Question

【题目】Passage 1:

My daughter, Jane, never dreamed of receiving a letter from a girl of her own age in Holland. Last year, we were travelling across the 【1】 and Jane put a piece of paper with her name and address on it into a bottle . She 【2】 the bottle into the sea. She never thought of it again, but ten minutes later, she received a letter from a girl in Holland. Both girls write to each other 【3】 now. However, they have decided to use the post office. Letters will cost a little more, but they will certainly travel faster.

Passage 2:

I had a letter from my sister yesterday. She lives in Nigeria. In her letter , she said that she would come to England next year. If she comes, she will get a 【4】 . We are now living in a beautiful new house in the country. Work on it had begun 【5】 my sister left. The house was completed five months ago. In my letter, I told her that she could stay with us. The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks【6】 to some people. It 【7】 be the only modern house in the district.

Passage 3:

I enter the hotel manager’s office and sat down. I had just lost 50 and I felt very upset.‘I left the money in my room,’I said, ‘and it’s not there now.’The manager was

【8】 , but he could do nothing. ‘Everyone’s losing money these days,’he said. He started to complain about this wicked world but was 【9】 by a knock at the door. A girl came in and put an envelop on his desk. It contained 50 . ‘I found this【10】 this gentleman’s room,’she said. ‘Well,’I said to the manager, ‘there is still some honesty in this world! ’

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Channel

【2】threw

【3】regularly

【4】surprise

【5】before

【6】strange

【7】must

【8】sympathetic

【9】interrupted

【10】outside

【解析】三篇小短文分别讲述了三个不同的故事。第一篇讲述了女儿出海游玩，把写有姓名地址的瓶子扔进海里，却意外和一位来自HOolland的女孩成为了朋友。第二篇则以收到妹妹来信，向我们介绍了作者的房子。第三篇讲述了五十美元失而复得，作者感叹世上仍有诚实人。

请在此填写整体分析!

【1】根据后面she_____the bottle into the sea,把瓶子扔进大海，可以判断是穿越海峡。故填channel。

【2】把瓶子扔进大海，并且注意时态，整篇文章为一般过去式。故填threw。

【3】两个女孩现在定期给对方写信。故填regularly。

【4】根据文章意思，我妹妹上次离开时，房屋尚未完工，而这次过来，房屋已经建成，所以意思是这次来，她会有惊喜。故填surprise。

【5】根据文章意思，妹妹上次离开前，房屋就已动工。故填before。

【6】The house has many large rooms and there is a lovely garden. It is a very modern house, so it looks___6___ to some people. 花园很可爱，然而房子却很现代，所以对有些人来说有些奇怪。故填strange。

【7】一定是，表示肯定推测。故填must。

【8】根据文章意思，经理对我丢钱表示非常同情。故填sympathetic 。

【9】经理正在抱怨时，被敲门声音打断了。故填interrupted

【10】在门外发现了钱。故填outside。