Question

【题目】B) 根据短文内容及首字母提示，填写所缺单词，并将答案填写在相应位置上。

A young man went to see a wise man, saying that after graduation, he set many goals for himself, but years later he still achieved nothing. With a smile, the wise man said to him, “Come to help me boil(使沸腾) the water first!”

The young man found no f【1】 in the stove, so he went out for it. He came back with some dead wood, put them in the stove and burned up. B【2】 because the pot was too large, when the firewood burned out, the water did not boil. Then he ran off to get firewood. When he went back, the water had nearly turned c【3】 . This time he became smart, so he didn’t light the fire in a hurry, but went out to look for some firewood again. Because the firewood was well p【4】 , the water boiled pretty soon.

The wise man suddenly asked him, “If there is not enough firewood, how should you boil the water?” The young man thought for a moment and s 【5】 his head.The wise man said, “If so, pour out some water!” The young man n 【6】 thoughtfully. The wise man continued, “You set too many goals at f【7】 , just as there is too much water but you didn’t have enough firewood, so you couldn't boil the water, and if you wanted to make the water boil, you e【8】empty some of the water or prepared some firewood!”

The young man saw the light suddenly. When he went back, he removed many listed goals from his plan, l【9】only a few recent ones, while with spare time he studied. A few year later, his goals were realized.

Only by starting from the next goal can you move toward the s【10】 step by step. If you keep all things by heart, you will only give up halfway.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】firewood

【2】But

【3】cold

【4】prepared

【5】shook

【6】nodded

【7】first

【8】either

【9】leaving

【10】success

【解析】

短文讲了一个年轻人问了一个睿智的老人，想知道他为什么不能实现他人生的所有目标，然后老人让他烧了一壶水，通过烧水这件事情回答了他的问题。

【1】句意：年轻人发现火炉里没有柴火，所以他就是寻找柴火。

考查名词。根据后文“He came back with some dead wood,”他抱了一些枯木回来，所以可以看出此处是没有柴火，firewood，不可数名词，故填firewood。

【2】句意：但是因为锅太大了，木柴烧光了，水还没烧开。

考查连词。由句意可知，年轻人把柴火烧光了水都没有开，所以表转折，故填But。

【3】句意：当他回去时，水几乎变冷了。

考查形容词。根据前文意思可以推断出，此处水变冷了，故填cold。

【4】句意：因为木柴准备好了，所以水很快就开了。

考查动词。由前文“he didn’t light the fire in a hurry, but went out to look for some firewood again”可知他准备了很多木柴，所以填prepare，又因全文都是讲的过去的故事，所以用过去时，故填prepared。

【5】句意：年轻人思考了一会，然后摇了摇头。

考查动词。根据句意，前文老人问了问题，后文老人自己回答了出来，说明年轻人不知道答案，所以摇了摇头，填shake，又因此处是过去时，故填shook。

【6】句意：年轻人沉思着点了点头。

考查动词。由前文老人给出了答案，所以此处年轻人接收到了答案，所以点了点头，填nod，又因此处应是过去时，故填nodded。

【7】句意：你首先设定了太多目标。

考查固定搭配。由文中年轻人设定太多目标是在最开始的时候，又因有at，所以是固定搭配at first，故填first。

【8】句意：如果你想让水沸腾，你要么倒一些水，要么准备一些柴火。

考查连词。此处是老人给了两个选择，倒一些水出去或者多准备柴火，表示二选一，故填either。

【9】句意：当他回去的时候，他从他的计划中删除了许多列出来的目标，只留下了最近的一些，而利用业余时间他学习。

考查动词。根据句意前文讲到删除了一些目标，所以此处应该是留下了leave一些目标，又因后文while表示与此同时，所以前面的动词要用ing形式，故填leaving。

【10】句意：只有从下一个目标开始，你才能一步步走向成功。

考查名词。根据前文的the可知，冠词是用于名词前，故填success。

首字母填空题对学生的词汇量要求很好，首先要联系上下文判断出来此处应该填什么单词，再根据单词的词性来判断该词应该用什么语法形式。