Question

【题目】短文填空
Once upon a time, there was a man from the State of Chu who loved his sword very much. One day, he was sitting in a boat preparing (cross) a river, when he accidentally (drop) his sword into the water. The people on board reminded him that he should go into the water to find his beloved sword back. The man felt (anxiety), too., he turned a deaf ear to that. And instead, he (immediate) took out a knife and made a notch(刻痕) on the side of the boat his dear sword fell. The people wondered why he did so. He said proudly the notch could help get his sword back. Shortly after the (arrive) at the shore, he entered the water just beneath the notch he made. After rather a long time, he returned empty-handed. Without doubt, he was laughed at in public and his story became well-known joke in China.
Today the idiom (relate) to the story is used to describe a person who stick strict rules without considering a changing environment.

Answer 1

【答案】to cross；dropped；anxious；However；immediately；where；arrival；a；related；to
【解析】本文叙述的故事是刻舟求剑。这个故事形容只会刻板地遵守规则，不懂变通的人。
①固定搭配：prepare to do sth.准备做某事，故填to cross。
②固定句式：was/were doing sth. when+主语+过去时，表示“正在做某事这时……”。此处用一般过去时态，故填dropped。注意双写。
③句意：这个人也感到焦虑。连系动词后面用形容词作表语，故填anxious。
④句意：岸上的人们提醒他去水里把剑找出来，这个人也感到焦虑。然而，他对那件事充耳不闻。根据句意可知，此处表示转折，因为后面有逗号，故填However。注意大写开头。
⑤副词修饰动词，故填immediately。
⑥此处a notch是先行词，在后面的定语从句中作地点状语，故填where。
⑦定冠词the用在名词前面，故填arrival。
⑧句意：这个故事在中国变成了一个著名的笑话。故填a。
⑨此处是过去分词作后置定语，be related to与……有关，故填related。
⑩固定搭配：stick to坚持，故填to。