Question

【題目】Recommend Oneself (毛遂自薦)

Long time ago, the king of the state of Zhao decided to send Mr. Ping Yuan to visit a foreign country. Mr. Ping Yuan wanted to pick twenty talented people from his 【1】 (follow) to go with him.

A man 【2】 (name) Mao Sui recommended himself to Mr. Ping Yuan. Mr. Ping Yuan did not know Mao Sui very well. He asked, "How long have you worked for me?" "For three years," Mao Sui answered. Mr. Ping Yuan said, "A talented person is like an awl (錐子) in a bag. You can always see the sharp end of the awl break the bag. You 【3】 (work) for me for three years. But I have never heard about you. Thus, I 【4】 (do) think you are a talented person.

"I think I am an awl. Please put me into your bag now. If the awl had had the chance to be put into the bag earlier, it would have broken the bag and 【5】 (fall) out of it," Mao Sui replied. On 【6】 (hear) this, Mr. Ping Yuan thought Ma lao Sui was an excellent person and agreed to choose him.

If you are confident about your talent, you can recommend 【7】 (you).

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】followers

【2】named

【3】have worked

【4】don't

【5】fallen

【6】hearing

【7】yourself.

【解析】

本文講述了毛遂自薦的故事，并且作者通過(guò)這個(gè)故事告訴我們，如果你對(duì)你的才能有信心，你可以推薦你自己。

【1】

句意：平原君想從他的隨從中挑選20個(gè)有才能的人跟他一起去。

his是形容詞性物主代詞，后接名詞作賓語(yǔ)。根據(jù)括號(hào)內(nèi)提示詞，follow是動(dòng)詞，其對(duì)應(yīng)的名詞是follower。此處是從所有的隨從中選出20個(gè)，所以用名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式followers，故空格處填followers。故答案為followers。

【2】

句意：一個(gè)名叫毛遂的人把自己推薦給平原君。

根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)，空格處修飾名詞man，且與名詞之間是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，所以此空格填過(guò)去分詞named作后置定語(yǔ)。故答案為named。

【3】

句意：你為我工作了三年。

for+一段時(shí)間，表示動(dòng)作從過(guò)去某個(gè)時(shí)間開(kāi)始一直延續(xù)到現(xiàn)在，并有繼續(xù)下去的可能，句子用現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)has/have done的結(jié)構(gòu)，主語(yǔ)you是第二人稱(chēng)，所以空格處填have worked。故答案為have worked。

【4】

句意：因此，我認(rèn)為你不是一個(gè)有才能的人。

根據(jù)前文You have worked for me for three years. But I have never heard about you，可知，毛遂為平原君工作了三年，但是平原君從未聽(tīng)說(shuō)過(guò)他，因此平原君認(rèn)為他不是一個(gè)有才能的人。根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)，此句是一個(gè)賓語(yǔ)從句，陳述的是客觀事實(shí)，主句應(yīng)用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)。當(dāng)主句的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞是think，主語(yǔ)是第一人稱(chēng)時(shí)，從句的否定詞要轉(zhuǎn)移到主句上，所以空格處填don’t。故答案為don’t。

【5】

句意：如果錐子有機(jī)會(huì)早一點(diǎn)被放入袋子，它已經(jīng)戳破了袋子并從里面掉出來(lái)。

and表并列關(guān)系，連接前后的詞性保持一致。and前broken是過(guò)去分詞，此空也用動(dòng)詞的過(guò)去分詞fallen。故答案為fallen。

【6】

句意：聽(tīng)了這些，平原君認(rèn)為毛遂是一個(gè)優(yōu)秀的人，并同意選擇他。

on是介詞，后接動(dòng)名詞，hear是動(dòng)詞，其對(duì)應(yīng)的動(dòng)名詞是hearing，所以空格處填hearing。故答案為hearing。

【7】

句意：如果你對(duì)你的才能有信心，你可以推薦你自己。

根據(jù)上文A man named Mao Sui recommended himself to Mr. Ping Yuan，可知，作者通過(guò)毛遂自薦的故事告訴我們，如果你對(duì)你的才能有信心，你可以推薦你自己，反身代詞oneself表示“某人自己”，反身代詞要與主語(yǔ)在人稱(chēng)上保持一致，句子的主語(yǔ)是you，所以空格處填yourself。故答案為yourself。