美分放在柜台上,并说:“这儿,我们有时候都需要帮助。”
这个女人给了作者很大教训:不要以貌取人。
【1】句意:很久以前,当她在附近购物时,我开始在柜台排队等候。while:当…时候,表示一段时间,后面的从句一般使用进行时态。结合句意和首字母提示可知答案是while。
【2】句意:当我站在那里的时候,我注意到一个老妇人,穿着一层又一层的旧衣服,在我身后移动。本词是现在分词作后置定语;wear:穿,戴,及物动词,也是延续性动词,现在分词是wearing。结合句意和首字母提示可知答案是wearing。
【3】句意: 在某个时候,我开始害怕她在我身后走得更近。become:变得,系动词,后面跟形容词做表语。短语be afraid of:开始害怕…,变得害怕…;结合句意和首字母提示可知答案是afraid。
【4】句意:我的恐惧和想像力竞相创造了一个关于这个无家可归的女人可能试图从我这里偷东西的疯狂故事。根据上文it was closer than I was comfortable with! Instinctively (本能地) I placed a hand over my purse and drew it closer to me.(它比我想象的要近!我本能地把一只手放在我的钱包上,把它拉得更靠近我。)可知“我”很恐惧。形容词性物主代词My后面修饰名词;fear:恐惧,害怕,不可数名词。结合句意和首字母提示可知答案是fear。
【5】句意:很快轮到我订购了。It’s one’s turn to do sth.:该轮到…做某事了;order:订购,订货。根据第1段可知在杂货店购物;结合句意和首字母提示可知答案是order。
【6】句意:当收银员记下我的总数时,我惊讶地发现我少了37美分。short缺少,短,矮;37 cents short:少37美分。结合句意和首字母提示可知答案是short。
【7】句意:她让我重复我说的话,但她还是认不出来。根据上文I called to my mother but she was hard of hearing.(我对着母亲大喊,但她听力不好。)可知此句“她让我重复我说的话,但她还是认不出我来。”still:还是,仍然。结合句意和首字母提示可知答案是still。
【8】句意:她把37美分放在柜台上,说:“这儿,我们有时候都需要帮助。”本文是讲述过去发生的故事,时态是一般过去时。lay:放,放置;过去式是laid。结合句意和首字母提示可知答案是laid。
【9】句意:这是一个显然没有什么东西可给予的女人,她自己也非常需要。短语 in great need:非常需要的,急需的。结合句意和首字母提示可知答案是need。
【10】句意:我误判了她,她主动伸出援助之手!本词修饰动词judged可知填副词;wrongly:错误地,judge wrongly:误判,错误地判断。结合句意和首字母提示可知答案是wrongly。
根据首字母提示用单词的正确形式补全短文题,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。
【题目】 近年来,随着智能手机的普及,越来越多的学生开始使用手机来完成家庭作业。这引发了学生们是否喜欢用app学习的讨论,为此,英文报Teens 将在下期开设专栏讨论这一话题,你采访了一些同学,写了一篇题为“Would you like to study on apps?”的报道。内容如下:
支持者 | 反对者 |
学生们可以经常利用手机操练说英语。 | 自从使用手机以来,视力变差。 |
一个理由……(1-2句) | 一个理由……(1-2句) |
你喜欢在用app学习吗?给出你的理由……(2-3句) | |
1.短文需包括所有内容要点,要求语句通顺,意思连贯;
2.省略号后展开合理想象;
3.词数90个左右,短文开头已经给出,不计入总词数;
4.短文必须写在答题卷对应的位置上,写在试卷其他部位无效。
Would you like to study on apps?
Smartphones are becoming more and more popular nowadays, more and more students like to use them to study.