Question

【题目】

make their morning calls, as a bird, get up, the same as, courage

In ancient times, there were no clocks. It was the rooster that told people it was time to 【1】 and start work. Therefore, hard-working ancient Chinese people were big fans of the rooster.

Traditionally, the rooster was seen 【2】 that could get rid of evil spirits. Folk tales say all the evil things at night leave once roosters 【3】. The rooster also enjoys a good reputation(名声) for its 【4】. The pronunciation of “rooster” in Putonghua is 【5】 that of “chance”. Have you noticed this?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】get up

【2】as a bird

【3】make their morning calls

【4】courage

【5】the same as

【解析】

本文介绍了关于公鸡的传说以及“公鸡”一词表示的含义。

【1】句意：正是公鸡告诉人们到了起床，开始工作的时候了。

根据start work因此开始工作，应是先起床，故此处为get up。

【2】句意：传统上，公鸡被认为是一只能摆脱邪灵的鸟。

be seen as被认为是，故此处为as a bird。

【3】句意：民间故事说，一旦公鸡早上叫，所有邪恶的东西在晚上就会离开。

此处作谓语，用动宾短语，故此处为make their morning calls。

【4】句意：公鸡也以勇敢著称。

有形容词性物主代词its修饰，用名词，故此处为courage。

【5】句意：普通话中“公鸡”的发音和“机会”的一样。

此处是“公鸡”的发音和“机会”的发音比较，表示它们发音一样，故此处为the same as。