Question

【題目】

閱讀短文，從方框中選擇適當(dāng)?shù)脑~并用其正確形式填空，使短文通順、意思完整。每空限填一詞，每詞限用一次。

mean, children, up, Peggy, ask, while, bear, she, second, happy

Peggy is a lovely girl, she is only ten but she likes reading and thinking. One evening, while 【1】mom was preparing dinner, Peggy came into the kitchen and 【2】, “Mom, what is puberty (青春期)?”

When mom heard the question, 【3】 stopped cooking and looked at her daughter in surprise. She wasn’t sure how to answer the question. Mom thought for a few 【4】 and then she said to Peggy kindly, “Peggy, why not look the word 【5】 in the dictionary? After that, we can talk about it, OK?”

Peggy agreed and left the kitchen 【6】. Half an hour later, she returned with a thick dictionary in her hand. Her mom asked her what the dictionary said.

“Puberty 【7】,” answered Peggy, “the earliest age at which a girl is able to bear 【8】.”

“What do you think of that?” her mom asked.

“I’m not sure really,” Peggy replied. “I have always been able to 【9】 children. It’s adults who I can’t bear at all.”

In English, the word “bear” can have several meanings. 【10】 in the dictionary, “bear” means “to give birth to a child”. But clearly, Peggy was thinking about its other meaning — to endure (忍受) something.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Peggy’s

【2】asked

【3】she

【4】seconds

【5】up

【6】happily

【7】means

【8】children

【9】bear

【10】while

【解析】

本文是一則幽默的故事，講述了十歲的佩吉如何理解單詞“puberty（青春期）”在字典里的解釋。

【1】句意：一天晚上，佩吉的媽媽準(zhǔn)備晚飯的時(shí)候。

根據(jù)“while ____1____mom was preparing dinner”可知此處缺所有格，可推測(cè)出此處是“佩吉的”，故答案為Peggy’s。

【2】句意：佩吉走進(jìn)廚房，問(wèn)道:“媽媽，什么是青春期?”

根據(jù)“Mom, what is puberty”可知佩吉問(wèn)了一個(gè)問(wèn)題，可推測(cè)出此處是“問(wèn)”，文章是一般過(guò)去時(shí)，所以此處也是一般過(guò)去時(shí)。故答案為asked。

【3】句意：她停了下來(lái)，驚訝地看著她的女兒。

根據(jù)“___3____ stopped cooking and looked at her daughter in surprise.”可知從句缺主語(yǔ)，可推測(cè)出此處是“she”，故答案為she。

【4】句意：媽媽想了一會(huì)兒，然后和藹地對(duì)佩吉說(shuō)。

根據(jù)“a few”可知缺名詞復(fù)數(shù)，可推測(cè)出此處是“seconds”，故答案為seconds。

【5】句意：佩吉，為什么不查字典呢?

look up表示“查閱”，根據(jù)“in the dictionary”可知字典，可推測(cè)出此處是“查閱”，所以用“up”，故答案為up。

【6】句意：佩吉同意了，高興地離開(kāi)了廚房。

根據(jù)“Peggy agreed”可知佩吉同意了，可推測(cè)出此處是“高興地離開(kāi)了廚房”，此處用副詞修飾動(dòng)詞，所以用“happily”，故答案為happily。

【7】句意：“青春期的意思是，”佩吉回答說(shuō)，“一個(gè)女孩能忍受孩子的最早年齡。”

根據(jù)“the earliest age at which a girl is able to bear children”可知一個(gè)女孩能忍受孩子的最早年齡，可推測(cè)出此處是解釋意思，所以用“mean”，主語(yǔ)是“Puberty”，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞動(dòng)用動(dòng)詞三單，故答案為means。

【8】句意：一個(gè)女孩能忍受孩子的最早年齡。

根據(jù)下文“I have always been able to bear children.”可知我已經(jīng)能夠忍受孩子了，可推測(cè)出此處是“孩子”，故答案為children。

【9】句意：我已經(jīng)能夠忍受孩子了。

根據(jù)上一句“the earliest age at which a girl is able to bear children”可知一個(gè)女孩能忍受孩子的最早年齡，可推測(cè)出此處是“忍受”，故答案為bear。

【10】句意：而在字典里，“bear”的意思是“生孩子”。

根據(jù)“In English, the word “bear” can have several meanings.”可知在英語(yǔ)中，“bear”這個(gè)詞可以有幾個(gè)意思，可推測(cè)出兩句話之間是轉(zhuǎn)折，所以是“while”，放句首，需大寫(xiě)。故答案為While。

選詞填空題需要根據(jù)句子大意并結(jié)合備選詞來(lái)確定空缺處所需詞語(yǔ)。本題中所給詞語(yǔ)都是需要變化形式，對(duì)于學(xué)生而言比較難。如第2小題，根據(jù)句意可推出是佩吉問(wèn)了一個(gè)問(wèn)題，用備選詞ask合適，全文是一般過(guò)去時(shí)，所以此處也是一般過(guò)去時(shí)，把ask變?yōu)?/span>asked即可。