【正文】 Stein and F. Scott Fitzgerald. Hemingway developed ________style of writing that was simple and direct. He chose words sparingly（儉省地）, avoided using adjectives, and trusted the reader to understand ________（mean） of his writing. As he put it, I always try ________（write） on the principle（原則） of the iceberg（冰山）. There is seven eighths of it under water for every part that shows. This style continues to influence Writers today. In his career（生涯）, which lasted some 40 years, Hemingway earned the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize. He was one of the finest writers of the________（twenty） century. For a while Emest Hemingway lived in Key West, Florida, where he had nearly 50 cats. One of them was a cat with six toes（腳趾）, which a ship39。s captain had given him. Today his Key West home is a museum, and many cats still live there. Some of them are ________（child） of Hemingway39。s sixtoed cat. Hemingway was married four times and had three sons. He died in 1961.【答案】 taught；going；for；later；American；a；meaning；to write；twentieth；children 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了海明威及其寫作風(fēng)格。 （1）句意： 海明威的父親很早就教他如何打獵和釣魚。描述過去用一般過去時，teach的過去式是taught，故填 taught。 （2）句意： 海明威沒有去上大學(xué)，而是成了《堪薩斯城明星報》的記者。of是介詞其后是動名詞，故填going。 （3）句意： 后來，在歐洲，他在意大利軍隊當(dāng)司機(jī)，直到他受傷并被運回家，在那里他再次為報紙寫作。work for，固定搭配，為……工作，故填for。 （4）句意： 四年后，他搬到巴黎，希望在那里提高寫作水平。時間段+later，……之后，故填later。 （5）句意：在那里，他和其他美國作家成了朋友。writers是名詞其前是形容詞做定語，America是名詞，American是形容詞，故填 American。 （6）句意： 海明威形成了一種簡單直接的寫作風(fēng)格。style是名詞單數(shù)，以輔音音素開頭，故用不定冠詞a表示泛指，故填a。 （7）句意：他謹(jǐn)慎地選擇詞語，避免使用形容詞，并相信讀者能理解他作品的意思。understand后是動名詞做賓語，故填 meaning。 （8）句意：我總是試圖用冰山的原理寫作。try to do，固定搭配，嘗試做某事，故填 to write 。 （9）句意： 他是20世紀(jì)最優(yōu)秀的作家之一。根據(jù)定冠詞the可知，此處是序數(shù)詞，twenty是基數(shù)詞，twentieth是序數(shù)詞 ， 故填 twentieth。 （10）句意： 其中一些是海明威六趾貓的孩子。根據(jù)are，可知表語是名詞復(fù)數(shù)，child的復(fù)數(shù)是children ， 故填 children。 【點評】考查語法填空，注意謂語的時態(tài)，非謂語動詞，詞性，介詞搭配等多種用法。13．閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當(dāng)?shù)膬?nèi)容或括號內(nèi)單詞的正確形式。 Next time you hold a book in your hands, stop and think. Like most other things in the modern world, it is the result of thousands of years of human invention. First, came the invention of writing, ________（probable） .about 5, 500 years ago. With writing, people did not have to remember everything in their heads. They could municate with people that they never________ （see） and share their knowledge with insure generations.Later, the Greeks were wellknown for their literature （文學(xué)） and science, but their books looked very different ________the books of today. They were called scrolls （卷軸）. They were difficult to use and took a lot of space in a library. About 2,000 years ago, books with lots of pages________ （invent）. For more than a thousand years, the pages of books were made from animal skin. That changed in ________thirteenth century, when Europeans learned about a very ________（use） Chinese invention: paper.But the biggest change for books in Europe came in 1439, when Johannes Gutenberg invented the printing press. Before that, books in Europe were copied by hand, so they were very expensive. Many more people could afford the books ________were produced on a printing press.These days it is difficult ________（imagine） a world without books. But human invention does not stop. Every year, more________ （story） are bought as ebooks and read on a screen. Will anyone turn the pages of a traditional book in the future, ________will books, like scrolls, soon disappear?