Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

One day, Nick invited his friends to supper. He was cooking some delicious food in the kitchen. Suddenly, he 【1】 (find) that he had run out of salt. So Nick called to his son, “Go to the village and buy some salt, but pay a fair price for it: neither too much 【2】 too little.”

His son looked surprised. “I can understand why shouldn’t pay too much, Father, but if I can pay less, 【3】 not save a bit of money?”

“That would be a very 【4】 (reason) thing to do in a big city, but it could destroy a small village like ours,” Nick said.

Nick’s guest, 【5】 had heard their conversation, asked why they should not buy salt more cheaply if they could. Nick replied, “The only reason a man would sell salt 【6】 a lower price would be because he was desperate for money. And anyone who took advantage of that situation would be showing a lack of respect 【7】 the sweat and struggle of the man who worked very hard to produce it.”

“But such a small thing couldn’t 【8】 (possible) destroy a village.”

“In the beginning, there was only 【9】 very small amount of unfairness in the world, but everyone added a little, always 【10】 (think) that it was only small and not very important, and look where we have ended up today.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】found

【2】nor

【3】why

【4】reasonable

【5】who

【6】at

【7】for

【8】possibly

【9】a

【10】thinking

【解析】

【1】found 考查时态。句意：忽然，他发现盐用完了。全文主体时态为过去时，此处也用过去时。

【2】nor 考查固定句型。neither ...nor...既不…也不…。这里表示“既不多也不少”。

【3】why 考查连词。why not do sth. 为什么不做某事？句意：如果能少付点，为什么不省点钱呢？

【4】reasonable 考查形容词。reasonable合理的。

【5】who 考查定语从句的连词。先行词是Nick's guests，who在从句中作主语。

【6】at 考查介词。at a price 以……的价格。此题易错，主要是对这个搭配不熟悉。

【7】for 考查介词。show respect for sth.对某物表示尊敬。

【8】possibly 考查副词。修饰动词destroy，此题多数学生知道是填副词形式，但会错在没有去e变y,而是直接加ly。

【9】a 考查冠词。考查固定搭配。a small amount of sth.少量的。

【10】thinking 考查非谓语动词.动名词表伴随。此题的结构为A, B, and C，其中A,C用and 连接表并列，谓语动词形式须一致，但B多数用现在分词形式表伴随。