Question

阅读短文,在其后空白处写出各单词的正确形式。单词的第一个字母已经给出。
A disappointing performance
Tom was sick with disappointment. The piano performance was almost a success, however, he f 小题1: in his solo(独奏). He couldn’t understand how it could have happened.
He had practiced for weeks that seemed like m  小题2:. He had given up sports until after the performance because he wanted to make his parents p 小题3: of him. He spent all his time with the piano.
His teacher had said he was q 小题4: to learn. It was true that he accepted music as another l 小题5:, another way to talk to people.
His grandparents, aunt, and uncle all came to hear him play, and he was anxious to s 小题6: them that he was the best in the whole class.
But, when he stood up to go to the piano, his knees felt w 小题7:. He looked into the audience and saw his f 小题8: smiling back at him.
At this time, he felt n 小题9:. His fingers began to tremble (颤抖), shaking as though he had caught a bad cold.
He sat down at the piano. He took a deep breath. He played the first part of his music, then realized with fear that he had forgotten the rest. He s 小题10:over, thinking that would help. It didn’t. his bright musical life seemed to end.

Answer 1

小题1:failed
小题2:months
小题3:proud
小题4:quick
小题5:language
小题6:show
小题7:weak
小题8:family
小题9:nervous
小题10:started

试题分析：这篇短文主要记述了一次失败的演出。主人公汤姆由于上台后很紧张，尽管准备的很充分，但是这次演出效果也不是很好。
小题1:考查动词。本句意思为“然而他在独奏表演中失败了”，本题需要注意到“however”前面的“success”，“however”表示转折，所以此空应填入“success”相反意思的词。“失败”的动词形式为“fail”, 再观察时态为一般过去时，故答案为“failed”考查动词。
小题2:考查名词。本句意思为“他训练了几周的时间，这几周就似乎几个月。”通过前面的 “weeks”和 “seem like”，不难想出此空填 “月份”这个单词。需要注意要用复数形式。故答案为“months”
小题3:考查形容词。本句意思为“他想要使他的家长为他感到自豪”。考查固定搭配“be proud of”“对.....感到自豪”
小题4:考查形容词。本句意思为“他的老师说他学得很快。” “be quick to do”表示“做某事很快”。
小题5:考查名词。本句意思为“事实上是他看待音乐如另一门语言，另一种同人们谈话的方式。”重点关注another这个词，表示 “另一...”，所以“language”用单数，当然通过句意，也可知道此处应用单数。
小题6:考查名词。本句意思为“他急于向他们展示他是全班最好的。”通过句意，得知此处填“show”，“展示，显示”的意思。另外，“be anxious to do sth. 急于做某事”，故用动词原形show。
小题7:考查形容词。首先通过felt得知此处应填入形容词。通过下一段的“tremble 颤抖”，得知此时Tom很紧张，所以他的膝盖感到虚弱，即紧张得腿发软的意思。故填“weak”。
小题8:考查名词。本句意思为“他观察着台下的观众，看到他的家人对着他微笑。”本题需看到前文的“他的爷爷，阿姨和叔叔都前来听他的演奏”得知此空填“家人family”一词。
小题9:考查形容词。首先通过felt得知此处应填入形容词, 第82题提到，他的腿发软了，同时后文有“tremble 颤抖”，都可以说明他很紧张，故此空填入nervous。
小题10:考查动词。本题考查短语“start over 重新开始”。本句意思为“他重新开始，认为这样做应该会有帮助。”另外注意时态为一般过去时，故填入“started”。
点评：首字母一直是英语考试中的难点，得分率比较低。解答此类题型的方法一般就是根据文章前后句子之间意思推断出词义，并结合首字母推断出所缺单词，然后根据该单词在句子中的句子成分，所起作用，确定单词词形，进行适当词形变化。注意动词，名词等一般要有词形变化，注意主谓语数的一致问题。而介词则没有词形变化。在叙事性短文中，谓语动词多为一般过去时态及现在完成时态，说明性短文中谓语动词多为一般现在时态。