【正文】 9．閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入一個適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，或填入括號內(nèi)所給單詞的正確形式（每空最多不超過3個單詞）。 Thomas Edison was a great American ________ （invent）.When he was________child, he was always asking questions and trying out new ideas. No matter________ hard it was, he never gave up. Young Tom was in school for only three ________ （month）. His teacher didn39。t understand why he had so many strange questions. Most of ________（they） were not about his lessons. The teacher didn39。t want to teach Tom any more. He asked Tom39。s mother to take the boy home. Tom39。s mother taught him ________ （read） and write, and she found him a very good student. He learnt very fast and became very ________（interest） in science. One day, he saw a little boy ________（play） on the railway tracks （鐵軌） at a station. A train was ing near quickly, and the boy was too frightened （恐懼） to move. Edison rushed out and took him away ________ （safe）. The boy39。s father was so thankful that he taught Edison to send messages ________telegraph （電報）.【答案】 inventor；a；how；months；them；to read；interested；playing；safely；by 【解析】【分析】這篇短文簡要介紹了著名發(fā)明家愛迪生的生平，他因?yàn)榘l(fā)明了電燈，從而改變了人們的生活。并且短文詳細(xì)描述了愛迪生的人格特點(diǎn)。 （1）句意：托馬斯愛迪生是一位偉大的美國發(fā)明家。根據(jù) a great American是形容詞，故前后是名詞單數(shù)，invent是動詞，名詞是inventor。故填inventor。 （2）句意：當(dāng)他還是個孩子的時候，他總是問問題。child是以輔音音素開頭的單數(shù)名詞，故用不定冠詞a表示泛指。故填a。 （3）句意：無論多么困難，他都不會放棄。hard是副詞，根據(jù)語序it was可知，no matter how表示無論如何的意思，引導(dǎo)讓步狀語從句。故填how。 （4）句意：小湯姆只上了三個月的學(xué)?；鶖?shù)詞three后用復(fù)試形式months。故填months。 （5）句意：他問的問題大部分都與他的功課無關(guān)。of是介詞，其后應(yīng)該要用賓格形式，they的賓格是them。故填them。 （6）句意：湯姆的母親教他讀寫。taught是teach的過去式，教某人做某事teach sb. to do sth.，故填to read。 （7）句意：她媽媽發(fā)現(xiàn)他是個很好的學(xué)生。他學(xué)得很快，對科學(xué)很感興趣。對什么感興趣be interested in 。故填interested。 （8）句意：一天，他看到一個小男孩在火車站的鐵軌上玩耍。saw是see的過去式，看到某人在做某事應(yīng)為see sb. doing sth.，故填playing。 （9）句意：一列火車很快就要開過來了，男孩嚇得不敢動。愛迪生沖過去把他帶到了安全的地方。took是take的過去式，take是動詞應(yīng)該用副詞來修飾，safe是形容詞，副詞是safety。故填safely。 （10）句意：這個男孩的父親非常感激愛迪生，教他用電報發(fā)送消息。by通過某種方法、手段。表示傳達(dá)、傳遞的方式或媒介。故填by。 【點(diǎn)評】考查語言綜合運(yùn)用能力，注意名詞復(fù)數(shù)，詞性，介詞，和see sb. doing sth的固定搭配等多種用法。10．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。 A wealthy old man lived alone in a big house. He was growing ________（weak） day by day. Since he was unable to look after ________（him）, he decided to hire （雇傭） a nurse to take care ________him. One day, the old man interviewed two ________（nurse）—Anthony and Peter. Anthony was a handsome young man while Peter looked quite ordinary. The old man asked Anthony to make tea for him. After Anthony left, the old man turned to Peter and said, Anthony has ________（give） me a very bad account of you. He said you are rude and untrustworthy. Is this correct? Peter thought for a minute and said, ________Anthony has a bad opinion of me, there must be something wrong with me. I should take some time to change these things. The old man was very impressed by Peter39。s words. At the same time, Anthony came back with ________cup of tea for the old man. The old man sent Peter to make breakfast for him. He then returned to Anthony and told him. Peter spoke very poorly of you while you were gone. ________do you think about this? After hearing this, Anthony shouted ________（angry）. In the end, Peter ________（choose）. Peter looked quite mon, but he had impressive inner beauty.【答案】 weaker；himself；of；nurses；given；If；a；What；angrily；was chosen 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了一個老人在錄用護(hù)士時，故意挑起對方的矛盾，通過兩人截然不同的反應(yīng)，從而判斷誰適合。 （1）句意： 他一天比一天虛弱。weak是形容詞，形容詞修飾系動詞grow，根據(jù)day by day可知是比較級weaker，故填 weaker。 （2）句意： 因?yàn)樗荒苷疹欁约?，他決定雇一個護(hù)士來照顧他。look after oneself，照顧自己，主語是he，故反身代詞是himself，故填 himself。 （3）句意：因?yàn)樗荒苷疹欁约?，他決定雇一個護(hù)士來照顧他。take care of，固定搭配，照顧，故填of 。 （4）句意：一天，老人面試兩個護(hù)士—— Anthony and Peter 。two后是可數(shù)名詞復(fù)習(xí)，nurse，是可數(shù)名詞，故填nurses。 （5）句意： 安東尼對你的評價很差。根據(jù)助動詞has可知此處是現(xiàn)在完成時，故填過去分詞，give的過去分詞是given，故填given 。 （6）句意：如果安東尼對我有看法，我一定有什么問題。此處是條件狀語從句，故是引導(dǎo)詞if，如果，故填I(lǐng)f。 （7）句意：同時，安東尼給老人端了杯茶回來。cup是名詞單數(shù)，以輔音音素開頭，故用不定冠詞a表示泛指，a cup of，固定搭配，一杯……，故填a。 （8）句意：你對此怎么想？此處是特殊疑問句，think后缺少賓語，故用what提問，故填What。 （9）句意：聽到這，安東尼生氣地大喊。副詞修飾動詞shouted，angrily，是副詞，生氣地，故填angrily。 （10）句意：最后，Peter被錄用。根據(jù) Peter looked quite mon ， 可知時態(tài)是一般過去時，choose與主語Peter是被動關(guān)系，故用一般過去時的被動語態(tài)，主語是第三人稱單數(shù)，故助動詞是was，choose的過去分詞是chosen，故填 was chosen 。 【點(diǎn)評】考查語法填空，注意調(diào)整詞性，時態(tài)，主謂一致和名詞的數(shù)等。