【正文】 uit. How much per kilo? the old man ________ （ask）. Two rupees （盧比）, the shopkeeper answered. Two rupees in India is almost nothing, ________ the old man bought a whole kilogram and started eating it. However, as soon as he started eating, his mouth began ________ （burn）, his eyes began to water, and his whole face became as red ________ the fruit. As he coughed and struggled to breathe, he jumped up and ________, screaming: Ah! Ah! Ah! And yet he continued to eat the fruit. Some people who were looking at him shook their ________ （head） and said, You are crazy! Those are chili peppers （辣椒）!You can39。t just eat them by the handful! The old man said to ________ （he）,I paid for them, so I must eat them. This old man seemed pretty stupid. But are we so much smarter? All of us have ________ （spend） money and time on somethingmaybe a relationship, or a business, or a joband sometimes, even if we know there39。s no hope that things will change, we still continue with it. What we can learn ________ the old man is this: if you39。ve lost a lot over something that doesn39。t work, let it go and move on. It39。s better than continuing to lose.【答案】 cheapest；asked；so；to burn /burning；as；down；heads；himself；spent；from 【解析】【分析】文章大意：這篇短文主要講述了一個人因為貪便宜，買了一些根本不能作為水果的辣椒。結果因為舍不得自己花的那些錢，堅持把它們吃完的故事。從而告訴我們放棄某些東西比繼續(xù)損失要好。 （1）句意：最便宜的東西有一籃子紅水果。cheap，便宜。根據上文語句but most of it was very cheap. 提示可知，此句應該用最高級，故填cheapest。 （2）句意：“每公斤多少錢？”老人問。ask，詢問，由語句 An old man went to India. 提示可知此句要用一般過去時，故填asked。 （3）句意：所以這位老人買了整整一公斤，開始吃。語句the old man bought a whole kilogram and started eating rupees in India is almost nothing, 的結果，故填so。 （4）句意：然而，他一開始吃東西，嘴巴就開始燃燒。burn，燃燒；固定結構begin to do sth，開始做某事，故填to burn/burning。 （5）句意：整個臉變得像水果一樣紅。固定結構as…as，與……一樣，故填as。 （6）句意：他跳上跳下，尖叫著：“??！??！“啊！”固定短語，jump up and down，跳上跳下，故填down。 （7）句意：有些人看著他，搖搖頭說：“你瘋了！head，頭，因前面some people，要用復數形式，故填heads。 （8）句意：老人自言自語道：“我付了錢，所以我必須吃?！惫潭ǘ陶Z，say to oneself，因主語是he，故填himself。 （9）句意：我們所有人都把時間和金錢花在了一些事情上。spend，花費，動詞。因前面有助動詞have，其后要用過去分詞，故填spent。 （10）句意：我們可以從這位老人身上學到的是……。固定短語，learn from sb，向某人學習，故填from。 【點評】考查語法填空。通讀全文理解大意，然后根據上下文或者所給單詞的提示對所缺部分進行逐一解答。13．閱讀下面的短文，在空白處填入一個適當的詞，或填入括號中所給單詞的正確形式。 A young man was on a train. As the train turned a Corner, it slowed down and then ________house came into sight. The house looked so different from the grey Buildings of the City ________everybody on the train turned to look at it. Some passengers ________（begin） to talk about it. The young mas also ________（interest） in the house. He decided to get ________at the next station and make his way to the house. The owner of the house told ________（he）that he was trying to sell the house, But no one would Buy it, as the noise of the trains passing nearby made it ________（difficulty）to live in. The young man decided to Buy the house right then and there for $30, 000. He used it for advertising, as the house faced the railway Bend（彎道）. The train had to slow down at the Bend, giving the passengers plenty of time to look at the house. The young man went to several Big ________（pany） and explained the advantages of placing advertisements on the side of the house. ________（final）, one Company agreed to place some ads. The young man ________（pay） $180, 000 for three years of advertising. In this world, turning disadvantages into advantages is the key to success.【答案】 a；that；began；interested；off；him；difficult；Companies；Finally；was paid 【解析】【分析】本文講述了一個年輕人以低價買了個地點很差的房子來高價做廣告，為了告訴我們在這個世界上，將劣勢轉化為優(yōu)勢是成功的關鍵。 （1）句意： 當火車拐過一個拐角時，它慢了下來，然后一所房子浮現在眼前。house是以輔音音素開頭的單數可數名詞，其前用不定冠詞a表示泛指，故填a。（2）句意： 這座房子看起來與城市的灰色建筑如此的不相同以至于火車上的每個人都轉過身去看它。 so...that...，固定搭配，如此......以至于......，故填that。（3）句意： 一些乘客開始談論它。描述過去用一般過去時，begin是動詞，它的過去式是began，故填began。（4）句意： 年輕的馬斯也對這所房子感興趣。beinterested in，固定搭配，對......感興趣，故填 interested。（5）句意： 他決定在下一站下車，然后朝房子走去。get off，固定搭配，下車，故填 off。（6）句意： 房子的主人告訴他想賣掉房子，但是沒有人會買，因為附近火車的噪音使得住起來很困難。謂語動詞told后是賓語，賓格做賓語，him是he的賓格，故填him。（7）句意：房子的主人告訴他想賣掉房子，但是沒有人會買，因為附近火車的噪音使得住起來很困難。make it+形容詞+to do，固定搭配， 使得做某事怎么樣，difficulty是名詞，形容詞是difficult，故填 difficult。（8）句意： 這個年輕人去了幾家大公司，并解釋了在房子旁邊貼廣告的好處。根據Big是形容詞并大寫，可知前后是名詞，大寫，此處表示專有名詞，several修飾名詞復數，故填 Companies 。（9）句意： 最后，一家公司同意投放一些廣告。副詞謂語句首修飾全句，finally，是介詞，最后，故填 Finally。（10）句意： 他們給這個年輕人18萬美元做了三年的廣告。此處表示大公司付給年輕人廣告費，故此處是被動語態(tài)，描述過去用一般過去時，主語是man第三人稱單數，故助動詞是was，pay的過去分詞是paid，故填 was paid?！军c評】考查語言綜合運用能力，注意謂語的時態(tài)，語態(tài)，非謂語動詞，詞性，連詞搭配等多種用法。14．閱讀下面短文，在空白處填人適當的內容（不多于3個單詞）或括號內單詞的正確形式。 According to a study, about 85% of Grade 11 students in Canada have their own mobile phones. About 52% of Grade 7 students and 24% of Grade 4 students also carry mobile phones. In many schools, students must turn off their mobile phones and leave ________ in their schoolbags during school hours. Some schools even don39。t allow students ________ （take） mobile phones to school.Do you know why these schools don39。t want students to use mobile phones at school? One of the main ________ （reason） is that mobile phones can distract（使分心） students ________ their study. Many of these mobile phones are smartphones, and they can be ________ （use） to surf the Internet, send text messages, play games, take ________ （photo） and listen to music. Mr. Jackson says, Many teachers like me are also ________ （worry） that students will use mobile phones to cheat （作弊） in tests, or to record videos of teachers or other students and post them online. ________, some people have different opinions. They think mobile phones are ________ （use） at school. Students can use them in class ________ （watch） educational videos online. Mobile phones can be especially useful in the schools where there aren39。t enough puters. What39。s more, some parents want to be able to reach their children during the day. They want their children to take mobile phones all the time.【答案】 them；to take；reasons；from；used；photos；worried；However；useful；to watch 【解析】【分析】文章大意：短文談論了學生在