Question

【題目】How to spur people on to success

Praise will inspire the other person to keep on ___【1】_____ (improve).

In the early nineteenth century, a young man in London aspired to be a writer. But everything seemed to be against him. He had never been able to attend school for more than four years. His father had been put into jail ___【2】____he couldn’t pay his debts and the young man had often known the pangs of hunger. Finally, he got ___【3】__ job __【4】____ (attach) labels to bottles of blacking in a rat-infested warehouse. He slept at night in a dismal attic room with two other boys—guttersnipes from the slums of London. He had so little __【51】___ (confident) in his ability to write that he sneaked out and mailed his first manuscript in the dead of night so nobody would laugh ___【6】__ him. Story after story was refused. At last, the great day came when one was accepted. True, he ___【7】___ (pay) a shilling for it, but an editor praised him. He was so ___【8】___ (thrill) that he wandered ___【9】___ (aim) around the streets with tears rolling down his cheeks. The praise and the recognition ___【10】____he received through getting one story in print changed his whole life. If it hadn’t been for that encouragement, he might have spent his entire life working in rat-infested factories. You may have heard of that boy. His name was Charles Dickens.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】improving

【2】because

【3】a

【4】attaching

【5】confidence

【6】at

【7】wasn’t paid

【8】thrilled

【9】aimlessly

【10】that/which

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了一個旅途上充滿坎坷的作家，因為一次善意的表揚而影響一生的故事，告訴我們成

功的路上有時候需要這種贊揚。

【1】improving�？疾槊�詞。介詞后面應是名詞，故填improving。

【2】because考查連詞。由前文后文可知是因果關系，故應該填because。

【3】a。考查冠詞。工作可數(shù)，而且是泛指，所以必須填不定冠詞a。

【4】attaching�？疾閯用�詞。動名詞此處做伴隨狀語，所以attach變?yōu)閍ttaching。

【5】confidence�？疾槊�詞。so little后面應該是名詞，所以應該把confident變?yōu)閏onfidence。

【6】at�？疾楣潭ù钆�。laugh at是固定搭配，嘲笑……所以此處填at。

【7】wasn’t paid�？疾檫^去式。由后文but可知，他并沒有幫他們，而且由praised可知此處應該

是過去式，所以應填was't paid。

【8】thrilled�？疾樾稳菰~。由前文的so可知，此處一定是形容詞形式，所以變成了過去分詞形容

詞，他激動的毫無目的的漫步，故填thrilled。

【9】aimlessly。考查副詞。由前文可知他激動的毫無目的的漫步，而且應該是修飾動詞的一個副詞，

所以aim變成了否定副詞形式aimlessly。

【10】that/which�？疾槎ㄓ趶木�。由后文he received through getting one story in print changed his

whole life.可知此處是定語從句，缺少個關系代詞代指he received，指的是物所以應用that或者which。