Question

【題目】 As junior middle school students, you must have learned the word “knock”. 【1】 For example，you knock on a door when you want to enter someone’s house. But did you know that when you want good luck, you should knock on wood?

Knocking on wood is something we either do or say (or both) to bring good luck. This custom may come from ancient times. 【2】 Even if they don't believe it to be true, many Americans say “Knock on wood!” to mean “ Wish me good luck!”

“To knock around” is to walk around without a clear purpose. 【3】 And it was not a waste of time. So don't knock me for spending so much time knocking around! This means to criticize, 【4】 So, if someone criticizes your career choice, you can say, “Why are you knocking my job? It's my business.”

There is another informal expression: Don't knock it till you've tried it. This means you should not criticize something you have not tried.

【5】 Others learn from experience. And difficult experiences can be the best teacher. In a way, they are a lot like school. And we call that school "the school of hard knocks". In the school of hard knocks, you learn something as a result of difficult or unpleasant experiences. The term "hard knocks" means the situations in life that try to knock you down, but you won't give up.

根據(jù)材料內(nèi)容，從下面五個選項中選出能填入文中空缺處的最佳選項。使文章意思通順，內(nèi)容完整。

A.It is usually used before the word door".

B.Speaking of university, some people go there to learn.

C.So knocking on a tree was thought to bring good luck.

D.You can knock around your neighborhood or city streets.

E.If you knock something, you keep finding mistakes with it.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】E

【5】B

【解析】

本篇介紹knock這個詞的幾個常用短語。介紹了knock on the door；knock on wood；knock around”knock sb/something；hard knock等正確的用法。

【1】根據(jù)下文“For example，you knock on a door when you want to enter someone’s house”舉例說明knock這個詞的用法，推斷空格指knock通常放在door前面；故答案為A。

【2】上文“敲打木頭是我們做或說（或二者兼而有之）的事情，以帶來好運”；根據(jù)下文“Even if they don't believe it to be true, many Americans say “Knock on wood!” to mean “ Wish me good luck!”即使這種做法不可能帶來好運，美國人寧愿相信，推斷空格指人們認為敲樹能帶來好運。故答案為C。

【3】上文““To knock around” is to walk around without a clear purpose” knock around”沒有明確目的的情況下四處走動，推斷空格進一步說明該詞的用法；故答案為D。

【4】根據(jù)上文“So don't knock me for spending so much time knocking around! This means to criticize”推斷下文進一步闡述knock sb/ something的意思；故答案為E

【5】空格在段首，判斷是總述句，根據(jù)下文講述hard knocks指人們在學校從困難或不愉快的經(jīng)歷中學到了一些東西或在生活中，那些試圖擊倒你，但你不會放棄的情況，空格后“Others learn from experience”推斷空格指有的在大學學習，有的從經(jīng)驗中學習；故答案為B。

補全短文，解答前先閱讀備選句，理解備選句的句意；再跳空閱讀全文，了解大意；然后，根據(jù)上下文聯(lián)系、查看空格句與段落和主體文章之間的邏輯關系，推斷空格所缺的信息，所選的句子要能使文章前后內(nèi)容銜接，意思連貫。題1、2、3、4在段落的中間，句子都有承上啟下的功能，要根據(jù)上下文聯(lián)系推斷空格信息，題5在段首，要根據(jù)下文的陳述并根據(jù)some…others…結(jié)構判斷選項。