Question

【題目】選詞填空。

Last week I went to an art show. A painting caught my eyes. To my amazement, it was painted by Steven, one of my 1 . Then many things about him came into my mind.

Steven was from a poor family. His parents 2 not afford to buy him some basic things that he needed. Once our school provided gloves for poor children. I put Steven’s name on the list. He was so 3 when he received a pair. He loved to wear them and they were always 4 than anybody else’s.

Steven had a talent for painting and he could 5 understand what I described in class. But he didn’t have money to buy the paper for painting. So sometimes I 6 him some. He practiced hard and I often show his paintings to the class. He was greatly 7 .

One day just before the summer vacation, he came to 8 some art books. When the new term began, he showed some of 9 paintings to me. I felt shocked. They were good. Then we talked a lot. He said he would keep on.

Later he was admitted to a famous art university. After graduation, he had many difficulties, but he never gave up. He was always 10 his best to improve himself.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】students

【2】could

【3】happy

【4】cleaner

【5】easily

【6】gave

【7】encouraged

【8】borrow

【9】his

【10】trying

【解析】

【文章大意】作者的一個(gè)學(xué)生Steve來自一個(gè)貧窮的家庭，但是他有畫畫的天賦，他很努力地練習(xí)，作者也經(jīng)常在課堂上表揚(yáng)他、鼓勵(lì)他，于是他更加努力地練習(xí)。最后他上了一所著名的大學(xué)。

【1】句意：令我吃驚的是，它是Steve——我的一個(gè)學(xué)生畫的。one of...表示……之一，后面跟名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式。故填students。

【2】句意：他的父母負(fù)擔(dān)不起給他買他需要的基本的東西。could是can的過去式，根據(jù)文意可知，這篇短文用的是一般過去時(shí)態(tài)，故填could，couldn’t afford to do sth.買不起，負(fù)擔(dān)不起。

【3】句意：當(dāng)他收到一副手套的時(shí)候他非常開心。happy開心的，高興的。根據(jù)文意可知，Steve來自一個(gè)貧窮的家庭，因此當(dāng)他收到一副手套時(shí)，他非常的開心。

【4】句意：他很喜歡戴這副手套，他的手套總是比別人的更干凈。cleaner是clean的比較級形式，根據(jù)句意和句中的than可知，這里是把Steve的手套跟其他學(xué)生的手套相比。

【5】句意：Steve有畫畫的天賦，他能輕易就理解我在課堂上描述的內(nèi)容。easily副詞，在句中作狀語修飾動(dòng)詞could understand。

【6】句意：但是他沒有錢買畫紙，因此有時(shí)候我給他一些。gave 是give的過去式形式，根據(jù)文意可知，這篇短文使用的是一般過去時(shí)態(tài)，故填gave。

【7】句意：他練習(xí)得很努力，我經(jīng)常把他的畫展示給學(xué)生們看，他受到了很大的鼓勵(lì)。encouraged是過去分詞，這句話使用的是被動(dòng)語態(tài)，故填encouraged。

【8】句意：就在暑假之前的一天，他來借一些美術(shù)書。borrow借，根據(jù)句意可知這里是動(dòng)詞不定式作目的狀語，故填動(dòng)詞原形。

【9】句意：當(dāng)新學(xué)期開始的時(shí)候，他把他的一些畫展示給我。his他的，形容詞性物主代詞，修飾空后的名詞paintings。

【10】句意：他總是盡他的最大努力去提高他自己。try one’s best to do sth.盡某人最大努力去做某事。這句話用的是過去進(jìn)行時(shí)態(tài)，故填trying。