Question

【题目】选词填空。

Last week I went to an art show. A painting caught my eyes. To my amazement, it was painted by Steven, one of my 1 . Then many things about him came into my mind.

Steven was from a poor family. His parents 2 not afford to buy him some basic things that he needed. Once our school provided gloves for poor children. I put Steven’s name on the list. He was so 3 when he received a pair. He loved to wear them and they were always 4 than anybody else’s.

Steven had a talent for painting and he could 5 understand what I described in class. But he didn’t have money to buy the paper for painting. So sometimes I 6 him some. He practiced hard and I often show his paintings to the class. He was greatly 7 .

One day just before the summer vacation, he came to 8 some art books. When the new term began, he showed some of 9 paintings to me. I felt shocked. They were good. Then we talked a lot. He said he would keep on.

Later he was admitted to a famous art university. After graduation, he had many difficulties, but he never gave up. He was always 10 his best to improve himself.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】students

【2】could

【3】happy

【4】cleaner

【5】easily

【6】gave

【7】encouraged

【8】borrow

【9】his

【10】trying

【解析】

【文章大意】作者的一个学生Steve来自一个贫穷的家庭，但是他有画画的天赋，他很努力地练习，作者也经常在课堂上表扬他、鼓励他，于是他更加努力地练习。最后他上了一所著名的大学。

【1】句意：令我吃惊的是，它是Steve——我的一个学生画的。one of...表示……之一，后面跟名词的复数形式。故填students。

【2】句意：他的父母负担不起给他买他需要的基本的东西。could是can的过去式，根据文意可知，这篇短文用的是一般过去时态，故填could，couldn’t afford to do sth.买不起，负担不起。

【3】句意：当他收到一副手套的时候他非常开心。happy开心的，高兴的。根据文意可知，Steve来自一个贫穷的家庭，因此当他收到一副手套时，他非常的开心。

【4】句意：他很喜欢戴这副手套，他的手套总是比别人的更干净。cleaner是clean的比较级形式，根据句意和句中的than可知，这里是把Steve的手套跟其他学生的手套相比。

【5】句意：Steve有画画的天赋，他能轻易就理解我在课堂上描述的内容。easily副词，在句中作状语修饰动词could understand。

【6】句意：但是他没有钱买画纸，因此有时候我给他一些。gave 是give的过去式形式，根据文意可知，这篇短文使用的是一般过去时态，故填gave。

【7】句意：他练习得很努力，我经常把他的画展示给学生们看，他受到了很大的鼓励。encouraged是过去分词，这句话使用的是被动语态，故填encouraged。

【8】句意：就在暑假之前的一天，他来借一些美术书。borrow借，根据句意可知这里是动词不定式作目的状语，故填动词原形。

【9】句意：当新学期开始的时候，他把他的一些画展示给我。his他的，形容词性物主代词，修饰空后的名词paintings。

【10】句意：他总是尽他的最大努力去提高他自己。try one’s best to do sth.尽某人最大努力去做某事。这句话用的是过去进行时态，故填trying。