Question

 

open, story, gift, hear, sing , invite, wonderful, rich, at once, wake up

 

You may know the song Happy Birthday very well. But do you know who 1. it first? It was written by a poor American girl. And now she has become a very 2. woman.

When she was a child, once she was 3. to her friend’s birthday party. She was pleased but also sad because she didn’t have enough money to buy a gift for him. Later that night she was in bed, worrying about the gift when the door 4. and in came her grandma. “What happened?” her grandma asked. Hearing the girl’s 5. , she said, “Don’t worry. I think I can help you. How about singing a song? Happy birthday to …” What a beautiful song! She sang and sang. Suddenly she 6. . It was a dream! She decided to write it down 7. and sing it to her friend at the party.

When she sang the song at the party the next day, her friend was very happy . “How 8. you sing! It is the most beautiful song that I have ever 9. before! Thank you for giving me the special 10. !” he said. And they learned to sing it together. Later the girl became well-known in America.

 

Answer 1

1.sang

2.rich

3.invited

4.opened

5.worry

6.woke up

7.at once

8.wonderfully

9.heard

10.gift

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了生日快乐歌的来历。有一个贫穷的美国女孩，她的朋友邀请她参加生日聚会，她没有钱买礼物，因此感到难过。她做梦梦见自己唱了一首动听的生日歌，醒来后，她马上写下来，并在朋友的聚会上唱了这首歌。大家都觉得这首歌非常好听，学习唱这首歌。后来这个女孩在美国出名了。

1. may know the song Happy Birthday very well.可知此处指的生日快乐歌，故用动词唱，根据时间副词first,可知此处用一般过去式，故为sang。句意：你知道谁先唱的这首歌？

2.根据Later the girl became well-known in America. 可知这个女孩出名了，因此她现在变得富有了，故此处为rich。句意：现在她成为了一个非常富有的妇女。

3.根据her friend’s birthday party 可知这是她朋友的生日聚会，故可知此处是被邀请参加聚会，故为invited。句意：当 她笑得时候，曾经被邀请参加她朋友的一个生日聚会。

4.根据in came her grandma.她祖母进来了，可知门开了，故用opened。句意：这时门开了，她的祖母进来了。

5.根据worrying about the gift 可知女孩担心礼物，故此处指的担心worry。句意：当听到女孩的担心，她说：“别担心。”

6.根据It was a dream!可知她做梦了，故此处她是醒来，故用woke up。句意：突然她醒了。

7.修饰动词短语write it down，用介词短语at once。句意：她决定马上写下来。

8.根据It is the most beautiful song that I have ever 9 before! 可知她唱得是最漂亮的歌，修饰动词sing，故用副词wonderfully。句意：她唱得多么精彩！

9.结合上文，女孩在唱歌，其他人在听，位于助动词have之后，故此处用过去分词heard。句意：这是我听过的最动听的歌。

10.结合上文，朋友在过生日，因此这个女孩唱了一首歌作为生日礼物，故此处为gift。句意：谢谢你给我的这个特殊的礼物。

考点：短文填空。