Question

【题目】请用适当的词完成下面的短文，并把所缺单词填写在答题卡指定的位置上。每个空只能填写一个形式正确、意义相符的单词。

John lived alone in the countryside after his wife’s death. He was very happy when his grandchildren 【1】 him during summer holidays.

Once, he cleaned the whole house to welcome his grandchildren. While he was cleaning the barn (谷仓), he lost his watch. It was 【2】 gift from his wife. When his grandchildren came, they found that their grandfather was very 【3】. They asked him what was wrong. John told them that he couldn’t find his 【4】. The children wanted to help him. They asked John when he last saw his watch. John remembered that the last time he 【5】 it, he was cleaning the barn. The children searched 【6】 two hours, but couldn't find anything.

Then, one of the children asked the others to leave and said he would look for the watch by 【7】. Several minutes later, the child brought the watch back. John and other children wanted to know how he did it. The boy said, “I sat 【8】 in the barn. After a few minutes, I heard a ‘'tick-tick’ sound 【9】 found the watch.” John hugged (拥抱) the boy and 【10】 him.

That is the power of silence. If we stay quiet, we can find solutions (应对措施) more easily.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】visited

【2】a

【3】upset

【4】watch

【5】saw

【6】for

【7】himself

【8】quietly

【9】and

【10】thanked

【解析】

这是一篇人物故事类短文。主要介绍了老人约翰在假期期盼着祖孙们的到来，但是在做准备工作时，把已过世的妻子送给他的手表弄丢了，这使他非常难过。在孩子们到来后，他们知道这件事后，一个孙子利用机智找到了这块珍贵的手表。

【1】句意：当他的孙子孙女们在暑假来看望他时，他非常高兴。

“visit sb”看望某人。此句为when引导的时间状语从句，根据“was”以及语境可知，从句为一般过去时态，故应用visit的过去式visited。故答案为visited。

【2】句意：这块儿手表是她妻子送给他的一个礼物。

根据语意可知，此处缺少一个不定冠词a/an。由于“gift”是辅音音素开头的单词，故用不定冠词a。故答案为a。

【3】句意：当他的孙子孙女来的时候，他们发现爷爷非常难过。

根据语境可知，因为爷爷弄丢了奶奶送给他的手表，所以他感到非常难过。“upset”难过的，沮丧的，在这里作表语修饰“grandfather”。故答案为upset。

【4】句意：约翰告诉他们他找不到他的手表了。

根据语境可知，爷爷悲伤的原因是他找不到奶奶送的手表了。“watch”手表，在这里为单数形式。故答案为watch。

【5】句意：约翰记得他最后一次见到手表时正在打扫谷仓。

根据上文“They asked John when he last saw his watch”可知，此处应是约翰最后一次看见手表的时候。“see”看见，动词，由于时态为一般过去时，故用其过去式saw。故答案为saw。

【6】句意：孩子们搜寻了两个小时，但是什么也没有发现。

“search for”搜寻，寻找，固定短语。故答案为for。

【7】句意：然后，其中一个孩子叫其他孩子离开，说他能自己找到手表。

“by oneself”靠自己，根据下文“John and other children wanted to know how he did it”可知，这个孩子是个男孩儿，故应用其反身代词himself。故答案为himself。

【8】句意：这个小男孩说，我安静地坐在谷仓里。

根据“After a few minutes, I heard a ‘'tick-tick’ sound and found the watch”可知，这个孩子安静地坐在谷仓里，才听到了钟表的滴答声。“quietly”安静地，修饰动词sit。故答案为quietly。

【9】句意：几分钟后，我听到一声“滴答”的声然后找到了手表。

根据语境，“我听到滴答声”和“找到手表”是顺承关系，应用and连接。故答案为and。

【10】句意：约翰拥抱并感谢了男孩儿。

根据语意可知，此处应为约翰拥抱并感谢了男孩儿。“thank”感谢，动词，由于“hugged”是过去式且and连接并列成分，其也应为过去式。故答案为thanked。