Question

【題目】閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入1個適當(dāng)?shù)膯卧~或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。

Finding a New Spring

A tradesman was leading a caravan（商隊）to another country【1】（sell） his goods. Along the way they came to the edge of a severe hot-sand desert. They learnt that during the daytime the sun heats up the fine sand until it's as hot as charcoal, so no one can walk on it--not even bullocks（小公牛）or camels! So the caravan leader hired a desert guide, one who could follow the stars, so they could travel only at night when the sand cools down. They began the dangerous night-time journey across the desert.【2】couple of nights later, after eating their evening meal, and waiting for the sand to cool, they started out again.

Later that night, the desert guide,【3】was driving the first cart, saw from the stars that they were getting close to the other side of the desert. He had also overeaten, so that when he relaxed, he fell asleep. Then the bullocks who, of course, couldn't tell【4】（direct）by reading the stars,【5】（gradual）turned to the side and went in a big wide circle until they arrived at the same place they had started from! By then it was morning, and the people realized they were back at the same spot. They lost heart and began to cry about their condition. Since the desert crossing was supposed to be over by then, they had no more water and were afraid they would die of【6】（thirsty）. They even began to blame the caravan leader and the desert guide.

However, the leader【7】（he）didn't lose courage. He began walking back and forth,【8】（try）to think out a plan. Remaining alert, out of the corner of his eye, he noticed a small clump of grass. He thought,“【9】water, no plant could live in this desert.” So he asked his fellow travelers to dig up the ground on that very spot. They dug and dug, and after a while they got down to a large stone. He got down into the hole, put his ear to the stone, and heard the sound of flowing water.

A spring【10】（find）. All the people were overjoyed.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】to sell

【2】A

【3】who

【4】direction（s）

【5】gradually

【6】thirst

【7】himself

【8】trying

【9】Without

【10】was found

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。文章講述的是一個商人帶領(lǐng)商隊到另一個國家去賣他的貨物，穿越沙漠時他們找到了一股泉水。

【1】

考查動詞不定式作目的狀語。句意：一個商人帶領(lǐng)商隊到另一個國家去賣他的貨物。此處是動詞不定式作目的狀語。故填to sell。

【2】

考查固定詞組。句意：幾天后的晚上，他們吃完晚飯，等沙子涼了下來，又出發(fā)了。固定詞組：a couple of“幾個”。此處指“幾天”后。故填A。

【3】

考查非限制性定語從句。句意：那天晚上，向?qū)я{著第一輛馬車，從星星上看到他們已經(jīng)接近沙漠的另一邊了。此處guide是先行詞，指人，在后面的定語從句中作主語，故填who。

【4】

考查名詞。句意：然后，那些看不出星星來辨別方向的公牛們，慢慢地轉(zhuǎn)向一邊，繞著一個大圓圈走了一圈，終于回到了他們出發(fā)的地方!動詞tell后面用形容詞作賓語，故填direction（s）。

【5】

考查副詞。句意：然后，那些看不出星星來辨別方向的公牛們，慢慢地轉(zhuǎn)向一邊，繞著一個大圓圈走了一圈，終于回到了他們出發(fā)的地方!此處turned是動詞，由副詞修飾，故填gradually。

【6】

考查名詞。句意：因為穿越沙漠應(yīng)該已經(jīng)結(jié)束了，他們沒有水了，擔(dān)心會渴死。動詞詞組die of后面用名詞作賓語，意思是“死于渴”。故填thirst。

【7】

考查反身代詞。句意：然而，領(lǐng)袖本人并沒有失去勇氣。此處用反身代詞作句子主語的同位語。故填himself。

【8】

考查現(xiàn)在分詞作伴隨狀語。句意：他開始來回踱步，試圖想出一個計劃。在保持警惕的同時，他的眼角瞟到了一小叢草。句子主語he和try之間是主動關(guān)系，是現(xiàn)在分詞作伴隨狀語。故填trying。

【9】

考查介詞。句意：他想:“沒有水，植物就不能在沙漠中生存�！贝颂幹浮皼]有”水。故填without。

【10】

考查一般過去時態(tài)的被動語態(tài)。句意：發(fā)現(xiàn)了一處泉水。此處句子主語spring，單數(shù)第三人稱，和find之間是被動關(guān)系，且指過去的事情，所以句子用一般過去時態(tài)的被動語態(tài)。故填was found。