Question

George Stephenson was born in 1781 in a   1.  （贫穷的） family. He had to start work when he was only 2.    （八）. When George was fourteen, he became his father’s helper. He spent a lot of time  3.  （学习）about engines. And on holidays he often made one engine to pieces and studied each piece 4.  （仔细地）. Soon he became a very good worker   5.  （虽然）he could not read or write. He began to learn English letters when he was seventeen years old. Every day after he did twelve hours of hard work, he walked along way to have 6.    （功课） from a young school teacher. On his eighteenth   7.  （生日）, he wrote his own name for the first time in his life. George   8.   （发明） many things in his life. The train was the greatest one among 9. （他们）. Today when we take trains from one place to 10. （另一个）,we’ll think of this great man —George Stephenson.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.poor

2.eight

3.learning/studying

4.carefully

5.though/although,

6.lessons/classes

7.birthday

8.invented

9.them

10.another

【解析】

试题解析:本文大意：乔治.史蒂芬1781年生于一个贫穷的家庭,当他只有八岁的时候，不得不开始工作。他花很多时间学习发动机，在假期他经常把发动机拆开仔细研究，尽管他不会读书写字，但不久他就变成一个非常好的工人。每天在12小时的辛苦工作后，他步行很长一段路去向一位年轻的学校老师学习。在他的十八岁生日那天，他平生第一次写下了自己的名字。乔治一生中发明了许多东西，火车就是其中之一。如今，当我们乘火车从一个地方到另一个地方时，会想起这人伟大的人物—乔治.史蒂芬。

1.考查形容词。句意：乔治.史蒂芬1781年生于一个贫穷的家庭。贫穷的pour,形容词，修饰名词family家庭，故答案填 poor.

2. 考查数词。句意：当他只有八岁的时候，不得不开始工作。八eight。根据 When George was fourteen, he became his father’s helper.当他十四岁时，他成为了爸爸的帮手，可知是八岁时开始工作，故答案填eight

3.考查动名词。句意：他花很多时间学习发动机。学习learn/study.; spend time doing花时间做事，故答案填 learning/studying。

4.考查副词。句意：在假期他经常把发动机拆开仔细研究。仔细地，carefully; 副词修饰动词study研究，故答案填 carefully。

5.考查连词。句意：尽管他不会读书写字，但不久他就变成一个非常好的工人。尽管although/though,引导让步状语从句，故答案填 though/although。

6.考查名词。句意：每天在12小时的辛苦工作后，他步行很长一段路去向一位年轻的学校老师学习。课lesson/class，have lesson/classes上课，故答案填lessons/classes。

7.考查名词。句意：在他的十八岁生日那天，他平生第一次写下了自己的名字。生日birthday,on one’s birthday在某人的生日，故答案填 birthday。

8.考查动词。句意：乔治一生中发明了许多东西。发明invent，时态为一般过去时，故答案填 invented.

9.考查代词。句意：火车就是其中之一。among在其中。他们they/them,介词of 后接人称代词宾格，故答案填them。

10.考查代词。句意:如今，当我们乘火车从一个地方到另一个地方时，会想起这人伟大的人物—乔治.史蒂芬。另一个another,故答案填another。

考点：人物传记类短文阅读。