Question

【題目】Complete the following passage with the words in the box. Each can only be used once（將下列單詞填入空格。每空格限填一詞，每詞只能填一次）

A. awake B. always C. funniest D. speaker E. for F. never

Mark Twain was famous as a writer, but he was also famous as a public【1】of funny stories. He often went from town to town to give lectures.

One day, he was walking along the street of a small town. He was going to give a lecture there that evening. He met a young man. The young man said, “Mr. Twain, I’d like to talk to you for a minute, please. I have an uncle, but he【2】laughs or smiles. Can you do anything?” “Bring your uncle to my lecture this evening. I will make him【3】laugh and smile.”

That evening, the young man and his uncle sat in the first row. Mark Twain told some funny stories, but the young man’s uncle didn’t smile. Then Mark Twain told the【4】story he knew, but the old man still didn’t smile. Mark Twain was disappointed.

Later he talked with a friend about this. “Oh!” said the friend, “I know that old man. He has been deaf 【5】many years.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】F

【3】B

【4】C

【5】E

【解析】

這篇短文講述了一個(gè)年輕人讓馬克吐溫講故事使他叔叔笑，最后馬克吐溫沒(méi)能成功，原來(lái)他的叔叔是個(gè)聾子。

【1】句意：馬克吐溫以作家而聞名，但他也以有趣故事的公眾演講者而聞名。

此處缺少名詞，根據(jù)后文Bring your uncle to my lecture this evening及Mark Twain told some funny stories可知他以有趣故事的公眾演講者而聞名，speaker演講者，名詞，故選D。

【2】句意：我有個(gè)叔叔，但他從來(lái)不笑。

根據(jù)年輕人的請(qǐng)求“Can you do anything”及馬克吐溫的回答“. I will make him___3___laugh and smile.”可知此處指他從來(lái)不笑，never從不，故選F。

【3】句意：我會(huì)讓他笑個(gè)不停。

根據(jù)上文介紹馬克吐溫擅長(zhǎng)講有趣故事及年輕人的請(qǐng)求，可知此處指會(huì)使他一直笑，always總是，一直，故選B。

【4】句意：然后馬克吐溫講了他知道的最有趣的故事，但老人仍然沒(méi)有笑。

此處缺少形容詞修飾名詞story，根據(jù)上文及定語(yǔ)從句he knew，可知此處指最有趣的故事，funniest最有趣的，故選C。

【5】句意：他聾了很多年了。

for+一段時(shí)間，意為“達(dá)……時(shí)間”，此處指老人聾了很多年了，故選E。