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【题目】根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完善，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，完整第写出空缺处各单词的正确形式（每空一词)

A ceremony where boys become crocodile men

When does a teenager grow up and become an adult? In many countries, it h【1】 on your 18th birthday, but in some parts of the world, you have to do something special to e【2】the world of grown-ups.

On an Oceanian island, some people live near the Sepik River, which is full of crocodiles. They believe that crocodiles made the earth and its people. When it is time for t【3】 boys to become men, a “crocodile ceremony” takes place.

The boys are taken to small house c【4】 the “Crocodile Nest”. In the house, the boys are told to think of their crocodile “fathers and mothers”. Old people in the village say that if the boys think of their crocodile p【5】, they will be stronger and braver because the ceremony will cause great pain. To take their minds off the p【6】, the boys tell jokes in the house, rather than just stay s【7】. Surprisingly, some of the boys even sleep d【8】 the most painful parts of the ceremony! It will be eight weeks before they leave the house.

When the boys f【9】 leave the crocodile house, there is singing and dancing in the village to w【10】 the new crocodile men.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】happens

【2】enter

【3】teenage

【4】called

【5】parents

【6】pain

【7】silently

【8】during

【9】finally

【10】welcome

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。主要介绍了大洋洲一个岛上“鳄鱼成人”仪式的过程。

【1】句意：在一些国家，在你18岁的生日就发生了。

根据上文When does a teenager grow up and become an adult?（一般现在时）青少年什么时候长大为成年人呢。根据句意表示18岁就发生了。it是第三人称单数，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式。故答案填happens。

【2】句意：你要做一些特别的事情来进入成人世界。

根据the world of grown-ups可知是进入成人的世界。to后跟动词原形，故答案填enter。

【3】句意：青年男孩什么时候成为男人呢？一个“鳄鱼成人”就发生了。

根据第一句话When does a teenager grow up and become an adult?可知是青年人成年。故答案填teenage。

【4】句意：这些男孩被带去一个叫鳄鱼巢的小房间。

small house和the “Crocodile Nest”是被动关系，表示被叫做，call叫做。句子成分分析可知are taken是真正谓语，所以空格处要用非谓语形式。故答案填called。

【5】句意：村子里的老人说如果这些男孩们会想起他们的鳄鱼父母。

根据上文In the house, the boys are told to think of their crocodile “fathers and mothers”在房子里，男孩们被告诉要想起他们的鳄鱼爸爸妈妈。故这里填父母亲2人，复数形式。故答案填parents。

【6】句意：为了让他们的思想远离疼痛，男孩们在房间里讲笑话。

根据上文they will be stronger and braver because the ceremony will cause great pain.因为这个仪式会产生巨大的疼痛感所以他们会变得更强大和勇敢。故这里是疼痛的意思，pain是不可数名词。故答案填pain。

【7】句意：为了让他们的思想远离疼痛，男孩们在房间里讲笑话，而不是只沉默地呆着。

根据上文the boys tell jokes in the house讲笑话来代替沉默。动词stay后跟副词形式。沉默地silently。故答案填silently。

【8】句意：令人吃惊的是，在仪式最令人疼痛部分的时候有些男孩甚至睡着了。

根据句意和句子成分分析，some of the boys 主语，even sleep谓语 d___8___ the most painful parts of the ceremony!时间状语，所以空格处缺少引导时间状语的介词，在……期间。故答案填during。

【9】句意：当男孩们最终离开鳄鱼房间时。

When the boys主语， f___9___ leave谓语 the crocodile house宾语，所以空格地方缺少副词，表示最后。故答案填finally。

【10】句意：当男孩们最终离开鳄鱼房间时，村子里唱歌和跳舞来欢迎新的鳄鱼男人们。

根据there is singing and dancing歌声和舞蹈来欢迎，to后跟动词原形。故答案填welcome。

短文填空是英语中难度比较大的题目之一，不仅要考虑句子的意思，成分，时态之外，还要有大量的词汇基础。当对答案不确定时，可以根据上下文来核对答案。如第9题，在分析句子中成分齐全后，可以考虑副词，介词等。再理解文章后是，男人们历经艰辛终于离开了鳄鱼房间，所以考虑是时间副词。