Question

【題目】七、短文首字母填空，每空一詞

Science loses its greatest star

Stephen Hawking is a British scientist. He was born in the UK. Many people think he is the greatest scientist since Albert Einstein.

On March 14, 2018, Hawking d【1】 in Cambridge when he was 76 years old.

As a scientist, Hawking was most f【2】 for studying black holes (黑洞). He thought that Black holes can suck up (吸進(jìn)) e【3】 around them —even light. But he believed that black holes will disappear one day. He wrote some books to help more people u【4】 the universe. And A Brief History of Time is one of his most

p【5】 books in the world.

H【6】, people love Hawking not only because of his talent (天賦) but also because of his strong will (意志). He had a very serious i【7】 when he was 21. For some time, he could not walk or talk. Later, he was a【8】 to “speak” to others with the help of the computer.

His illness didn’t stop him from living a m【9】 life. He travelled around the world. He

e【10】 played himself on many TV shows. Just as his children said after his death, Hawking’s works and legacy (遺志) will live on for many years.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】died

【2】famous

【3】everything

【4】understand

【5】perfect

【6】However

【7】illness

【8】able

【9】modern

【10】even

【解析】

短文大意：本文是一篇人物小傳，介紹了英國科學(xué)家霍金的科學(xué)成就和堅(jiān)強(qiáng)人生。

【1】句意：2018年3月14日，霍金76歲時(shí)在劍橋去世。本句缺謂語動(dòng)詞；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填died。

【2】句意：作為一名科學(xué)家，霍金以研究黑洞而聞名。本句缺表語形容詞；be famous for因……而著名；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填famous。

【3】句意：他認(rèn)為黑洞可以吸收周圍的一切——甚至是光。suck up吸收，賓語需是事物名詞或代詞，根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填everything。

【4】句意：他寫了一些書來幫助更多的人了解宇宙。help sb. do sth.幫助某人做某事；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填understand。

【5】句意：《時(shí)間簡史》是他在世界上最完美的著作之一。名詞books需用形容詞修飾；one of his most需接形容詞，表示“他最……的之一”。根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填perfect。

【6】句意：然而，人們喜歡霍金，不僅因?yàn)樗�的才華，還因?yàn)樗�的�?jiān)強(qiáng)意志。本句是過渡，根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填However。

【7】句意：他21歲時(shí)得了一種非常嚴(yán)重的疾病。serious嚴(yán)重的，形容詞修飾名詞；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填illness。

【8】句意：后來，他能夠在計(jì)算機(jī)的幫助下“與他人交談”。be able to能夠，指有能力；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填able。

【9】句意：他的病并沒有阻止他過上現(xiàn)代生活。life生活，名詞需用形容詞修飾；根據(jù)下文He travelled around the world. He even played himself on many TV shows.，結(jié)合句意語境和首字母提示，可知填modern。

【10】句意：他甚至在很多真人秀節(jié)目中展示自己。even甚至，用于強(qiáng)調(diào)，表示出乎人們意料；根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示，可知填even。

短文填空題，要求根據(jù)句意語境和首字母提示用單詞的正確形式填空，主要考查單詞形式，包括名詞的單復(fù)數(shù)和所有格、動(dòng)詞的三單形式、非謂語動(dòng)詞、基數(shù)詞或序數(shù)詞，主格代詞/賓格代詞和物主代詞（形容詞性物主代詞/名詞性物主代詞）等。這類題目難度不大，重點(diǎn)是掌握句意，在理解的基礎(chǔ)上把握句子時(shí)態(tài)，從而判斷所給單詞的正確形式。