Question

【题目】阅读短文，根据语篇要求填空，使短文通顺，意思完整。每空限填一词。

An old man went to India. When he got there, he saw some fruit for sale, but most of it was very cheap. 【1】 cheapest thing was a basket of red fruit.

“How much per kilo? the old man asked.

“Two rupees(卢比),” the shopkeeper answered. Two rupees in India is almost nothing, so the old man bought a whole kilogram and started eating it.

However, as soon as he started eating, his mouth began to burn, his eyes began to water, and his whole face became as red 【2】 the fruit. As he coughed and struggled to breathe, he jumped up and down, screaming: “Ah! Ah! Ah!”

And yet he continued to eat the fruit. Some people 【3】 were looking at him shook their heads and said, “You are crazy! Those are chili peppers (辣椒)! You can’t just eat them by the handful!”

The old man said to 【4】, “I paid for them, so I must eat them.”

This old man seemed pretty stupid. But are we so much smarter? All of us have spent money and time on something--maybe a relationship, or a business, or a job- -and sometimes, even if we know there’s no hope that things will change, we still continue with it.

What we can learn 【5】the old man is this: if you’ve lost a lot over something that doesn’t work, let it go and move on. It’s better than continuing to lose.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】The

【2】as

【3】who

【4】himself

【5】from

【解析】

本文讲述了这样一个故事，一个老人图便宜，买了一篮子红色水果，当他吃的时候他感觉嘴在燃烧，眼睛开始流眼泪，别人告诉他这是辣椒，不能这样吃，但是因为他花钱买了，他坚持要吃完。这个故事告诉我们这样一个道理，有时候我们虽然花钱了，但是那些东西如果不起作用，不如就此放手。

【1】句意：最便宜的是一篮子红色水果。

根据本句“…cheapest thing was a basket of red fruit.”可知，最便宜的是一篮子红色水果。cheapest最高级前面需要用定冠词the修饰，表示特指，最便宜的，位于句首，首字母要大写，故答案为The。

【2】句意：但是，当他一开始吃的时候，他感觉嘴在燃烧，眼睛开始流眼泪，整个脸像水果一样红。

根据本句“However, as soon as he started eating, his mouth began to burn, his eyes began to water, and his whole face became as red…the fruit.”可知，但是，当他一开始吃的时候，他感觉嘴在燃烧，眼睛开始流眼泪，整个脸像水果一样红。as…as…同级比较，和……一样，脸像红辣椒一样红，故答案为as。

【3】句意：正看着老人的一些人不断地摇头并且说，“你疯了啊！那些是辣椒。你不能这样一把一把的吃。”

根据本句“Some people…were looking at him shook their heads and said…”可知，正看着老人的一些人不断地摇头并且说了一些话。这是一个定语从句，先行词是people，关系词应该选择who，代替people在从句中做主语，故答案为who。

【4】句意：这个老人对自己说，“我花钱买它们了，我必须吃完它们。”

根据本句“The old man said to…I paid for them, so I must eat them.”可知，这个老人对自己说，“我花钱买它们了，我必须吃完它们。”老人对于别人的劝告不以为然，坚持吃完，体现出固执，自己对自己说，他自己himself，故答案为himself。

【5】句意：我们能从老人那里学到的是这个：有时候我们花了一大笔钱买了没有用的东西，不如就此放手。

根据本句“What we can learn…the old man is this…”可知，我们能从老人那里学到的是这个。learn from sb, 从某人身上学到什么，故答案为from。