Question

【題目】閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容（1個單詞）或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式(每空至多3詞)。

When an important holiday comes, I usually think of what gifts to buy or prepare for my family members. It is the act itself rather than the thing you buy that 【1】(matter). Either a small present, a text message or a phone call can mean a lot to the receivers. 【2】, I had never got anything from my son, who is a university student. Parents never forget to celebrate their children’s birthday, but their children seem to be very 【3】 (forget). They seldom do something in return.

Life is unpredictable, and you never know what will happen tomorrow. When my son came back during the summer vacation, my wife and I, as usual, 【4】 (meet) him at the station. 【5】arriving home, much to my surprise, my son took out a wrist watch and gave it to me, 【6】 (say) it was a birthday gift for me. It is a very fashionable watch, 【7】 shows not only hours, minutes and seconds but days as well. You can imagine how surprised and excited I was at that moment.

Some people say children get too much care and love from their parents and just take them for granted. It is natural for people to have such concerns and 【8】(worry), but things may not turn out as badly as【9】 (expect). We need to look more at the positive side of life, as a famous writer once said, “Life is 【10】best classroom one can never get.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】matters

【2】However

【3】forgetful

【4】met

【5】On/Upon

【6】saying

【7】which

【8】worries

【9】expected

【10】the

【解析】

這是一篇夾敘夾議文。作者最開始認(rèn)為父母對孩子的愛從來都沒有回報，但通過兒子暑假回來送給他一塊手表作為生日禮物這件事改變了作者的看法。

【1】考查主謂一致及時態(tài)。句意：重要的是行為本身而不是你買的東西。此處描述的客觀事實，應(yīng)使用一般現(xiàn)在時；同時這里用了強調(diào)句“It is +強調(diào)部分+that...”，強調(diào)句的特點是去掉It is 和that剩余句子成分還能構(gòu)成完整句子，matter是動詞“重要”的意思，陳述句是The act itself rather than the thing you buy matters。故填matters。

【2】考查副詞。根據(jù)文章第一句“When an important holiday comes, I usually think of what gifts to buy or prepare for my family members.”每當(dāng)重要的節(jié)日到來，我通常會考慮給家人買或準(zhǔn)備什么禮物和第四句“I had never got anything from my son,”我從未收到我兒子的任何東西，可知，前后有轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，再加上空格后面有逗號，應(yīng)使用轉(zhuǎn)折副詞however。故填However.

【3】考查形容詞。句意：父母永遠不會忘記慶祝他們孩子的生日。固定用法seem to be“好像是...”后面加形容詞或名詞，這里可以判斷是形容詞“健忘的”。故填forgetful。

【4】考查時態(tài)。句意：像往常一樣我太太和我去車站接他。根據(jù)“When my son came back during the summer vacation,”這個時間狀語從句可以判斷主句“my wife and I, as usual, ___4___ (meet) him at the station.”中的meet也用過去式。故填met。

【5】考查介詞。句意：讓我們大為吃驚的是，一到家我兒子就拿出一塊表送給我。介詞后面加名詞、代詞、動名詞，arriving 是動名詞，根據(jù)句意可以判斷用on/upon表示“一...就”。故填On/Upon。

【6】考查動詞。句意：讓我們大為吃驚的是，一到家我兒子就拿出一塊表送給我，說是給我的生日禮物。動詞say和前面句子沒有連詞連接說明say不能和謂語動詞took out 同等地位，即say 是非謂語動詞，它和邏輯主語my son是主動關(guān)系，應(yīng)使用現(xiàn)在分詞saying。故填saying。

【7】考查定語從句。句意：它是塊非常時尚的手表，不但有時針、分針和秒針還有日期。空格處缺少主語，前面先行詞a very fashionable watch是物做后面從句主語，有逗號隔開是非限制性定語從句，應(yīng)使用關(guān)系代詞which。故填which。

【8】考查名詞。句意：人們關(guān)心和擔(dān)憂是很自然的。并列連詞and前面是可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)concerns“關(guān)心的事情”，可以判斷worry在這里是可數(shù)名詞“擔(dān)憂的事情”，也應(yīng)使用復(fù)數(shù)形式。故填worries。

【9】考查動詞。句意：事情不會和預(yù)期的一樣糟糕。as+形容詞/副詞+as和...一樣，引導(dǎo)比較狀語從句，as badly as后面完整句子應(yīng)該是things are expected，在狀語從句中當(dāng)主句的主語和從句的主語是同一個，可以省去從句主語和系動詞，只保留動詞，這里expect應(yīng)為被動，所以用過去分詞expected。故填expected.

【10】考查冠詞。句意：生活是人們能夠得到的最好課堂。這里best是形容詞good的最高級修飾后面名詞classroom, 形容詞最高級要加定冠詞the。故填the。

英語里有些單詞既有動詞又有名詞意思，要根據(jù)上下文理解判斷是動詞還是名詞。例如小題8，worry有動詞和名詞的意思，根據(jù)并列連詞and前面是可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)concerns“關(guān)心的事情”，可以判斷and 后面連接的worry是可數(shù)名詞“擔(dān)憂的事情”，也應(yīng)使用復(fù)數(shù)形式。