Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Today we talk about a word that is a feeling as well as a place. This word is “home.” Long ago in the 1700s, “home” was used as a verb, 【1】 (mean) “to be guided to a destination.” So, when you home in on something, you get 【2】 (close) to your target. For example, you could say, “Police are homing in on the suspects.” That is also where we get homing pigeons－pigeons that can find 【3】 (they) way home after being released.

But today, “home” is more often used as a noun. And it has a very emotional 【4】 (connect) for American English speakers. You can remember the meaning of the word by the expression “home is 【5】 the heart is.” That expression means home is anywhere you feel love and comfort. It is a place where you belong, and often a place you consider your origin. In other 【6】 (word), “home” is not 【7】 (simple) a building where you live—that’s a house. There is a big difference 【8】 a home and a house.

The writer, Thomas Wolfe, had 【9】 different idea about home. In 1940, his book “You Can’t Go Home Again” 【10】 (publish). Today we use this title to mean that the ideas and feelings that you had as a child often change when you are an adult. So, even if you return to the place where you grew up, time and distance have changed your perspective (观点).

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】meaning

【2】closer

【3】their

【4】connection

【5】where

【6】words

【7】simply

【8】between

【9】a

【10】was published

【解析】本文谈论的是关于一个既有一种感觉又是一个地方的单词。这个词是“
home。”文章叙述了这个词的来由及发展。

【1】考查现在分词。很久以前，在18世纪，“家”被用作动词，意思是“被引导到一个目的地”。此处“home”和mean之间是主动关系，所以用现在分词做伴随状态，故答案为meaning。

【2】考查比较级。当你在某件事上回家时，你会更接近你的目标。get closer to更靠近---，故答案为closer。

【3】考查形容词性物主代词。这也是我们得到归巢的鸽子的地方——鸽子在被释放后可以找到回家的路。此处way是名词，用形容词修饰名词，故答案为their。

【4】考查名词。它对美国的说英语的人有一种情感上的联系。此处emotional是形容词，修饰名词，故答案为connection。

【5】考查表语从句。你可以记住这个词的意思，“家是心所在的地方”。结合句意，此处is后面是where引导的表语从句，故答案为where。

【6】考查固定结构。In other words换句话说，故答案为words。

【7】考查副词。“家”不仅仅是你住的房子——那是一个家庭。此处副词修饰整个句子，故答案为simply。

【8】考查介词。家和房子之间有很大的区别。between---and---，---和---之间---，故答案为between。

【9】考查不定冠词。作家托马斯沃尔夫对家有一个不同的看法。“一个不同的看法”，故答案为a。

【10】考查被动语态。根据in 1940，再根据句子主语his book和publish之间是被动关系，可知句子用一般过去时态的被动语态，故答案为was published。