Question

【题目】Recommend Oneself (毛遂自荐)

Long time ago, the king of the state of Zhao decided to send Mr. Ping Yuan to visit a foreign country. Mr. Ping Yuan wanted to pick twenty talented people from his 【1】 (follow) to go with him.

A man 【2】 (name) Mao Sui recommended himself to Mr. Ping Yuan. Mr. Ping Yuan did not know Mao Sui very well. He asked, "How long have you worked for me?" "For three years," Mao Sui answered. Mr. Ping Yuan said, "A talented person is like an awl (锥子) in a bag. You can always see the sharp end of the awl break the bag. You 【3】 (work) for me for three years. But I have never heard about you. Thus, I 【4】 (do) think you are a talented person.

"I think I am an awl. Please put me into your bag now. If the awl had had the chance to be put into the bag earlier, it would have broken the bag and 【5】 (fall) out of it," Mao Sui replied. On 【6】 (hear) this, Mr. Ping Yuan thought Ma lao Sui was an excellent person and agreed to choose him.

If you are confident about your talent, you can recommend 【7】 (you).

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】followers

【2】named

【3】have worked

【4】don't

【5】fallen

【6】hearing

【7】yourself.

【解析】

本文讲述了毛遂自荐的故事，并且作者通过这个故事告诉我们，如果你对你的才能有信心，你可以推荐你自己。

【1】

句意：平原君想从他的随从中挑选20个有才能的人跟他一起去。

his是形容词性物主代词，后接名词作宾语。根据括号内提示词，follow是动词，其对应的名词是follower。此处是从所有的随从中选出20个，所以用名词复数形式followers，故空格处填followers。故答案为followers。

【2】

句意：一个名叫毛遂的人把自己推荐给平原君。

根据句子结构，空格处修饰名词man，且与名词之间是被动关系，所以此空格填过去分词named作后置定语。故答案为named。

【3】

句意：你为我工作了三年。

for+一段时间，表示动作从过去某个时间开始一直延续到现在，并有继续下去的可能，句子用现在完成时has/have done的结构，主语you是第二人称，所以空格处填have worked。故答案为have worked。

【4】

句意：因此，我认为你不是一个有才能的人。

根据前文You have worked for me for three years. But I have never heard about you，可知，毛遂为平原君工作了三年，但是平原君从未听说过他，因此平原君认为他不是一个有才能的人。根据句子结构，此句是一个宾语从句，陈述的是客观事实，主句应用一般现在时。当主句的谓语动词是think，主语是第一人称时，从句的否定词要转移到主句上，所以空格处填don’t。故答案为don’t。

【5】

句意：如果锥子有机会早一点被放入袋子，它已经戳破了袋子并从里面掉出来。

and表并列关系，连接前后的词性保持一致。and前broken是过去分词，此空也用动词的过去分词fallen。故答案为fallen。

【6】

句意：听了这些，平原君认为毛遂是一个优秀的人，并同意选择他。

on是介词，后接动名词，hear是动词，其对应的动名词是hearing，所以空格处填hearing。故答案为hearing。

【7】

句意：如果你对你的才能有信心，你可以推荐你自己。

根据上文A man named Mao Sui recommended himself to Mr. Ping Yuan，可知，作者通过毛遂自荐的故事告诉我们，如果你对你的才能有信心，你可以推荐你自己，反身代词oneself表示“某人自己”，反身代词要与主语在人称上保持一致，句子的主语是you，所以空格处填yourself。故答案为yourself。