Question

Chinese proverbs are rich and they are still widely used in Chinese people’s daily life.   31   these proverbs there are often interesting stories. For example, the proverb, “plucking up a crop   32  (help) it grow”, is based on the following story.

    It is said that a short—tempered man in the Song Dynasty (960—1279) was very anxious to help   33  rice crop grow up quickly. He was thinking about   34   day and night. But the crop was growing much slower than he expected.

    One day, he came up with an idea   35   he would pluck up all of his crop a few inches. He did so the next day.

    He was very tired   36   doing this for a whole day,   37   he felt very happy since the crop did “grow”  38  (high).

    His son heard about this and went to see the crop. Unfortunately the leaves of the crop began to wither.

This proverb is saying we have to let things go in their   39  (nature) course. Being too anxious to help an event develop often   40  (result) in the contrary to our intention.

Answer 1

31. Behind         32. to help          33. his          34. this                      35. that

36. after              37. but                38. higher    39. natural          40. results

解析:

意图：应用所学的语法知识，例如：介词，不定式，代词，连词，形容词比较级和名词。

答案解析：

31. Behind 这些谚语背后都有有趣的故事。

32. to help 不定式做目的状语。

33. his 让自己的水稻长得快。

34. this 想刚说过的事情用this.

35. that 同位语从句。

36. after 劳累一整天后疲劳。

37. but 根据逻辑关系应该用转折语气。

38. higher 和拔苗之前比较更高。

39. natural 词性变化，应该用形容词。

40. results  Being too anxious to help an event develop 做主语，谓语用单数；客观真理用一般现在时。