Question

短文填空

Reading is an activity that people enjoy a lot in their free time.

Some like reading newspapers and o___1.__ enjoy novels or comic(喜剧的)books. My f__2.___ books are those about the lives of great people. Reading them always gives me a lot of ideas on how to make my o___3.___ life better.

Great people are remembered not because they were handsome or beautiful, but because they did not give up w___4.___ their lives were difficult. They tried to use e___5.___ chance to change their lives and make the world better.

One good example is Orville and Wilbur Wright, the two brothers who invented the airplane. The plane has m___6.____ the world a small village. Hard work, not good luck, is the r___7.___ why the Wright Brothers could invent this convenient(方便的)machine and become great people. Today we will remember them when we see planes f___8.____ in the sky.

Whenever I read s___9.___ about great people, I always learn a lot from them and they encourage me to march on.

This is w___10.___ I enjoy reading about great people’s lives.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.others,

2.favourite

3.own

4.when

5.every

6.made

7.reason

8.flying

9.stories

10.why

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要描述了人们对于读书的不同爱好以及阅读对于我们生活的意义。

1.联系前文,可知此处指的是其他人喜欢小说或者笑话书.结合首字母可知填others,其他人.

2.结合语境可知此处指的是我最喜欢的书,根据首字母可知填形容词favourite,最喜欢的.

3.结合语境可知此处指的是我自己的生活,根据首字母可知填形容词own,自己的.

4.联系下文,可知此处指的是当他们的生活困难时,结合首字母可知填连词when当……时。

5.结合语境可知此处指的是他们尽力利用每个机会，结合首字母可知填every，每一个。

6.句意：飞机已经让世界变成了一个小村庄。联系前文助动词has及首字母可知填过去分词made，使得，让。

7.联系下文定语从句内容，可知此处指的是原因，结合首字母可知填reason，原因。

8.结合语境可知此处指的是飞机在填空飞翔，see sb doing看见某人做某事。结合首字母可知填现在分词flying，飞行。

9.结合语境可知此处指的是读到大人物们的故事。根据语境及首字母可知填复数名词stories，故事。

10.联系上下文可知句意为：这就是我为什么喜欢读关于大人物们的人生的书原因。结合语境及首字母可知填why，为什么。

考点：短文中词汇短语的运用能力

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。