内容正文:
短文填空
(2020 •广东省深圳市)
One day, a man was walking by the corner of a street. Here he met46.little boy holding a bird cage and selling the birds inside. He 47.(stop) and looked very sadly at the birds without freedom in front of him. The birds were screaming in the cage, trying to fly away.
After standing 48. a moment, he said to the boy, "How much does49.(you) bird cost? I want…"
"One fifty cents, sir," the boy answered quickly.
"I am afraid that you are mistaken. I am not asking how much it is." The man said, "I would like50.(buy) all of them. What I ask is how much you want for them."
Hearing this, the boy51.(happy) counted the number of the birds in the cage.
"They cost five dollars."
"Here52.(be) the money!" The man passed the money. The boy counted excitedly. However, he then was53.(surprise) to find all the birds had flown away.
"OH, my god, for what reason did you do that, sir? You don't even get a bird!" The boy asked the man who set the birds free.
"My boy, let me tell you54.I did this." The man said, "I have no right to get them. Every life should be free and they are our55.(friend). So we should give them freedom."
一、短文填空解题步骤
1. 跳过空格,不看选项,快速地阅读全文,从整体上感知全文,掌握大意,了解全篇的内容和要旨。
快速阅读时宁粗勿细,切忌只盯住一个句子仓促解题,这样势必因胸无全局而误入歧途。快速阅读时,还要注意找出关键词,这些词在文中起支撑骨架的功能,抓住了关键词就抓住了故事的线索。特别是要重视首句,善于以首句的时态、语气为立足点,理清文脉,推测全文时态、主题及大意。
2. 复读短文,确定语义,判断词形。
把握短文大意后再认真复读短文,利用上下文的语境,结合所学过的知识,先确定空格处所需词语的意义,再根据空格在句子中的位置,判断其在句中充当的成分,从而确定所填词的词性,再依据词语搭配和语法规则,判断所填词的正确形式。如短文难度较大,尤其是难于选词时,从本句的前后观察中一时尚不得要领,就要进一步扩大到上下文中分析。
3. 三读短文,上下参照,验证答案。
在短文的空白处分别填上一个词后,将完成的短文再细读一遍,上下参照,连贯思考。可从上下文内容是否协调一致、顺理成章,语法结构是否正确无误等进行综合验证,凡有疑问必须重新推敲考虑。
二、解题技巧
★ 已给出单词提示型的解题技巧
(1)名词形式变化。名词的形式变化主要有单数、复数、所有格的变化。如:
There are many students living at school, the ___________(child) houses are all far from schoo1.
由students一词可以判断出横线处应填复数,且作houses的定语,所以应用其所有格形式,故答案为child的复合变化形式——复数的所有格children’s。
(2)动词形式变化。动词的形式变化比较多,有谓语的变化(时态、语态、语气),有非谓语的变化(不定式、动名词、现在分词、过去分词)。如:
A talk ___________ (give) tomorrow is written by Professor Z