Question

【題目】短文填空 選擇恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~填空，每詞限用一次。（有兩個(gè)多余的選項(xiàng)）

first, coming, idea, last, more, stronger, make, couldn’t, asking, could

One day James Watt was sitting at the fire in his grandmother’s home. He was watching the fire and thinking about things. A teapot was over the fire. Soon the lid (蓋子) began to move up and down “What makes it move up and down?” the boy asked himself. He looked under the lid, but he ___【1】___see anything. “Grandma, what’s in the teapot?” he asked. “Water, my child, nothing ___【2】___water.” “But I know there is something more. And what makes the lid up and down?”

His grandmother laughed and said “Oh, that’s only steam (蒸汽). You can see it___【3】__ out of teapot”. “Why my dear, it comes out of the hot water. The hot water makes it.” The grandmother began to think that the boy was __【4】___ too many questions. “The steam must be very strong to __【5】___ the heavy lid move up and down” said the bright boy to himself. “Well, if the steam comes from a lot of water it must be much __【6】___. Why can’t we use steam to work for us?” The __【7】___ grew with him as he grew up. He tried out his idea and failed, then tried again, failed again. But each time he learned something new. Some people laughed at him.

“ Don’t be foolish (愚蠢的)”, they said. But he went on trying and at last he reached his goal and gave the world the __【8】___ team engine (蒸汽機(jī)).

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】couldn’t

【2】but

【3】coming

【4】asking

【5】make

【6】stronger

【7】idea

【8】first

【解析】

試題分析：這篇文章主要講了瓦特是怎樣發(fā)明蒸汽機(jī)的。

【1】句意：根據(jù)他在蓋子底下看，但是什么也沒看到。根據(jù)looked可知后面用過去式。可知答案是couldn’t。

【2】句意：根據(jù)除了水什么也沒有。(用于nothing,nobody,who,all等詞后面)除...以外

可知答案是but。

【3】句意：根據(jù)你可以看到水蒸氣從茶壺里出來。可知答案是coming。

【4】句意：根據(jù)奶奶開始想，男孩問太多的問題。可知答案是asking。

【5】句意：通過水蒸氣一定很強(qiáng)壯，能使蓋子上下移動(dòng)。可知答案是make。

【6】句意：根據(jù)如果水蒸氣來自很多的水，它一定更強(qiáng)壯。可知答案是stronger。

【7】句意：根據(jù)隨著他長大，他的想法也隨著增長。可知答案是idea。

【8】句意：根據(jù)但是他繼續(xù)努力，最終他實(shí)現(xiàn)了他的目標(biāo)，給了世界第一臺(tái)蒸汽機(jī)。可知答案是first。