Question

语法填空（本题有10小题，每小题1分；共计10分）

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

Try reading the following sentences as fast as you can. “She sells seashells（贝壳） by the seashore（海边）. The shells she sells are surely seashells. So if she _1. shells on the seashore, I’m sure she sells seashore shells.”

Not very easy, was it? What you’ve just read is 2.(call) a tongue twister (绕口令). It is an exercise made up of sounds that are hard to pronounce in order to help people pronounce words faster and _3. correctly. Try the next example.

“Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. Did Peter Piper _4. (pick) a peck of pickled peppers? If Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled _5. , where’s the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?”

Tongue twisters usually do not have much 6.(mean). They are just used to improve people’s ability to pronounce words. Although they may be very 7. , these exercises are very important to people who are trying to speak English _8. (correct). This is because tongue twisters help people to tell the differences between similar sounds.

So if you wish 9. words more smoothly（流畅地）, you’d better try picking out some tongue twisters and _10. (practise) them.

Answer 1

1.sells

2.called

3.more

4.pick

5.peppers

6.meaning

7.difficult/hard

8.correctly

9.to pronounce

10.practising/practicing

【解析】

试题分析：本文叙述了绕口令是用来让人们练习自己的发音，区分相似的读音，进而提高自己的发音水平。

1. sells seashells（贝壳） by the seashore（海边）. The shells she sells are surely seashells.句意：所以如果她买贝壳，我肯定她卖贝壳。。结合语境及词汇，填名词sells

2.你刚才读的被叫做绕口令。故填called

3.它是发音很难得一个练习，目的是帮助人们发音更快更准确。根据多音节的副词的比较级要借助more来构成。故填more。

4.。

5.一克腌辣椒，故填peppers。

6.。句意：绕口令通常没有太多的意义。结合语境及故填meaning。

7. 虽然他们可能很难，这些练习是为那些试图讲英语正确的人们非常重要的。结合句意故填difficult/hard

8.比刚虽然他们可能很难，这些练习是为那些试图讲英语正确的人们非常重要的。故填correctly

9. to do表示希望去做某事；句意：所以如果你希望发音更流畅的话，。结合语境故填to pronounce

10.你最好试着挑选一些绕口令和练习他们。根据try doing表示试着做某事；故填practising/practicing

考点：补全短文。