Question

【題目】從方框中選擇恰當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~,并用其適當(dāng)形式完成短文。

A. public B. price C. laughed D. do E. report F. hurried

G. worry H. allowed I. countries J. believed K.

“Jack, the headmaster wants you in his office.” When he heard this, Jack began to 【1】

about it and suddenly everyone around 【2】 and shouted “April fool”, for this was April Fool’s Day.

In Britain and in some other 【3】, it is usual and ordinary to play a joke on people on that day. Children are 【4】 to play harmless jokes on their friends until twelve o’clock at night. Usually they try to play a joke on other children into 【5】foolish things. Not only children but also grown-ups enjoy a joke on others. Even newspapers and radios at times try to play a joke on the 【6】 with a clever April Fool’s story.

Some time ago, for example, a very serious BBC TV program did a ten-minute 【7】

about spaghetti trees in Italy. The reporter said that trees weren’t produced as much spaghetti as they did last year because of the bad weather. He also said that the 【8】 of spaghetti would go up. A lot of people who didn’t know what spaghetti was made of 【9】 the story. Some housewives 【10】 to buy the food that was going to become in short supply.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】worry

【2】laughed

【3】countries

【4】allowed

【5】doing

【6】public

【7】report

【8】price

【9】believed

【10】hurried

【解析】文章通過杰克在愚人節(jié)這天被騙引出西方的愚人節(jié)。在美國和西方的一些國家人們?cè)谶@天喜歡開一些無害的玩笑。甚至電臺(tái)和報(bào)社也會(huì)開一些如此的玩笑。

【1】由上文“班主任想讓你去辦公室”故此處為“Jack對(duì)此非常擔(dān)心。”worry about擔(dān)心。

【2】由句意：突然周圍的每個(gè)人笑了大喊道“愚人節(jié)”。由語境可知此句為一般過去時(shí)，需用動(dòng)詞laugh的過去式。

【3】在英國和一些國家，在那一天人們開一些玩笑很普通正常。country國家，由some修飾此處需用可數(shù)名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式。

【4】直到晚上12:00，人們被允許朋友之間開一些無傷害的玩笑。主語Children與allow之間應(yīng)為被動(dòng)關(guān)系。

【5】通常他們與孩子們開一些玩笑，讓他們做一些傻事。into為介詞，后接動(dòng)名詞作賓語。

【6】甚至有時(shí)候，報(bào)社和電臺(tái)也與公眾開一些玩笑。the public“公眾”。

【7】不久前，一個(gè)非常正式的BBC節(jié)目對(duì)意大利的面條樹做了10分鐘的報(bào)告。此處需用名詞report“報(bào)道”作賓語。

【8】他說空心面的價(jià)格將上漲。此處需用名詞price“價(jià)格”作主語。

【9】許多人不知道空心面是由什么制成的相信了這個(gè)故事。由語境可知此處需用believe的過去式構(gòu)成一般過去時(shí)。

A lot of people who didn’t know what spaghetti was made of ___9___ the story.

【10】一些家庭主婦匆匆忙忙去買將成為短缺商品的食物。由語境可知此處需用調(diào)查hurry“倉促”的過去式構(gòu)成一般過去時(shí)。