Question

【題目】閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入一個適當的詞，或填入括號中所給單詞的正確形式。

Helen Thayer, one of the greatest explorers of the 20th century, loves challenges.She says, “I like to see what's 【1】 the other side of the hill.” She has gone almost everywhere to do that.

Helen Thayer was born in New Zealand.She has been 【2】(explore) the world most of her life.Since childhood, she has travelled 【3】(wide) in very cold climates and across rough lands.At the age of 50, she became 【4】 first woman to travel alone to the North Pole.Accompanied only by her dog Charlie, she survived cold weather and meetings with polar bears.She has also kayaked(劃皮艇) 2，200 miles down the Amazon, and climbed several mountains.

Helen Thayer has never let age 【5】(stop) her.She and her husband, Bill, had a lifelong dream for their 40 wedding anniversary (周年紀念)．They walked 1，600 miles in intense heat across the Gobi Desert.There they met Mongolian nomads (游牧民) and learned about their culture.To celebrate 50 years of 【6】(marry), the Thayers walked almost 900 miles across the Sahara Desert to study the customs of the people 【7】live there.Now in their 【8】(seventy), Thayer keeps planning trips for the future.

In recent years, Thayer has been talking to groups around the world.She has continued to travel 【9】 bring back stories to share with both children and adults.Thayer hopes to encourage people to follow their passions and realise their dreams.What is her【10】(advise)? Set goals, plan for success and never give up.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】on

【2】exploring

【3】widely

【4】the

【5】stop

【6】marriage

【7】who

【8】seventies

【9】and

【10】advice

【解析】

本文主要講述了20世紀偉大的探險家之一海倫賽婭一生旅游的故事。她從童年時候就開始探索世界，50歲時成為第一個獨自游歷北極的女人，她從來沒有因為年齡阻止她的腳步，現在已經70多歲了，她仍然在計劃她未來的行程。

【1】句意：她說，我喜歡看山的另一邊是什么。根據句意，這里要表達“在山的那一邊”，on the other side of the hill, 故填介詞on.

【2】句意：她人生的大部分時間都在探索這個世界。根據句子中的 “has been”可知這里是現在完成進行時，其結構是have/has been +現在分詞，故填exploring.

【3】句意：她從小就在非常寒冷的氣候中周游，并穿越崎嶇不平的陸地。根據句子結構可知，這里修飾動詞travel,修飾動詞要用副詞，故填widely.

【4】句意：在50歲的時候，她成為了獨自游歷北極的第一個女人。first是序數詞，前面一定有定冠詞the, 故填the.

【5】句意：Helen Thayer從來沒有讓年齡阻止她的行動。let sb do sth 讓某人做某事,let 是使役動詞，后跟不帶to 的不定式作賓語補足語，故填stop.

【6】句意：為了紀念她結婚50周年。在celebrate的后面，作celebrate的賓語，所以要用其名詞形式marry的名詞是marriage婚姻，故填marriage.

【7】句意：她步行大約900英里穿過撒哈拉沙漠去了解住在那里的人們的習俗。根據句子結構可知，live there是作定語修飾空前的people,意思是住在那里的人們，故這是定語從句，先行詞是people,是人，故關系代詞用who, 故填who.

【8】句意：現在他們70多歲了，賽婭仍然在計劃他們未來的旅行�？吹�in their可知，用到短語in one’s +整十復數，表示人的大約年齡，翻譯為“某人幾十多歲的時候”，故填seventies.

【9】句意：她繼續(xù)旅行并帶來故事給孩子們以及大人們分享�？涨笆莿釉~travel, 空后也是動詞bring back, 故需要用連詞連接兩個并列的動詞，故填and.

【10】句意：她的建議是什么？在代詞her的后面，所以用其名詞形式，advise的名詞advice建議，故填advice.

短文填空所考察的知識面較廣，不僅僅需要對文章的理解，而且需要聯(lián)系上下文，結合句意及句子結構判斷要填的詞性及其形式。需要我們平時對固定用法及句型結構及語法知識的積累。例如第7小題，首先要根據句子結構分析出前后句子之間的關系，知道live there 和空前的people是修飾與被修飾的關系，再運用定語從句的語法知識填出正確的單詞。