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【题目】Fleming was a poor Scottish farmer. One day while working in a field, he heard a cry for help. He immediately 【1】(throw) his tools away. Following the sound, Fleming came to a deep bog (沼泽), in which a boy was screaming and sinking. Fleming tied a rope around 【2】 own waist and the other end 【3】 a tree, and walked into the bog. With great effort he pulled himself and the boy to 【4】 (safe). He quickly took the boy to his farmhouse, where Mrs. Fleming fed him, 【5】 (dry) his clothes, and sent him home.

The next day a carriage arrived. A well-dressed man stepped out, 【6】 (say) he was the father of the boy. “You saved my son’s life.” said the man. “【7】 can I repay you?”

“I don’t want payment.” Fleming replied, “Anyone would have done the same.”

Just then, Fleming’s son appeared at the door.

“Is he your son?” the man asked. “Yes.” said Fleming 【8】(happy).

“I have an idea. Let me pay for his education. If he’s like his father, he’ll grow to be a man we’ll both be proud of.”

And so he did. Thus 【9】 farmer’s son attended the best schools, graduated from a medical college, and became the world-famous Nobel prize-winning scientist and discoverer of penicillin, Sir Alexander Fleming.

It’s said 【10】 many years later the man saved from the bog caught pneumonia(肺炎).

Penicillin saved his life. His name? Sir Winston Churchill.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】threw

【2】his

【3】to

【4】safety

【5】dried

【6】saying

【7】How

【8】happily

【9】the

【10】that

【解析】本篇短文主要讲述了一个感人的故事：弗莱明的父亲勇救陷入沼泽之中的儿童(丘吉尔)，丘父为答谢弗莱明父亲，决定承担弗莱明的一切学习费用；而受到良好教育的弗莱明发明的“青霉素（penicillin）”又一次救了丘吉尔。

【1】考查学生正确使用动词时态及不规则形式变化的能力。句意：他立刻扔掉他的工具。根据句意可知用一般过去时态，故填threw。

【2】考查学生在语境中准确使用物主代词的能力。句意：弗莱明把绳子的一头系在他自己的腰上，另一头系在一棵树上。根据句意可知填his。

【3】考查学生根据上下文语境正确把握介词用法的能力。句意：弗莱明把绳子的一头系在他自己的腰上，另一头系在一棵树上。根据句意可知填to。

【4】考查学生在语境中将形容词转换为名词的词性转换及词形变化能力。句意：经过努力他把自己和这个男孩拉到了安全的地方。根据句意可知用名词形式。故填safety。

【5】句意：弗莱明为他饭，把他的衣服弄干，然后把他送回家。此处是并列的谓语，根据句意可知填dried。

【6】考查学生正确使用非谓语动词（现在分词）的能力。此处是做伴随状态，根据句意可知填saying。

【7】考查学生在语境中正确使用疑问副词的能力。句意：我怎样才能回报你呢？根据句意可知填How 。注意大写开头。

【8】在语境中将形容词转换为副词的能力。句意：弗莱明高兴地说。副词修饰动词。故填happily。

【9】考查学生根据上下文语境正确使用定冠词的能力。句意：这个农民的儿子上了最好的学校。此处表示特指，故填the。

【10】考查学生根据上下文语境正确使用连接代词的能力。固定句式：It is said that---，据说---。故填that。