【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 ing in return. Life is unpredictable, and you never know what will happen tomorrow. When my son came back during the summer vacation, my wife and I, as usual, ________(meet) him at the station. On arriving home, much ________my surprise, my son took out a wrist watch and gave it to me, ________(say) it was a birthday gift for me. It is a very fashionable watch, ________shows not only hours, minutes and seconds but days as well. You can imagine how surprised and excited I was at that moment. Some people say children get too much care and love from their parents and just take them for granted. It is natural for people to have such concerns and ________(worry), but things may not turn out as badly as________(expect). We need to look more at the positive side of life, as a famous writer once said, Life is ________best classroom one can never get.【答案】 matters；However；forgetful；met；to；saying；which；worries；expected；the 【解析】【分析】短文大意：本文講述父母常常記得兒女的生日，而兒女很少記得父母的生日。但作者的兒子給他意外的驚喜。 （1）句意：重要的是你買禮物這個行動本身而不是你買的東西。強調(diào)主語the act itself應為第三人稱，故謂語動詞用第三人稱單數(shù)形式，故填matters。 （2）句意：然而，我從沒收到任何來自我身為一個大學生的兒子的禮物。根據(jù)下文Parents never forget to celebrate their children39。s birthday父母從來不會忘記慶祝他們孩子的生日，They seldom do something in return.他們幾乎不會做任何事情回報父母。故此處表示轉(zhuǎn)折，用however，然而。句首首字母要大寫。故填However。 （3）句意：父母從來不會忘記慶祝他們孩子的生日，但孩子們似乎非常健忘。very為副詞，應修飾形容詞，forgetful健忘的。故填forgetful。 （4）句意：當兒子暑假回來，通常，妻子和我到車站去接他。根據(jù)前文when my son came back，可知此處應用一般過去時，故填met。 （5）句意：一回到家，令我很驚訝的是，他拿出了一個腕表給我，說它是我的生日禮物。to one39。s surprise為固定搭配，故填to。 （6）句意：一回到家，令我很驚訝的是，他拿出了一個腕表給我，說它是我的生日禮物。say這個動作伴隨著給我腕表這個動作的發(fā)生，做伴隨狀語，用現(xiàn)在分詞saying，故填saying。 （7）句意：它是一款非常時尚的手表，不僅顯示時、分、秒，也顯示日期。 shows not only hours, minutes and seconds but days as well. 是非限定定語從句，修飾watch，指物，連詞用which，故填which。 （8）句意：對于人們來說有這樣的關(guān)注和擔心很正常，但事情并非我們所預料的那樣糟。and連接兩個并列成分，前后要一致， concerns是名詞復數(shù)，worry用復數(shù)形式worries。故填worries。 （9）句意：對于人們來說有這樣的關(guān)注和擔心很正常，但事情并非我們所預料的那樣糟。as expected為固定短語，正如希望的那樣，故填expected。 （10）句意：生命是一個人永遠無法得到最好的課堂。定冠詞the修飾形容詞最高級，故填the。 【點評】考查動詞時態(tài)、副詞用法、形容詞、固定搭配、非謂語動詞、名詞單復數(shù)以及冠詞。先通讀全文，理解文章大意。再細讀文章，分析句子成分及含義逐一作答，最后再讀文章，修正錯誤。6．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 ________ visitor told him he needed one. In those days, a brush was made from camel39。s hair. There were no camels nearby. Benjamin decided that cat hair would work instead. He cut some fur from the family cat ________ (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 ________ be sick. Benjamin ________ (force) to admit what he had been doing. The cat39。s lot was about to improve. That year, one of Benjamin39。s cousins, Mr. Pennington, came to visit. He was impressed with Benjamin39。s drawings. ________ he went home, he sent Benjamin a box for paint and some brushes. He also sent six engravings(版畫)by an artist. ________ 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 ________ Benjamin had done with his gift. He asked Benjamin39。s parents ________ 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 wellknown 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, ________ (be) a poor student. But he later said, “Those two books were my panions by day, and ________ my pillow at night. While it is likely that he understood very little of the books, they were his introduction to classical paintings. The nineyearold boy decided then that he would be an artist.【答案】 a；to make；must；was forced；When；These；what；whether；being；under 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇記敘文，，他引領(lǐng)本杰明走上了藝術(shù)之路。 （1）考查冠詞。可數(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）考查非謂語動詞。此處應指“目的是制作畫筆”，表目的用不定式，故填to make。 （3）考查情態(tài)動詞。句意：他的父親說那只貓肯定病了。根據(jù)be和句意判斷此處應填情態(tài)動詞，結(jié)合句意“貓肯定病了”此處是肯定推測，其表達為must do/be，故填must。 （4）考查時態(tài)語態(tài)。本文講述過去的事情故用一般過去時，再結(jié)合語境，主語Benjamin和force之間是動賓關(guān)系，故用一般過去時的被動語態(tài)，填was forced。 （5）考查狀語從句。句意：當他回家時，他寄給本杰明禮物。這是一個when引導的時間狀語從句，故填When。 （6）考查代詞。根據(jù)were判斷此處是句子主語，且是復數(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。 Benjamin had done with his gift是一個賓語從句，從句中缺少賓語，故用指物的連接代詞，故填what。 （8）考查賓語從句。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是“他問他是否可以帶這個孩子去費城參觀”，表是否用whether，故填whether。 （9）考查非謂語動詞。邏輯主語Benjamin和be之間是主動關(guān)系，故用現(xiàn)在分詞，填being。 （10）考查介詞。句意：他說：“白天這兩本書是我的伙伴，晚上它們在我枕頭下面?！狈治鼍渥咏Y(jié)構(gòu)可知，此處應填介詞，結(jié)合上下文“書在枕頭下”符合語境，故填under。 【點評】本題考點涉及冠詞，非謂語動詞，情態(tài)動詞，時態(tài)語態(tài)，狀語從句，代詞，賓語從句以及介詞等多個知識點的考查，是一篇故事類閱讀，要求考生在理解細節(jié)信息的基礎上，進一步根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關(guān)系，并結(jié)合相關(guān)語法知識，進行分析推理，從而寫出正確的單詞形式。7．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