Question

【题目】根据短文内容, 用方框中所给词的正确形式填空, 使使短文完整、正确。(每个词只能用一次, 有两个多余词)

enjoy suppose holiday quiet travel because job from care away lonely pity

Western country music is very old. It came from the United States, Canada, Ireland, and Great Britain. It is a mixture of music【1】 all of these places.

In the west of America, cowboys had to take【2】 of the cattle (cows). They had to watch them all day and all night because the cattle were nervous and sometimes ran 【3】.

A cowboy's life was 【4】 and dangerous. When he was alone in the desert with the cattle, he drank strong coffee to stay awake at night. He also sang music to the cattle to make them 【5】. Of course, the cowboys also sang music when they 【6】 to town to relax and have a good time.

In the south of America, many people came from Ireland, Scotland, and England. Other people came from France and Canada. They 【7】 their own kind of music. When they visited their friends and families on 【8】, they usually sang and played country music. Western country music describes life. It talks about love, 【9】, home and money. It talks about friends and enemies, farms and crops. People in many parts of the world like Western country music 【10】 everyone knows something about these ideas. They can get something from this kind of music.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】from

【2】care

【3】away

【4】lonely

【5】quiet

【6】traveled

【7】enjoyed

【8】holidays

【9】jobs

【10】because

【解析】

本文讲述了西方乡村音乐非常古老，它来自美国、加拿大、爱尔兰和英国音乐的混合。在美国西部，牛仔必须照看牛。他们日夜看守，因为牛有时会逃跑。牛仔独自一人在沙漠里和牛群在一起时，他喝浓咖啡以保持夜间清醒。他还唱歌给牛听，让它们安静下来。在美国南部，他们在假期拜访他们的朋友和家人时，他们通常唱歌，世界上许多地方的人喜欢西方乡村音乐，因为每个人都对这些思想有所了解。

【1】句意：这是来自所有这些地方的音乐的混合。

根据“a mixture of music”可知音乐的混合，可推测出是“来自所有这些地方”，所以此处是“from”，故答案为from。

【2】句意：在美国西部，牛仔必须照看牛。

take care of表示“照顾”，根据“They had to watch them all day and all night”他们不得不日夜看守，可推测出此处是“照看牛”，所以此处是“care”，故答案为care。

【3】句意：因为牛很紧张，有时会逃跑。

run away表示“逃跑”，根据“the cattle were nervous”牛很紧张可推测出牛有可能会“逃跑”，所以此处是“away”，故答案为away。

【4】句意：牛仔的生活孤独而危险。

be动词+形容词，构成系表结构。根据“was”可知此处缺形容词，结合“When he was alone in the desert”可推测出此处是“孤独”，故答案为lonely。

【5】句意：他还唱歌给牛听，让它们安静下来。

make+sb+形容词表示“让某人做什么”，根据上文“because the cattle were nervous”可推测出此处是“给牛唱歌，让它们安静下来”，所以此处是“安静”，故答案为quiet。

【6】句意：当然，牛仔们在进城放松和玩得很开心的时候也会唱歌。

分析句子“when they _____6_____ to town to relax and have a good time.”可知此处缺谓语动词，根据语境结合所给词可推测出此处是“travel”，故答案为traveled。

【7】句意：他们喜欢自己的音乐。

根据下文“When they…sang and played country music”可知他们通常唱歌和演奏乡村音乐，可推测出此处是“喜爱”，结合文章是一般过去时，故答案为enjoyed。

【8】句意：当他们在假期拜访他们的朋友和家人时。

on holiday表示“假期”，根据“they visited their friends and families”可知拜访他们的朋友和家人，结合所给词可推测出此处是假日走亲访友，故答案为holiday。

【9】句意：它谈论爱情、工作、家庭和金钱。

根据上文“Western country music describes life.”西方乡村音乐描述生活，可知生活包括爱情、工作、家庭和金钱等，所以此处应该是“工作”，该单词是可数名词，故答案为jobs。

【10】句意：因为每个人都对这些思想有所了解。

根据“everyone knows something about these ideas”可知此处是给出了许多地方的人喜欢西方乡村音乐的原因，故答案为because。