【正文】 詞過去分詞，主語technology是不可數(shù)名詞，所以用was，invent的過去分詞是invented，故填was invented。 （3）句意：1843年，亞歷山大貝恩發(fā)明了一種電子傳輸文字的機器。electrical電子的，形容詞，副詞修飾實義動詞，transmit傳輸，實義動詞，所以用副詞electrically，電子地，故填electrically。 （4）句意：起初，它被認為是無用的，因為很少有人認為有必要通過電線傳輸文字。be considere形容詞，表示被認為怎么樣，固定搭配，根據(jù)后文可知傳真的作用后來才被認可，所以起初被認為是無用的，use使用，實義動詞，其形容詞是useless，無用的；原因是很少人認為有必要，few表示否定，所以用a/any；wire，電線，可數(shù)名詞，前面沒有表示單數(shù)的a或者one，所以用復數(shù)wires，故填useless；a/any；wires。 （5）句意：最終，這項發(fā)明的價值得以實現(xiàn)，并被改進為辦公用途。為了辦公用途才被改進，所以用for，為了，故填for。 （6）句意：到了20世紀80年代，傳真機已成為辦公室的標準設備。equip，裝備，實義動詞，形容詞修飾名詞，standard，標準的，形容詞，所以用equip的名詞equipment，設備，不可數(shù)名詞，故填equipment。 （7）句意：原因是它能很快地傳送書面文件。the reason is that...，原因是……，固定搭配，故填that。 【點評】考查語法填空，考查詞匯在語篇中的運用能力。注意理解句意，首先讀一遍，然后再逐一作答。注意句型、搭配、短語及語境。12．閱讀下面材料，在空白處填入適當?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） 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和科學而聞名，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，主語是名詞復數(shù)，故助動詞是were ， 故填 were invented。 （5）句意： 這種情況在13世紀發(fā)生了變化，當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世紀發(fā)生了變化，當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。13．閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入一個適當?shù)脑~，或填入括號中所給單詞的正確形式。 An old man went to India. When he got there, he saw some fruit for sale, but most of it was very cheap. The ________ （cheap） thing has a basket of red fruit. 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(jié)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(jù)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(jié)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(jié)構(gòu)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(jié)構(gòu)as…as，與……一樣，故填as。 （6）句意：他跳上跳下，尖叫著：“啊！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(shù)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(jù)上下文或者所給單詞的提示對所缺部分進行逐一解答。14．閱讀下面的短文，用括號內(nèi)所給詞的適當形式填空，必要時可加助動詞或情態(tài)動詞。 I never saw my father home from work late or ill, nor did I ever see my father take a night out with the boys. He had no________ （hobby） but just took care of his family. For 22 years, since I left home for college, my father called me every Sunday at 9:00 am. He was always ________ （interest）in my life—how my family as doing. The calls even came