Question

【題目】Why the moon ran away?

This story is told by the Naga people, who live in the mountains of northeast India. It explains why the moon is far away from Earth and why, every month, sometimes the sky grows dark and nothing can be seen except many s_______ in the sky. It also explains why, once a month, the full moon appears, shining down on Earth.

The Naga say that once upon a time, the moon was close to Earth, near their village. It loved to be near people and it shared in the games of the children and the festivals that took place every year. But one day, the moon was in t_______. An old woman who was cleaning her house stuck（刺痛）the moon by accident with her wooden broom（掃帚）. The moon began to cry in pain. The children of the village thought it was very amusing and they began to t_______ sticks and stones at the moon’s face hurting it even more. Of all the children, only one little girl felt sorry for the p_______ moon and told the children to stop, but they would not listen.

The moon was so hurt that it cried s_______ every day, so it decided to go away and live far away from Earth in the sky where it would be safe from the bad children. This is why, every month, the moon hides its face and the sky is dark. The little girl, however, missed the moon so much that she began to sing a song to make the moon r_______. This is why, also every month, the moon turns its face to Earth again to smile down on its only friend.

【1】s_______

【2】t_______

【3】t_______

【4】p______

【5】s______

【6】r______

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】stars

【2】trouble

【3】throw

【4】poor

【5】sadly

【6】return

【解析】

這篇短文是納加人講述的一個故事。曾經月亮離地球很近，但有一天月亮遇到了麻煩，地球上的孩子們還傷害月亮，于是月亮決定離開地球，住到了一個遙遠的地方。

【1】句意：它解釋了為什么月亮離地球很遠，為什么每個月，有時天空變暗，什么也看不見，除了天上的許多星星。

根據(jù)常識可知，夜晚天空中什么也看不見，除了星星，因此這里考查的是star，意為“星星”�？涨坝�many“許多”，修飾可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)。故答案為stars。

【2】句意：但是有一天，月亮遇到了麻煩。

根據(jù)下句話 “An old woman” who was cleaning her house stuck（刺痛）the moon by accident with her wooden broom”可知，月亮被打了，它遇到了麻煩。這里考查的是短語in trouble“處于困境中”。故答案為trouble。

【3】句意：村里的孩子覺得這很有趣，他們開始朝月亮的臉上扔木棍和石頭，把它弄得更疼了。

根據(jù)句中 “hurting it even more”可知，孩子們是朝著月亮的臉扔木棍和石頭，考查throw，是一個動詞，意為“扔”。句中使用了句型begin to do sth.“開始做某事”，這里用動詞原形。故答案為throw。

【4】句意：在所有的孩子中，只有一個小女孩為可憐的月亮感到難過，并告訴孩子們停止，但他們不聽。

根據(jù)上文的文意可知，一個老太太刺痛了月亮，孩子們還朝月亮扔木棍和石頭，月亮很可憐，這里考查的是poor，意為“可憐的”，是一個形容詞，作定語，修飾moon。故答案為poor。

【5】句意：月亮是如此的傷心，它每天都哭得很傷心，所以它決定離開地球，住在遠離地球的天空中，在那里它可以免受壞孩子的傷害。

根據(jù)空前 it cried“它哭了”以及單詞的首字母可知，這里應用sadly，是一個副詞，意為“傷心地”，修飾動詞cried。故答案為sadly。

【6】句意：然而，小女孩太想念月亮了，她開始唱歌，讓月亮回來。

根據(jù)下句話 “This is why, also every month, the moon turns its face to Earth again to smile down on its only friend.”可知，小女孩唱歌讓月亮回來，return“回來”，是一個動詞。句中使用了句型make sb. do sth.“使某人做某事”，這里用動詞原形。故答案為return。