Question

【題目】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Benjamin West, the father of American painting, showed his talent for art when he was only six years of age. But he did not know about brushes before 【1】 visitor told him he needed one. In those days, a brush was made from camel’s hair. There were no camels nearby. Benjamin decided that cat hair would work instead. He cut some fur from the family cat 【2】 (make) a brush.

The brush did not last long. Soon Benjamin needed more fur. Before long, the cat began to look ragged（蓬亂）. His father said that the cat 【3】 be sick. Benjamin 【4】 (force) to admit what he had been doing.

The cat’s lot was about to improve. That year, one of Benjamin’s cousins, Mr. Pennington, came to visit. He was impressed with Benjamin’s drawings. 【5】 he went home, he sent Benjamin a box for paint and some brushes. He also sent six engravings（版畫）by an artist. 【6】 were the first pictures and first real paint and brushes Benjamin had even seen. In 1747, when Benjamin was nine years old, Mr. Pennington returned for another visit. He was amazed at 【7】 Benjamin had done with his gift. He asked Benjamin’s parents 【8】 he might take the boy to Philadelphia for a visit.

In the city, Mr. Pennington gave Benjamin materials for creating oil paintings. The boy began a landscape painting. William Williams, a well-known painter, came to see him work. Williams was impressed with Benjamin and gave him two classic books on painting to take home. The books were long and dull. Benjamin could read only a little, 【9】 (be) a poor student. But he later said, “Those two books were my companions by day, and 【10】 my pillow at night.” While it is likely that he understood very little of the books, they were his introduction to classical paintings. The nine-year-old boy decided then that he would be an artist.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】a

【2】to make

【3】must

【4】was forced

【5】When

【6】These

【7】what

【8】whether

【9】being

【10】under

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。文章主要講述了美國的油畫之父本杰明.韋斯特在6-9歲時(shí)對(duì)繪畫的熱愛，他所面臨的問題以及大藝術(shù)家威廉.威廉姆斯對(duì)他的影響及幫助，他引領(lǐng)本杰明走上了藝術(shù)之路。

【1】考查冠詞�？蓴�(shù)名詞visitor需要冠詞修飾，結(jié)合語境此處是泛指，故用不定冠詞，且visitor是輔音音素開頭，故填a。

【2】考查不定式作狀語。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，此處應(yīng)用非謂語動(dòng)詞，結(jié)合句意此處應(yīng)指“目的是制作畫筆”，表目的用不定式，故填to make。

【3】考查情態(tài)動(dòng)詞的用法。句意：他的父親說那只貓肯定病了。根據(jù)be和句意判斷此處應(yīng)填情態(tài)動(dòng)詞，結(jié)合句意“貓肯定病了”此處是肯定推測(cè)，其表達(dá)為must do/be，故填must。

【4】考查時(shí)態(tài)和語態(tài)。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，此處是謂語動(dòng)詞，本文講述過去的事情故用一般過去時(shí)，再結(jié)合語境，主語Benjamin和force之間是動(dòng)賓關(guān)系，故用一般過去時(shí)的被動(dòng)語態(tài)，故填was forced。

【5】考查狀語從句連詞。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，此處應(yīng)填連詞，再結(jié)合句意，此處應(yīng)是“當(dāng)他回家時(shí)，他寄給本杰明禮物”，故填When。

【6】考查代詞。根據(jù)were判斷此處是句子主語，且是復(fù)數(shù)形式，再結(jié)合上下文，此處是指“Mr. Pennington寄給他的那些東西”，可用these代替。故填These。

【7】考查賓語從句連詞。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，此處應(yīng)填連詞，賓語從句___7___ Benjamin had done with his gift中缺少賓語，故用指物的連接代詞，故填what。

【8】考查賓語從句連詞。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，此處是賓語從句連詞，聯(lián)系上下文判斷此處應(yīng)是“他問他是否可以帶這個(gè)孩子去費(fèi)城參觀”，表是否用whether，故填whether。

【9】考查現(xiàn)在分詞作狀語。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，此處是非謂語動(dòng)詞，邏輯主語Benjamin和be之間是主動(dòng)關(guān)系，故用現(xiàn)在分詞。故填being。

【10】考查介詞。句意：他說：“白天這兩本書是我的伙伴，晚上它們?cè)谖艺眍^下面。”分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知，此處應(yīng)填介詞，結(jié)合上下文“書在枕頭下”符合語境，故填under。

第3小題His father said that the cat ___3___ be sick.考查must的推測(cè)句，此處是父親根據(jù)貓的狀態(tài)判斷貓肯定生病了，故用肯定推測(cè)，must be sick.

must表推測(cè)時(shí)是肯定推測(cè)，譯為“一定，肯定”。我們可以分三種情況

對(duì)正在進(jìn)行動(dòng)作的推測(cè)：must be doing

例如：No one answer the phone, he must be reading in the library.沒人接電話，他現(xiàn)在肯定在圖書館看書。

對(duì)現(xiàn)在情況的推測(cè)：must be/do

He sings well, so he must be a singer.他唱得很好，他一定是各歌手。

對(duì)過去情況的推測(cè)：must have done

He is sleepy now. he must have stayed up last night.他昏昏欲睡。昨晚肯定熬夜了。