Question

【題目】用括號中所給動詞的正確形式填空，使短文完整。

Vikings were very strong and were good at 【1】 (fight). They【2】 (take) control of England, Scotland, Ireland and even Russia in the late 8'h century. Vikings were also great explorers. Leif Ericsson is believed to be the first European【3】 (reach) Canada', in his long boat, This was 500 years before famous explorer Christopher Columbus arrived there. Vikings stopped【4】 (attack) other cities about 1,000 years ago.

Now their descendents (后裔)【5】 (live) in Scandinavia, Russia and Europe.

Influenced by their courage and wisdom, some movie characters are Vikings. For example, the popular character, Thor,【6】 (base) on a Viking. And the leading character Hiccup in the 2010 US cartoon film Train Your Dragon is also a Viking.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】fighting

【2】took

【3】to reach

【4】attacking

【5】live/are living

【6】is based

【解析】短文大意：短文介紹了斯堪的納維亞人（維京人）的發(fā)展歷史，維京人身體強(qiáng)壯，擅長打斗。他們在八世紀(jì)底控制了英國、蘇格蘭、愛爾蘭甚至俄羅斯。維京人也是偉大的探險家，雷夫·埃里克森被認(rèn)為是歐洲第一個到達(dá)加拿大的維京人。現(xiàn)在他們的后代生活在斯堪的納維亞，俄羅斯和歐洲。

【1】句意：維京人身體很強(qiáng)壯，擅長打斗。be good at doing sth.擅長做某事，故答案為fighting。

【2】句意：他們在八世紀(jì)末期控制了英國、蘇格蘭、愛爾蘭甚至俄羅斯。根據(jù)時間狀語“in the late 8th century.”判斷，句子的時態(tài)為一般過去時，故答案為took。

【3】句意：雷夫·埃里克森被認(rèn)為是歐洲人第一個到達(dá)加拿大的。the first one to do sth.第一個做某事的人，故答案為to reach。

【4】句意：維京人大約在1000年前停止攻擊其他城市。stop doing sth.停止做某事，故答案為attacking。

【5】句意：現(xiàn)在他們的后代生活在斯堪的納維亞，俄羅斯和歐洲。Now是描述現(xiàn)在的情況，時態(tài)為一般現(xiàn)在時或現(xiàn)在進(jìn)行時，故答案為live/are living。

【6】句意：例如，一個受歡迎的角色托爾是基于一個維京人。be based on基于，結(jié)合句意可知，答案為is based。