Question

【題目】

they and easy from think find hard useful brush China but smart

It was the year of the pig last year. Many people believe that pigs are naturally fat, lazy and dirty. But are any of those things true?

It is true that pigs are fat. They eat a lot. But they are 【1】 to us. They give us food. We can use their skin to make shoes. We can use their hair to make 【2】. Pig parts can also help make insulin(胰島素) to treat diabetes(糖尿病).

People sometimes say someone is as stupid as a pig,【3】 pigs are not stupid at all. In fact, pigs are one of the ten 【4】 animals. Many people think pigs are 【5】 to train. In France, people teach pigs 【6】 something and they can find them faster than dogs.

Pigs are usually in dirty water or mud because they have no sweat glands (汗腺). So on hot days, they have to cool 【7】 there. This keeps insects away 【8】 them and mud can also protect their skin from sunburns.

People have stereotypes (偏見) of pigs. But people in ancient 【9】 really liked pigs. People thought their big head and ears were a symbol of good luck. If someone had a round and chubby (胖乎乎)face, he or she was 【10】 to be blessed(有福氣的). People also believed the animal stood for wealth. Most children have a piggy bank that they can use to save money.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】useful

【2】brushes

【3】but

【4】smartest

【5】easy

【6】to find

【7】themselves

【8】from

【9】China

【10】thought

【解析】

去年是豬年，本文介紹了豬對(duì)人們是有用的，也介紹了豬的習(xí)性以及人們對(duì)于豬的看法。

【1】

句意：但是它們對(duì)我們是有用的。

根據(jù)下文中“They give us food.”可知，豬給我們提供食物，所以它們對(duì)我們是有用的；useful是形容詞，意為“有用的”。故填useful。

【2】

句意：我們可以用它們的毛制作刷子。

根據(jù)句中“use their hair”可知，此處是“用豬毛制作刷子”；brush是可數(shù)名詞，意為“刷子”，此處表示泛指，所以用復(fù)數(shù)形式。故填brushes。

【3】

句意：人們有時(shí)會(huì)說某人像豬一樣愚蠢，但豬一點(diǎn)也不愚蠢。

根據(jù)句中“someone is as stupid as a pig”和“pigs are not stupid at all”可知，前后兩個(gè)分句意思轉(zhuǎn)折，即：人們有時(shí)會(huì)說某人像豬一樣愚蠢，但豬一點(diǎn)也不愚蠢，所以此處使用but，意為“但是”，是表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系的連詞。故填but。

【4】

句意：事實(shí)上，豬是十種最聰明的動(dòng)物之一。

根據(jù)上文中“pigs are not stupid at all”可知，豬一點(diǎn)都不愚蠢，也就是說豬很聰明，所以此處使用smart；smart是形容詞，意為“聰明的”，根據(jù)句中“one of the ten”可知，此處應(yīng)使用形容詞smart最高級(jí)，one of the ten smartest animals十種最聰明的動(dòng)物之一。故填smartest。

【5】

句意：許多人認(rèn)為豬是很容易訓(xùn)練的。

根據(jù)上文中“pigs are one of the ten smartest animals”可知，豬是最聰明的動(dòng)物之一，所以許多人認(rèn)為訓(xùn)練豬是容易的；easy是形容詞，意為“容易的”。故填easy。

【6】

句意：在法國(guó)，人們教豬找東西，它們能比狗更快地找到東西。

根據(jù)句中teach可知，此處是teach … to do sth.，所以此處使用動(dòng)詞不定式；根據(jù)句中find可知，此處使用find，find是動(dòng)詞，意為“找到”。故填to find。

【7】

句意：所以在炎熱的日子里，它們必須在那里給它們自己降溫。

根據(jù)句中they可知，此處是“它們給它們自己降溫”，所以此處使用反身代詞；they是人稱代詞，反身代詞為themselve，意為“它們自己”。故填themselves。

【8】

句意：這樣可以讓昆蟲遠(yuǎn)離它們，泥土也可以保護(hù)它們的皮膚免受曬傷。

根據(jù)句中keep可知，此處是keep … away from…使……遠(yuǎn)離……，from是介詞，意為“（距離）離”。故填from。

【9】

句意：但是在中國(guó)古代的人們很喜歡豬。

根據(jù)句中“in ancient”并結(jié)合備選單詞可知，此處使用China，China是名詞，意為“中國(guó)”，in ancient China中國(guó)古代。故填China。

【10】

句意：如果某人有一張圓圓的臉，他或她被認(rèn)為是有福氣的。

根據(jù)句中“he or she was”并結(jié)合備選單詞可知，此處使用think，think是動(dòng)詞，意為“認(rèn)為”，表示“人們認(rèn)為有一張圓圓的臉的人是有福氣的”，因?yàn)?/span>he or she與think之間是邏輯上的被動(dòng)關(guān)系，所以此處使用被動(dòng)語態(tài)，think的過去分詞為thought。故填thought。