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【題目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with proper words

Who is the greatest teacher in Chinese history？Many people would think of Confucius, whose birthday was September 28. A【1】 he lived over 2,000 years ago, people still remember and respect him for his contribution to the education today.

Confucius lived in the Kingdom of Lu, which lies in Shandong Province. He lived during the Spring and Autumn Period. His c【2】 was sad. His father died when he was only 3. His mother brought him up. As a child, he had to work to help his mother, but young Confucius didn’t give up studying. He visited many famous teachers and learned music, history, poetry and sports.

L【3】 , he became a teacher and started the first public school in Chinese history. At that time only children from noble families could go to school, but Confucius believed everyone should go to school if they wanted to learn. He had about 3,000 students in his lifetime.

Today, people still follow Confucius’【4】 . He told us that we all have something worthy to be learned. “When I am w【5】 three people, one of them must be better than me in some areas. I choose their good qualities and follow them.”

He also taught us that thinking is very important in study. “All study but no thinking makes people p【6】 . All thinking but no study makes people lazy.”

Confucius is not only a great teacher, but also a famous thinker with wise thoughts about the world and society. His most important teachings are about kindness and good manners. “A kind person should care for others. Be s【7】 with yourself, but kind to others.” he said.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】Although

【2】childhood

【3】Later

【4】thoughts

【5】with

【6】puzzled

【7】strict

【解析】

本文介紹了偉大的教育家、思想家孔子：春秋時(shí)期魯國(guó)人，三歲喪父，年輕時(shí)家里生活艱難，但是并沒(méi)有放棄學(xué)習(xí)。他拜訪了許多著名老師，學(xué)會(huì)了音樂(lè)、歷史、詩(shī)歌和運(yùn)動(dòng)�？鬃映闪⒘说谝凰�公共學(xué)堂，他認(rèn)為人人都有受教育的權(quán)利�？鬃右簧�有弟子三千，他的“三人行，必有我?guī)熝伞�，“學(xué)而不思則罔，思而不學(xué)則殆”，“嚴(yán)以律己，寬以待大”至今還對(duì)世人很有教育意義。

【1】句意：盡管他生活在兩千多年前，但人們?nèi)匀挥浀貌⒆鹬厮麑?duì)當(dāng)今教育事業(yè)的貢獻(xiàn)。

由語(yǔ)境和首字母提示可知，應(yīng)該填although；although“盡管”的意思，一般引導(dǎo)讓步狀語(yǔ)從句。引導(dǎo)的從句放在主句前后均可，有時(shí)還可放在句中。故答案為：Although。

【2】句意：他的童年是悲傷的。

根據(jù)“His father died when he was only 3. His mother brought him up.”他父親在他3歲時(shí)去世了。他母親把他撫養(yǎng)大�？芍�，孔子的童年是悲傷的。結(jié)合首字母提示可知，應(yīng)該填：childhood。故答案為：childhood。

【3】句意：后來(lái)，他成為一名教師，創(chuàng)辦了中國(guó)歷史上第一所公立學(xué)校。

根據(jù)“he became a teacher and started the first public school in Chinese history.”他成為一名教師，創(chuàng)辦了中國(guó)歷史上第一所公立學(xué)校�？芍�，這些都是在他拜訪了許多名師，學(xué)習(xí)了音樂(lè)、歷史、詩(shī)歌和體育。之后做的事情。結(jié)合首字母提示可知，應(yīng)該填：later。首字母要大寫。故答案為：Later。

【4】句意：今天，人們?nèi)匀蛔裱�孔子的思想�?/span>

根據(jù)“He told us that we all have something worthy to be learned. “When I am w 5 three people, one of them must be better than me in some areas. I choose their good qualities and follow them.””他告訴我們，我們都有值得學(xué)習(xí)的東西。“當(dāng)我和三個(gè)人在一起時(shí)，其中一個(gè)人在某些方面一定比我強(qiáng)。我選擇他們的優(yōu)秀品質(zhì)并追隨他們。”可知，這是孔子的思想。應(yīng)該填：thought。結(jié)合下文的介紹可知，孔子的思想很多，應(yīng)該用復(fù)數(shù)形式。故答案為：thoughts。

【5】句意：當(dāng)我和三個(gè)人在一起時(shí)，其中一個(gè)人在某些方面一定比我強(qiáng)。我選擇他們的優(yōu)秀品質(zhì)并追隨他們。

由語(yǔ)境和首字母提示可知，應(yīng)該填：with；be with sb.：與某人在一起。故答案為：with。

【6】句意：只學(xué)習(xí)不思考，令人困惑。只會(huì)思考而不學(xué)習(xí)會(huì)使人懶惰。即：學(xué)而不思則罔，思而不學(xué)則殆。

由語(yǔ)境和首字母提示可知，應(yīng)該填：puzzle；make后跟形容詞做賓補(bǔ)， puzzle的形容詞為puzzled。故答案為：puzzled。

【7】句意：對(duì)自己要嚴(yán)格，對(duì)別人要友善。

由語(yǔ)境和首字母提示可知，應(yīng)該填：strict；be strict with：對(duì)某人很嚴(yán)厲，with 后加人。故答案為：strict。