六、短文填空。(每空1分,共20分)
A)(原版阅读)根据首字母提示补全短文。
The three girls were very kind to us. They 1. p
prepared/provided
a lovely dinner and gave us their bedrooms to sleep in. I felt really 2. b
bad
that the king and the duke were cheating them. I must do 3. s
something
to stop them. So I put the bag of gold under Peter's hands 4. b
before
the coffin(棺材) was closed and taken to the graveyard.
Later the king and the duke organised a sale to get money. It was 5. a
almost
over when two people came:very nice-looking gentlemen,an old one and a younger one.
The old man began to 6. s
speak
. "I am Harvey Wilks and this is my brother William," he said.
I wasn't expecting this. The king wasn't either,but he didn't show his 7. s
surprise
. He laughed and said,"They are telling a lie!" All the people shouted to agree 8. e
except
Doctor Robinson and Levi Bell.
"We must find out the truth," Levi Bell said. "Can you prove you are Peter Wilks' brothers?"
The old gentleman 9. t
thought
for a moment. Then he turned to the king and said,"Peter had a tattoo on his chest. What was it?" The king's 10. f
face
went pale(苍白的) and he didn't say anything for a few minutes.
Then he said,"I can tell you. It was a small blue arrow."
—Adapted from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
解析:
【分析】
这是一篇名著节选类的首字母提示短文填空,解题时首先要通读全文,了解《哈克贝利·费恩历险记》节选的故事背景,理清整体叙事逻辑和时态(全文为一般过去时)。之后逐空结合前后文语义、固定搭配、给出的首字母提示推导对应词汇,同时注意匹配词性、时态要求,全部填完后再通读全文验证语句是否通顺、逻辑是否自洽,就能得到正确答案。
【解析】
1. 结合前文三个女孩对我们很友善,后文是一顿美味的晚餐,首字母为p,prepare(准备)、provide(提供)都符合语义,全文用一般过去时,因此填prepared/provided。
2. 后文提到国王和公爵正在欺骗善良的女孩们,这种情况下我的感受应该是糟糕的,首字母为b,填bad。
3. 句意是我必须做些事来阻止他们,固定搭配do something表示“做一些事”,首字母为s,填something。
4. 我把装金子的袋子放到Peter手下的动作,是发生在棺材被封上送去墓地之前的,首字母为b,填before。
5. 句意是拍卖会几乎要结束的时候来了两位绅士,首字母为a,almost表示“几乎”符合语境,填almost。
6. 后文是老人开口说的自我介绍内容,begin to后接动词原形,首字母为s,填speak。
7. 前文提到所有人都没料到真正的兄弟会出现,但是国王没有表现出自己的惊讶,形容词性物主代词his后接名词,首字母为s,填surprise。
8. 句意是所有人都附和国王的说法,除了罗宾逊医生和Levi Bell,首字母为e,except表示“除了”符合语境,填except。
9. 后文提到老人转头问国王问题,说明他先思考了一会,全文为过去时,首字母为t,填think的过去式thought。
10. 句意是国王的脸色变得苍白,首字母为f,填face。
【答案】
1. prepared/provided 2. bad 3. something 4. before 5. almost 6. speak 7. surprise 8. except 9. thought 10. face
【知识点】
首字母短文填空,语境语义辨析,常用固定搭配
【点评】
本题选取经典文学名著片段作为语料,趣味性较强,整体考察基础词汇的运用能力,大部分空可以通过上下文的逻辑关系直接推导,仅少数空需要结合动作先后的叙事逻辑判断,适合巩固基础词汇和时态知识点,做完后通读全文验证通顺性是非常实用的检查技巧。
【难度系数】
0.7