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【題目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words(在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順，每空格限填一詞，首字母已給)：

A cactus(仙人掌)stood all alone in the desert. It sighed (嘆氣): “I can’t offer shade(陰涼) or juicy fruit to any passing traveler. I can’t see that I have any use to others. I wish I could do something u【1】.”

By day birds circled high over its head. “What can I do for you?”the cactus called. The birds flew away.

At night the moon moved in the s【2】, looking at it coldly. A lizard (蜥蜴)passed by, leaving a little trail (痕跡)in the sand with its tail.

“What can I do for you?” the cactus called. “You?” the Lizard l【3】. “You can’t do anything! The birds circle overhead, leaving beautiful forms for us all to admire. The moon hangs high like a l【4】 at night ,so we can see our ways home. Even I have something to do. I decorate(裝飾)the desert with these beautiful trails as I pull my tail along. But you can do nothing.”

As time went on, the cactus g【5】 old, and it knew that its time was short. It cried out: “Forgive me! I have tried, but I failed to find something to do.”

But just then , a beautiful flower o【6】 from a cactus head like a crown.

The desert had never seen such a flower before. It brought h【7】 to all those who passed by. The butterflies stopped to admire its beauty, and that night even the moon smiled when it rose to find such a beautiful flower.

In the desert , a voice was saying: “I finally found something to do.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】useful

【2】sky

【3】laughed

【4】light/lantern

【5】grew/got

【6】opened

【7】Happiness/hopeness

【解析】

本文講述了沙漠里的仙人掌認(rèn)為自己沒(méi)有用途，他想要為別人做些有用的事。但是直到他老了，他也沒(méi)有找到有用的事去做。后來(lái)，他頭頂上開(kāi)出了一朵美麗的花，給所有經(jīng)過(guò)的人帶來(lái)了快樂(lè)。他覺(jué)得自己終于能找到事情去做了。

【1】句意：我希望我能做一些有用的事。

根據(jù)“I can’t see that I have any use to others.”可知，他認(rèn)為自己對(duì)其他人沒(méi)有用，因此想要做一些有用的事，修飾不定代詞something，用形容詞，故填useful。

【2】句意：晚上月亮在天空中移動(dòng)，冷冷地看著它。

根據(jù)the moon可知，月亮在天上，in the sky在天空中，故填sky。

【3】句意：“你？”蜥蜴笑了。

根據(jù)后文的“You can’t do anything!”可知，蜥蜴認(rèn)為仙人掌不能做任何事，因此在笑他，故填laughed。

【4】句意：晚上月亮掛得很高，像一盞燈，所以我們可以看到回家的路。

根據(jù)“so we can see our ways home.”可知，我們可以看見(jiàn)回家的路，因此月亮就像燈或燈籠一樣，故填light/lantern。

【5】句意：隨著時(shí)間的流逝，仙人掌老了，它知道自己的時(shí)間不多了。

grow/get+形容詞，表示“變得……”，故填grew/got。

【6】句意：但就在這時(shí)，一朵美麗的花從一個(gè)仙人掌頭上像皇冠一樣開(kāi)了。

根據(jù)后文的“The desert had never seen such a flower before.”可知，表示開(kāi)花了，故填opened。

【7】句意：它給所有經(jīng)過(guò)的人帶來(lái)了快樂(lè)。

根據(jù)后文的“The butterflies stopped to admire its beauty, and that night even the moon smiled when it rose to find such a beautiful flower.”可知，看見(jiàn)這朵漂亮的花，大家感到高興，作為動(dòng)詞brought的賓語(yǔ)，用名詞，故填Happiness/hopeness。