Question

【题目】 Fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给)

Many years ago, I visited Thailand. One evening I went to a 1ittle market. There was a small boy selling T-shirts in the market. He couldn't have been more than 6 or 7 years old, but he was a good little salesman. He was talking q【1】 in Thai to two local persons when I arrived. And they both bought a T-shirt. Then there was a Japanese visitor in front of me, and the little boy began to talk in Japanese. Although he didn't speak Japanese very well, he was able to say a few words e【2】 to get another sale. When I came up, he saw my white face and immediately switched to English.

"Hello, Sir, how are you? Do you like T-shirts? "And within just a few m【3】 , he had persuaded(说服) me to buy five T-shirts. He was flexible (灵活的) he could jump from one language to another to m【4】 the customers from different countries. And even if he only knew a few words, he was so flexible that he could use his body languages to make customers understand the r【5】 of the meaning!

Selling a T-shirt meant getting money and that was a good thing. He made mistakes in his communication, but he didn't l【6】 anything by making some mistakes. Actually, it was a good chance to improve his language skills. He was in a good state. He clearly enjoyed selling those T-shirts and his face was wearing a b【7】 smile all the time.

It was work but he enjoyed it --he was relaxed and focused.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】quickly

【2】enough

【3】minutes

【4】match/meet

【5】rest

【6】lose

【7】beautiful/bright/big

【解析】

本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述一个泰国的小男孩卖T恤衫，他是一名优秀的销售员，他可以灵活地运用各种语言和他的肢体语言与不同国家的人交流。

【1】句意“当我到达时，他正在用泰语快速地与当地人说话”。

根据句意可知，空处修饰动词talking，用副词，且根据he was a good little salesman“他是一个很好的销售员”可知，他能快速地说话。quickly快速地，故填quickly。

【2】句意“尽管他日语说得不是很好，但是他能够说一些日语足以促成这项交易”。

根据Although he didn't speak Japanese very well“尽管他的日语说得不好”可知，表示足够促成这笔交易。enough足够的，故填enough。

【3】句意“在仅仅几分钟之内，他已经说服我买5件T恤衫”。

根据he was a good little salesman“他是一个很好的销售员”可知，他在几分钟之内就说服了我。minute分钟，且根据空前a few可知，空处用可数名词复数，故填minutes。

【4】句意“他很灵活，他能从一个语言跳到另一个语言来满足（匹配）来自不同国家的顾客”。

根据句意可知，他说不同的语言是为了满足（匹配）来自不同国家的人。meet满足；match匹配。且根据空前to可知，用to do表示目的，故填match/meet。

【5】句意“尽管他仅仅知道几个单词，但是他是如此地灵活以至于能够使用他的肢体语言让顾客明白剩余的含义”。

根据空前the以及空后of可知，空处用名词。且根据And even if he only knew a few words“尽管他仅仅知道几个单词”可知，他会用肢体语言让顾客明白剩下的含义。rest剩下的部分，故填rest。

【6】句意“他在交流中犯了错误，但是犯错误没有让他丢失一些东西”。

根据Actually, it was a good chance to improve his language skills“实际上这是提高他的语言能力的机会”可知，他没有在错误中丢失东西。lose丢失，且根据空前didn’t可知，用动词原形，故填lose。

【7】句意“显然地，他喜欢卖这些T恤衫，他的脸上一直挂着美丽地（灿烂的/大的）微笑”。

根据He clearly enjoyed selling those T-shirts“很明显他喜欢卖这些T恤衫”可知，他喜欢卖T恤衫，所以他的脸上挂着美丽地（灿烂的/大的）微笑。空处修饰smile，用形容词，故填beautiful/bright/big。