【答案】 probably；saw；from；were invented；the；useful；that/which；to imagine；stories；or 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了書的歷史。 （1）句意： 首先，書寫的發(fā)明可能在大約5500年前。副詞修飾動詞came，probable是形容詞，probably是副詞，故填probably。 （2）句意： 他們可以與從未見過的人交流，并與保險公司的幾代人分享他們的知識。根據(jù) 5, 500 years ago可知時態(tài)是一般過去時，see的過去式是saw ， 故填saw。 （3）句意： 后來，希臘人因他們的文學(xué)和科學(xué)而聞名，但是他們的“書”看起來和今天的書大不相同。be different from，固定搭配，與……不同 ， 故填from。 （4）句意： 大約2000年前，有很多頁的書4被發(fā)明。根據(jù)2000年前是一般過去時，invent和pages是被動關(guān)系，主語是名詞復(fù)數(shù)，故助動詞是were ， 故填 were invented。 （5）句意： 這種情況在13世紀(jì)發(fā)生了變化，當(dāng)時歐洲人了解到一項非常有用的中國發(fā)明，紙。根據(jù)thirteenth是序數(shù)詞，其前是定冠詞the，故填the。 （6）句意：這種情況在13世紀(jì)發(fā)生了變化，當(dāng)時歐洲人了解到一項非常有用的中國發(fā)明，紙。invention是名詞，其前是形容詞，use是動詞，useful是形容詞，故填 useful。 （7）句意： 更多的人買得起印刷機(jī)上生產(chǎn)的書。定語從句缺少主語，指代先行詞books，故用關(guān)系代詞that/which指代，故填 that/which。 （8）句意： 如今，沒有書的世界很難想象。it39。s+形容詞+to so，固定搭配，做某事很…… ， 故填 to imagine。 （9）句意： 每年，都有更多的故事以電子書的形式被購買并在屏幕上閱讀。此處缺少主語，根據(jù)are可知是名詞復(fù)數(shù)，story是名詞 ， 故填 stories。 （10）句意： 將來會有人翻過傳統(tǒng)書籍的書頁嗎？像卷軸一樣的書會很快消失嗎？連接疑問句表示并列關(guān)系用or ， 故填or。 【點評】考查語法填空，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．閱讀下面的短文，在空白處填入一個適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，或填入括號中所給單詞的正確形式。Greetings from Madrid! I can39。t believe I39。m finally here! The trip from Hong Kong ________ （be） long and tiring, but I made it. My hotel is nice and I am staying in a guesthouse in the central area of Madrid. I got a cheap and simple room, much ________ （small） than my own room back home. It only has a small bed and shower, ________ it is quite fortable to stay in. The weather here is wonderful. It39。s warm and sunny, ________ clear blue skies every day. It39。s great for sightseeing, because there are a lot of things to see and do. I39。ve found a friendly guide here and yesterday I ________ （show） around the city. Tomorrow he will take ________ （I） to Andalusia to visit the city of Granada. I can39。t wait ________ （see） the Alhambra Palace and other places of interest. Also, I ________ （real） want to try the food thereespecially gazpacho, ________ kind of cold soup which I hear is special, very different from anything else in Spain. I39。ll bring you back some ________ （present）.See you next month!Love,Jamie【答案】 was；smaller；but；with；was shown /was showed；me；to see；really；a；presents 【解析】【分析】文章大意：杰米從香港去西班牙的馬德里旅行，這是他寫給朋友的信，介紹了他在西班牙的的首都——馬德里的行程。（1）句意：從香港來這里的旅游很長且疲憊。根據(jù) but I made it ，可知句子時態(tài)為一般過去時，主語trip為單數(shù)，be的形式應(yīng)使用was，故答案是was。（2）句意：我們找到了一個便宜的簡單地房間，比我們家里的房間小多了。根據(jù)than可知應(yīng)使用形容詞的比較級，small的比較級為smaller，故答案是smaller。（3）句意：它只有一張小床和淋浴，但是住進(jìn)去相當(dāng)舒服。根據(jù)前后連句話的意思看，不是一致的，應(yīng)使用轉(zhuǎn)折連詞過度一下，能夠表示轉(zhuǎn)折的詞but，故答案是but。（4）句意：每天天氣晴好暖和，還有晴朗的藍(lán)天。clear blue skies作為伴隨性的狀語出現(xiàn)，應(yīng)使用介詞with連接，有……，表伴隨，故答案是with。（5）句意：在這里我找到了一個友好的導(dǎo)游，昨天領(lǐng)著我參觀了城市。結(jié)合語境考慮可知是導(dǎo)游領(lǐng)著我參觀，我是被帶領(lǐng)的，因此使用被動語態(tài)，被動語態(tài)的結(jié)構(gòu)是be done，根據(jù)yesterday可知為過去時，be的形式為was，show的過去分詞為showed或者show