Question

A farmer once organized a competition between his dog and his rabbit. He dug a hole in one of his biggest fields, and hid a carrot and a bone in it. He wanted to find out 1. animal would find them first.

The cheerful and 2. (ambition) rabbit threw himself into looking for the carrot, digging here and there, totally 3. (convince) that he would find it. But the dog, after sniffing around for a bit, lay down and began to complain about how difficult4. was to find one bone in such a big field.

The rabbit dug 5. hours, and with every new hole the dog complained even more about how difficult this was, even for the rabbit. 6. the rabbit thought that each hole dug was one hole less that needed digging. When there was no place in the whole field 7. (leave) to dig, the rabbit dug a tunnel right to the place where the dog 8. (lie) since he lay down. There he found the carrot and the bone.

This is how the dog lost the game. He had come to 9. right place at the very beginning but failed to find the bone 10. he only complained and didn’t try at all.

Answer 1

1.which

2.ambitious

3.convinced

4.it

5.for

6.But

7.left

8.had been lying

9.the

10.because

【解析】

試題分析：題目主要考查學(xué)生對(duì)冠詞、連詞、形容詞、動(dòng)詞、時(shí)態(tài)、狀語(yǔ)從句等知識(shí)的掌握情況。

1.He wanted to find out animal would find them first.那個(gè)農(nóng)民想看看小狗和兔子誰(shuí)先找到他埋的胡蘿卜和骨頭，故填which。

2.ambitious。

3.totally (convince) that he would find it兔子對(duì)找到胡蘿卜很有信心，be convinced that...確信......，故填convinced。

4.it。

5.The rabbit dug hours兔子挖了好幾個(gè)小時(shí)，for+一段時(shí)間，故填for。

6.But。

7.When there was no place in the whole field (leave) to dig當(dāng)所有的坑都挖完時(shí)，place與leave是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，there is sth left (for sb) to do某事/某物有待某人去做，故填left。

8.lay down and began to complain”可知，小狗一直躺在那里抱怨，而兔子在小狗躺的地方挖出了一條地下通道，since+從句與完成時(shí)連用，兔子挖洞的時(shí)候，小狗還在那里躺著，整篇文章敘述的是過(guò)去的事情，因此使用過(guò)去完成進(jìn)行時(shí)，故填had been lying。

9.He had come to right place at the very beginning兔子在小狗躺的地方找到了胡蘿卜和骨頭，小狗躺的地方正好是埋藏骨頭的地方，故填the。

10. he only complained and didn’t try at all小狗輸?shù)袅吮荣�，因�(yàn)樾」犯�本沒(méi)有嘗試著去挖洞，它只是一味地抱怨，前后是因果關(guān)系，故填because。

考點(diǎn)：考查冠詞；連詞；形容詞；動(dòng)詞；時(shí)態(tài)；狀語(yǔ)從句