四、短文填空。
Once upon a time, Mr and Mrs Smith lived in a house next door to a witch(女巫). Mrs Smith wanted to eat the 1. v
egetables
in the witch's garden. So Mr Smith 2. d
ecided
to take some from the garden, but the witch caught him.
"Have the vegetables, and soon you will have a baby. Give me your daughter when she is 3. b
orn
."
Mr Smith was 4. a
fraid
of her, so he agreed. He thought the witch would forget it soon. But when the little girl was born, the witch 5. t
ook
her away and named her Rapunzel. She let Rapunzel live 6. a
lone
in a tower(塔楼).
One day a prince rode 7. t
hrough
the forest and saw Rapunzel at the window. He 8. n
oticed
the witch come to the tower and climb up Rapunzel's long hair. He did the same thing and became Rapunzel's friend. Unluckily, the witch found him and she threw(扔) him out of the tower. The prince 9. f
ell
to the ground and hurt his eyes. Then the witch took Rapunzel out of the tower and left her in the forest.
Some days later, Rapunzel met the prince and she was very 10. e
xcited
. She cried and her tears fell into his eyes and he could see again! The prince and Rapunzel lived together happily.
解析:
【分析】
这是一篇首字母提示型的短文填空题,解题思路如下:第一步先通读全文,明确本文是经典的长发公主童话故事,理清整体叙事逻辑,确定全文叙事基调为一般过去时,动词要注意使用过去式形式;第二步逐个空结合前后文的语义线索、给出的首字母提示、初中阶段常见的固定搭配推导合适的词汇;第三步填完所有空后通读全文,检查语义是否连贯、语法是否符合要求,验证答案合理性。
【解析】
1. 根据后文女巫提到的"Have the vegetables",以及后文提到的女巫的花园,首字母为v,可知此处指史密斯太太想吃女巫花园里的蔬菜,填vegetables。
2. 结合语境,史密斯太太想吃蔬菜,所以史密斯先生决定去花园拿一些,固定搭配decide to do sth.表示决定做某事,全文为一般过去时,decide变过去式decided,填decided。
3. 固定搭配be born表示出生,句意为“等你的女儿出生后把她交给我”,填born。
4. 固定搭配be afraid of表示害怕,句意为“史密斯先生很怕她,所以同意了”,填afraid。
5. 结合语境,小女孩出生后女巫就把她带走了,固定搭配take away表示带走,take变过去式took,填took。
6. 结合常识长发公主独自住在塔楼里,首字母为a,live alone表示独自居住,填alone。
7. 表示从森林内部穿过用介词through,ride through the forest即骑马穿过森林,填through。
8. 结合语境,王子注意到女巫来到塔楼顺着长发爬上去,notice表示注意到,变过去式noticed,填noticed。
9. 前文提到女巫把王子扔出塔楼,所以王子摔到地上,fall to the ground表示摔到地面,fall变过去式fell,填fell。
10. 很久之后见到王子,长发公主的心情是激动的,修饰人表示“感到激动的”用excited,填excited。
【答案】
1. vegetables 2. decided 3. born 4. afraid 5. took 6. alone 7. through 8. noticed 9. fell 10. excited
【知识点】
首字母短文填空;一般过去时;英语固定搭配
【点评】
本题结合学生熟悉的经典童话命题,整体语境线索充足,考查的都是初中阶段核心词汇和高频固定搭配,难度较低,解题时注意区分动词过去式的不规则变形、修饰人和修饰事物的形容词差异即可顺利完成作答。
【难度系数】
0.7