二、词汇运用
Do you know the Chinese song “The Snail and the Oriole Birds (黄鹂鸟)”? A little snail wants to climb a grape tree. Two oriole birds fly around her, laughing
loudly
1 (loud), but she doesn't stop at all.
There was a girl
named
2 (name) Yang Min. She was just as hard-working as the snail. Last summer, Yang decided to read some English stories to learn English. However, the stories were too difficult. Then she asked her English teacher for advice.
“Think about the snail trying to reach the top of the tree. It may take time and maybe no one
cheers
3 (cheer) for you on the way, but if you don't stop, you'll reach it one day,” the teacher said to her. Yang kept her teacher's words in mind and made a plan to read a few pages every day. She followed her plan without
stopping
4 (stop). At the end of the summer, she made it.
Everyone of us is like the snail. If we never stop climbing, our goals will
safely
5 (safe) come true.
1.
loudly
2.
named
3.
cheers
4.
stopping
5.
safely
解析：
【解析】
1. 第1空：laughing是动词的现在分词，需用副词修饰，loud的副词形式为loudly，故填loudly。
2. 第2空：此处需用过去分词作后置定语修饰girl，表示“名叫……的”，name的过去分词是named，故填named。
3. 第3空：宾语从句中，主语no one是第三人称单数，结合主句的一般现在时，谓语动词cheer用第三人称单数形式cheers，故填cheers。
4. 第4空：without是介词，后接动词的-ing形式，stop的-ing形式为stopping，故填stopping。
5. 第5空：come true是动词短语，需用副词修饰，safe的副词形式为safely，故填safely。
【答案】
1. loudly 2. named 3. cheers 4. stopping 5. safely
【知识点】
副词的用法、非谓语动词、一般现在时主谓一致
【点评】
本题结合励志语境考查词汇变形及基础语法知识，要求学生在具体语境中掌握词性转换、非谓语动词、时态主谓一致等考点，既考查语言运用能力，又传递了坚持的正能量。
【难度系数】
0.6
