一、英语语法填空
1．阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。
An old man went to India. When he got there, he saw some fruit for sale, but most of it was very cheap. The ________ (cheap) thing has a basket of red fruit.
"How much per kilo?" the old man ________ (ask).
"Two rupees (卢比)," the shopkeeper answered. Two rupees in India is almost nothing, ________ the old man bought a whole kilogram and started eating it.
However, as soon as he started eating, his mouth began ________ (burn), his eyes began to water, and his whole face became as red ________ the fruit. As he coughed and struggled to breathe, he jumped up and ________, screaming: "Ah! Ah! Ah!"
And yet he continued to eat the fruit. Some people who were looking at him shook their __
经典短文______ (head) and said, "You are crazy! Those are chili peppers (辣椒)!You can't just eat them by the handful!"
The old man said to ________ (he),"I paid for them, so I must eat them."
This old man seemed pretty stupid. But are we so much smarter? All of us have ________ (spend) money and time on something-maybe a relationship, or a business, or a job-and sometimes, even if we know there's no hope that things will change, we still continue with it.
What we can learn ________ the old man is this: if you've lost a lot over something that doesn't work, let it go and move on. It's better than continuing to lose.
【答案】 cheapest；asked；so；to burn /burning；as；down；heads；himself；spent；from
【解析】【分析】文章大意：这篇短文主要讲述了一个人因为贪便宜，买了一些根本不能作为水果的辣椒。结果因为舍不得自己花的那些钱，坚持把它们吃完的故事。从而告诉我们放
弃某些东西比继续损失要好。
（1）句意：最便宜的东西有一篮子红水果。cheap，便宜。根据上文语句but most of it was very cheap. 提示可知，此句应该用最高级，故填cheapest。
（2）句意：“每公斤多少钱？”老人问。ask，询问，由语句 An old man went to India. 提示可知此句要用一般过去时，故填asked。
（3）句意：所以这位老人买了整整一公斤，开始吃。语句the old man bought a whole kilogram and started eating it.是Two rupees in India is almost nothing, 的结果，故填so。
（4）句意：然而，他一开始吃东西，嘴巴就开始燃烧。burn，燃烧；固定结构begin to do sth，开始做某事，故填to burn/burning。
（5）句意：整个脸变得像水果一样红。固定结构as…as，与……一样，故填as。
（6）句意：他跳上跳下，尖叫着：“啊！啊！“啊！”固定短语，jump up and down，跳上跳下，故填down。
（7）句意：有些人看着他，摇摇头说：“你疯了！head，头，因前面some people，要用复数形式，故填heads。
（8）句意：老人自言自语道：“我付了钱，所以我必须吃。”固定短语，say to oneself，因主语是he，故填himself。
（9）句意：我们所有人都把时间和金钱花在了一些事情上。spend，花费，动词。因前面有助动词have，其后要用过去分词，故填spent。
（10）句意：我们可以从这位老人身上学到的是……。固定短语，learn from sb，向某人学习，故填from。
【点评】考查语法填空。通读全文理解大意，然后根据上下文或者所给单词的提示对所缺部分进行逐一解答。
2．阅读下面短文，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Ernest Hemingway, the son of a doctor and a music teacher, was born in 1899 in Oak Pa
rk, Illinois. Hemingway's father________(teach) him early on how to hunt and fish, two activities Hemingway loved throughout his life. Instead of ________(go) to college, Hemingway became a reporter for the Kansas City Star.
Later, in Europe, he worked as a driver ________ the Italian army until he was wounded and shipped home, where he again wrote for newspapers. Two years ________, he moved to Paris, where he hoped to improve his writing. There he became friends with other ________(America) writers, including
Gertrude Stein and F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Hemingway developed ________ style of writing that was simple and direct. He chose words sparingly(俭省地), avoided using adjectives, and trusted the reader to understand ________(mean) of his writing. As he put it, "I always try ________(write) on the principle(原则) of the iceberg(冰山). There is seven eighths of it under water for every part that shows. "This style continues to influence Writers today. In his career(生涯), which lasted some 40 years, Hemingway earned the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize. He was o
ne of the finest writers of the________(twenty) century.
For a while Emest Hemingway lived in Key West, Florida, where he had nearly 50 cats. One of them was a cat with six toes(脚趾), which a ship's captain had given him. Today his Key West home is a museum, and many cats still live there. Some of them are ________(child) of Hemingway's six-toed cat. Hemingway was married four times and had three sons. He died in 1961.
【答案】 taught；going；for；later；American；a；meaning；to write；twentieth；children
【解析】【分析】本文介绍了海明威及其写作风格。
（1）句意： 海明威的父亲很早就教他如何打猎和钓鱼。描述过去用一般过去时，teach的过去式是taught，故填 taught。
（2）句意： 海明威没有去上大学，而是成了《堪萨斯城明星报》的记者。of是介词其后是动名词，故填going。
（3）句意： 后来，在欧洲，他在意大利军队当司机，直到他受伤并被运回家，在那里他再次为报纸写作。work for，固定搭配，为……工作，故填for。
（4）句意： 四年后，他搬到巴黎，希望在那里提高写作水平。时间段+later，……之后，故填later。
（5）句意：在那里，他和其他美国作家成了朋友。writers是名词其前是形容词做定语，America是名词，American是形容词，故填 American。
（6）句意： 海明威形成了一种简单直接的写作风格。style是名词单数，以辅音音素开头，故用不定冠词a表示泛指，故填a。
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