Question

【題目】Fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順，每空格限填一詞，首字母已給）

Thirty engineers were working as a team in a company. They were young and e【1】 to learn. The management decided to teach them about finding real solutions to problems. One day, the team was called for a game in a hall. They were quite surprised and all reached the hall holding v【2】 thoughts. As they entered, they found a box placed in the center, full of flat balloons.

The manager asked everyone to pick a balloon and how it up. Then they were asked to write their names on their respective（各自的）balloons c【3】 so that the balloons wouldn’t blow out. All tried, but not everyone was successfully. Five balloons blew out due to pressure（壓力）.Those who failed to m【4】 their names on the balloons were ruled out of the game. As a result, 25 engineers came to the next level. All the balloons carrying their names were collected and then put it into a room, here and there.

The engineers were told to p【5】 the balloon with his or her names on. All the 25 engineers began to search for the respective balloons in a rush. It was almost 15 minutes but no one was able to find the right one. The second level of the game was over. Then came the final level. The engineers were asked to pick any balloon and give it to the person named on the balloon. Within a c【6】 of minutes, all balloons reached the hands of the respective engineers.

The manager announced this was the real solution to the problem. Many times in our life, s【7】 and helping others give us real solutions to problems.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】eager

【2】various

【3】carefully

【4】mark

【5】pick

【6】couple

【7】sharing

【解析】

本文主要講述的是關(guān)于協(xié)作的事情。一件事我們或許做起來(lái)很難，但是如果和別人一起做，相互幫助，就會(huì)事半功倍。

【1】句意：他們年輕，渴望學(xué)習(xí)。

根據(jù)“The management decided to teach them about finding real solutions to problems.”管理層決定教他們?nèi)绾握业浇鉀Q問(wèn)題的真正辦法�？芍�，這30名工程師應(yīng)該是渴望學(xué)習(xí)。再結(jié)合首字母提示可知，應(yīng)該填：eager；be eager to do sth.：盼望去做某事：渴望做某事；故答案為：eager。

【2】句意：他們很驚訝，都抱著各種各樣的想法來(lái)到大廳。

空后面的thoughts 是名詞，因此前面應(yīng)該填一個(gè)形容詞。由語(yǔ)境和首字母提示可知，應(yīng)該填：various；various 形容詞，各種各樣的；語(yǔ)境是：他們都抱著各種各樣的想法來(lái)到大廳。故答案為：various。

【3】句意：然后，他們被要求在各自的氣球上小心地寫下自己的名字，這樣氣球就不會(huì)爆炸。

根據(jù)“so that the balloons wouldn’t blow out.”這樣氣球就不會(huì)爆炸�？芍�，前面應(yīng)該是小心地寫下自己的名字。再結(jié)合首字母提示可知，應(yīng)該填：careful；又因?yàn)榍懊娴?/span>write是動(dòng)詞，因此用副詞來(lái)修飾。故答案為：carefully。

【4】句意：那些沒(méi)有在氣球上標(biāo)記自己名字的人被排除在比賽之外。

根據(jù)“were ruled out of the game.”被排除在比賽之外�？芍�，應(yīng)該是那些沒(méi)有在氣球上成功標(biāo)記自己名字的人才被排除在比賽之外。再結(jié)合首字母提示可知，應(yīng)該填：mark；fail to do sth.：失敗做某事。故答案為：mark。

【5】句意：工程師們被告知要挑選帶有自己名字的氣球。

根據(jù)“All the 25 engineers began to search for the respective balloons in a rush.”所有25名工程師都開(kāi)始匆忙地尋找各自的氣球�？芍�，工程師們被告知要挑選帶有自己名字的氣球。再結(jié)合首字母提示可知，應(yīng)該填：pick；be told to do sth.：被告訴去做某事。故答案為：pick。

【6】句意：幾分鐘內(nèi)，所有的氣球都到達(dá)了各自的工程師手中。

根據(jù)“The engineers were asked to pick any balloon and give it to the person named on the balloon.”工程師們被要求挑選任何一個(gè)氣球并把它交給氣球上寫名字的人。可知，這樣就提高了工作效率。時(shí)間上就縮短了。再結(jié)合首字母提示可知，應(yīng)該填：couple；a couple of minutes：幾分鐘。故答案為：couple。

【7】句意：在我們的生活中，很多時(shí)候，分享和幫助他人給了我們解決問(wèn)題的真正方法。

根據(jù)“The manager announced this was the real solution to the problem.”經(jīng)理宣布這是解決問(wèn)題的真正辦法�？芍�，解決問(wèn)題的真正辦法是分享和幫助他人。再結(jié)合首字母提示可知，應(yīng)該填：share；由and后的helping可知，前面的動(dòng)詞也應(yīng)該用動(dòng)名詞形式，與helping others一起做主語(yǔ)。故答案為：sharing。

本題考查首字母填空。要求我們要通讀短文，對(duì)留空的句子進(jìn)行全面的分析，看它在全文中所處的位置、作用和意義。這一遍閱讀要求是精心閱讀，要留心找出關(guān)鍵詞、短語(yǔ)或句子，還要結(jié)合所給首字母的提示，進(jìn)行填寫，并注意單詞的正確形式。例如：第3小題，句意：然后，他們被要求在各自的氣球上小心地寫下自己的名字，這樣氣球就不會(huì)爆炸。根據(jù)“so that the balloons wouldn’t blow out.”這樣氣球就不會(huì)爆炸�？芍�，前面應(yīng)該是小心地些下自己的名字。再結(jié)合首字母提示可知，應(yīng)該填：careful；又因?yàn)榍懊娴?/span>write是動(dòng)詞，因此用副詞來(lái)修飾。故答案為：carefully。