Question

【題目】八、短文缺詞填空，每空一詞（共10分，每空1分）

People love oranges. They are sweet and juicy. Some oranges have a thick (厚的) skin and

some have a thin skin. They are rich in vitamins, so it is h【1】to eat them.

The orange tree is not t 【2】. It looks small but beautiful. An orange tree has a lot of shiny green l 【3】. Its small white flowers smell very sweet. You can see flowers and fruit on the tree at the s 【4】time. Do you think it is very interesting?

There were orange trees about twenty million years ago. But the fruit were very s【5】, not like the big ones we eat today. People think the orange trees came

f【6】China. The Chinese started to plant orange trees around 2400 BC. In the old days,

Chinese artists liked drawing p【7】of lovely oranges and orange trees.

Farmers in other parts of Asia and the world started to l 【8】 to grow oranges from the Chinese. Then the Spanish (西班牙人) planted orange trees in the New World (North and South America). They took them t【9】Florida (佛羅里達(dá)) first. The orange is a very important fruit in Florida today.

The word “orange” is b【10】a fruit and a colour. The colour of oranges is so beautiful that in English we use the name of the fruit for the colour.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】healthy

【2】tall

【3】leaves

【4】same

【5】small

【6】from

【7】paintings

【8】learn

【9】to

【10】both

【解析】本文介紹了橘子和特點以及種植歷史。橘子樹的種植是從中國開始的。“orange”這個單詞既表示橘色，又表示橘子這種果實。

【1】healthy

句意：它們富含為維生素，所以吃它們是健康的。根據(jù)They are rich in vitamins,可知橘子富含維生素，因此吃它們是健康 的，故此處為healthy。

【2】tall

句意：橘子樹不高。根據(jù)后文的It looks small but beautiful.可知橘子樹小，因此不高，故為tall。

【3】leaves

句意：一棵橘子樹有很多光亮的綠葉。根據(jù)后面的Its small white flowers smell ，very sweet You can see flowers and fruit on the tree at the s ____4____time.可知此處介紹樹上的長的東西，除了小花和果實，應(yīng)還有綠色的樹葉，故此處為leaves。

【4】same

句意：同時，你可以看見樹上有花和果實。at the same time同時，故此處為same。

【5】small

句意：但是果實非常小。根據(jù)后文的not like the big ones we eat today.可知不像大的果實，故應(yīng)是小的果實，故此處為small。

【6】from

句意： 人們認(rèn)為橘子樹來自中國。come from來自，故此處為from。

【7】paintings

句意： 在古代，中國藝術(shù)家喜歡畫可愛的橘子和橘子樹。根據(jù)drawing可知此處表示畫畫，故為paintings。

【8】learn

句意：世界上和亞洲其他地方的農(nóng)民開始向中國人學(xué)習(xí)種橘子樹。根據(jù)前文的People think the orange trees came f_____6_____China.可知種植橘子樹從中國開始的，因此其他地方的人向中國學(xué)習(xí)種橘子樹，learn from向……學(xué)習(xí)。

【9】to

句意：他們先把它們帶到了弗羅里達(dá)。take sth to+place“把某物帶到某地”，故此處為to。

【10】both

句意：單詞“orange”是水果和顏色。both……and……“兩者都”，故此處為both。