Question

【题目】请在空格上填上一个正确的词或用所给词的正确形式填空，每空1.5分。

Christmas was coming. Mr. Smith had no money【1】_____ (buy) any presents for his children. His wife was ill and he had spent a lot of money 【2】____ her medicine. The harvest was bad and everyone in his family was going to be hungry the next spring. He was quite 【3】____(worry) about it.

“We have only a cock,” said Mrs. Smith one day. “You’d better take it to the town. Sell it there and buy some cakes and 【4】_____(candy) for our children.”

“That is a good idea!” the man said and caught the cock the next morning and put【5】_____ into a box. It was difficult to walk on the road, because it 【6】____(cover) with thick snow. Two hours later, he was very tired and wanted to have a rest. He put the box on the ground and sat down.

“The air in the box must be old,” the man said to 【7】____(he). “I’d better let the cock walk outside for a while, 【8】____ it’ll die.”

So he put the cock on the ground. Then, when he wanted to start off again, Mr. Smith tried to get the cock, but he found he couldn’t catch it 【9】____ longer.

“How foolish you are!” Mr. Smith shouted 【10】_____(anger) at the cock. “You can herald(预示) the break of day at night but you can’t find the way to the town in the daytime!”

Answer 1

【答案】

【小题1】to buy

【小题2】on

【小题3】worried

【小题4】candies

【小题5】it

【小题6】was covered

【小题7】himself

【小题8】or/otherwise

【小题9】any

【小题10】angrily

【解析】

【小题1】to buy 考查固定结构。have sth. to do是固定用法，意为“有……去做……”，符合语境，故填to buy。

【小题2】on 考查介词。spend ... on sth.是固定用法，意为“在某事上花费了多少……”，故填on。

【小题3】worried 考查形容词。worried意为“担心的”，用来形容人的心情，故填worried。

【小题4】candies 考查名词单复数。糖果不只一个，故填复数形式candies。

【小题5】it 考查代词。根据文章上下文内容可知，男人第二天抓了那只公鸡，并且将它放进了一个盒子中，这里用it指代the cock，故填it。

【小题6】was covered 考查被动语态。空格前面的it指代的是前面的road，路是被雪覆盖，故用被动语态，并且故事发生在过去，应用过去时态的被动语态，故填was covered。

【小题7】himself 考查反身代词。这里表示自言自语，所以介词to后面应用反身代词himself，故填himself。

【小题8】or/otherwise 考查连词。根据语境可知，应该让这只公鸡出去走走，否则公鸡会死的，故填or/otherwise。

【小题9】any 考查短语。not...any longer意为“不再”，这里表示他再也不能抓到它了，故填any。

【小题10】angrily 考查副词的用法。修饰动词要用副词，故填angrily。