Question

You may know the song Happy Birthday very well, but do you know about its writer? It___1.________(write) by an American girl. And she has become a very rich woman. When she was a child , she was poor. Once she was invited to her friends’ birthday party. She had no money_____2._____( buy) presents for them. She was sad. Her mother said “3.__(not worry). How about ___4.____(sing) a song together? Happy birthday to…” She decided to write it down and ____5._(sing) it to her friends at the party. They sang and sang “We_____6.___(not hear) such a song before.” The party ended up singing a song. Later the girl became well known in America.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.was written

2.to buy

3.Don’t worry

4.singing

5.sing

6.haven’t heard

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了生日快乐歌，这首歌曲的由来。

1.联系上下文可知此处指的是它是由一个美国女孩谱写的。结合语境可知本句描述的是过去的动作，故用一般过去时态。主语是动作对象，故用被动语态。填：was written。谱写，写。

2.结合语境可知此处指的是她没有钱给他们买礼物。不定式做宾语补足语表示具体的将要进行的动作，结合语境可知填不定式to buy，买。做补足语。

3.结合语境可知她母亲说的是不要担心。英语祈使句的否定形式一般是don’t+动词原形。故填：Don’t worry，不要担心。

4.结合语境可知此处指的是唱首歌怎么样。本句中about是介词，后面接名词或者动名词作宾语，结合所给单词，可知填动名词singing，唱歌。

5.结合语境可知此处指的是唱歌他的朋友听。联系前文不定式符号to，可知填原形动词sing，唱。

6.结合语境可知此处指的是，我们以前从来没有听到过如此的一首歌。结合语境可知本句描述的是现在已经完成的动作，故用现在完成时态，填：haven’t heard

考点：短文中动词的运用能力

点评：由于本题已经给出所需单词，故完成比较简单。解答此类题型的方法一般就是根据上下文及时间状语，主语的人称与数，判断出动词的时态和数的变化，然后进行适当的词形变换，完成阅读。注意在叙事性短文中，谓语动词多为一般过去时态及现在完成时态，说明性短文中谓语动词多为一般现在时态。