Practice makes perfect熟练生巧
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阅读下面的材料，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号内所给单词的正确形式（每空最多不超过三个单词）
A king had two sons and asked famous teachers to teach them. After a few ________(year), the king fell badly ill. So he wanted to choose one of his sons as the next king, but which one would be the right person? He thought it over ________ a whole night. At last, he decided ________ (test) his sons.
One day, he gave a room to each of ________ (they), You must fill the room completely (完全地) with anything you wish. But there should ________ (be)no space left and you can't ask for advice from anyone!"
The next day the king ________(visit) his elder son's room. The room was completely filled with grass. The king felt sorry about it. Then he went to ________other room, but it was closed. His ________ (young) son asked him to get in and closed the door again. It was dark everywhere, so the king shouted at him ________ (angry), But suddenly the second son lighted a candle and the room was full of light. The king felt very excited and hugged him proudly.
He realized: Wisdom(智慧) is more important than simple answers ________ are easy to get.
【答案】 years；for；to test；them；be；visited；the；younger；angrily；which/that
语篇分析：
国王有两个儿子，让著名的老师教他们，几年后，国王生病了，想找到一个聪明的王位继承人，让他两个儿子用自己想到的东西把房间填满，第二天分别去了两个儿子的房间，很高兴地拥抱了二儿子，他意识到智慧比简单的答案更重要。
答案解析：
1.句意：几年后，国王病的很严重。a few一些，后跟可数名词的复数形式，因此使用year的复数，故答案是years。
2.句意：他仔细考虑了整整一个晚上。 a whole night 是时间段，引出时间段的是介词for，故答案是for。
3.句意：最后，他决定测试一下他的儿子。decide to do sth.，决定做某事，因此使用动词不定式，故答案是to test。
4.句意：一天，他给了他们每人一个房间。of是介词，介词后使用宾格人称代词，将they改为them，故答案是them。
5.句意：但是不应该有空间剩下，不能向任何人请求建议。本句为there be句式，should是情态动词，情态动词后使用动词原形，故答案是be。
6 .句意：第二天，国王参观了他的大儿子的房间。本文的基本时态是一般过去时，因此本句为一般过去时，应使用visit的过去式visited，故答案是visited。
7.句意：于是他去了另一个房间。国王有两个儿子，分别对两人或者两件事进行描述，应使用短语one…the other…，一个……另一个……，故答案是the。
8.句意：他的小儿子让他进去。又把门关住了。因为国王有两个儿子，先去的是大儿子的房间，后去的应该是小儿子的房间，大与小是相对的，因此都应使用比较级，故答案是younger。
9. 句意：到处都很黑，国王生气地冲着他喊叫。angry修饰动词shouted，应使用副词形式angrily，故答案是angrily。
10.句意：智慧比容易得到的答案更重要。本句为定语从句，先形式是answers，因此关系代词使用that或者which，故答案是 which/that
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I recently heard a story about a famous scientist. Because of his great achievements, he was thought to be more creative than the common person. When he ____1___(ask)why he was able to do this, he gave the answer. It all came from an experience with his mother when he was about three years old." I ___2____(try)to get a bottle of milk from the fridge when I dropped the bottle and it fell. spilling(滋出)the milk all over the floor-a sea of milk！I was frightened and I didn't know what to do!" he said.
His mother heard the noise and got into the kitchen. "I ____3___(consider)how to explain all this to you. Mum." he said. Instead of ___4___him, she said. "Robert, what a great mess you have made! I ___5___(not see)such a huge sea of milk before! Well, since the milk has already been spilled, would you like ____6____(play)in the milk for a while? We ____7___(clean)it up after that." Then, he did so. After a few minutes. His mother said. "You know. Robert. whenever you ___8____a mess like this, finally you have to clean it up." He used a sponge(海绵)and together they cleaned up the spilled milk.
His mother then said. "You know, we __9___how to successfully carry a big milk bottle with two tiny hands just now. Let's go to the yard and fill the bottle with water to see if you __10_____(discover)a way to carry it." Then the little boy learned that if he grasped (抓紧)the bottle at the top with both hands, he could carry it without dropping it.
What a wonderful lesson!
【答案】
was asked；was trying；am considering；punishing；haven't seen；to play；will clean；make；failed；can discover
语篇分析：
本文讲述一位著名科学家的故事，作者从冰箱里拿牛奶时，不小心把奶瓶掉下地了，牛奶溅到到处都是，但是他妈妈并没有因此惩罚他，而是借此教育了他，他学会了如果他抓紧瓶子顶部，他便可以把它拿起而不会掉下它。
答案解析：
1.句意：当他被问为什么他会这样做，他给了答案。根据was，可知用过去时，ask问，he和ask之间是被动关系，用过去时的被动语态，其结构为be 过去分词，主语是he，be动词用was，ask的过去分词是asked，故填was asked。
2.句意：我正在努力从冰箱里拿一瓶牛奶的时候，突然我落下的瓶子，并且它掉了下来。此处表示我正在努力去牛奶的时候，恰好这时另一件事发生了，主句用过去将来时，主语是I，be动词用was，故填was trying。
3.句意：他说“妈妈，我正在考虑怎样向你解释整个这件事。”consider考虑，动词，他妈妈金厨房时，他正在考虑怎样向妈妈解释，直接引语用现在进行时，其结构为be 现在分词，主语是I，be动词用am，consider的现在分词是considering，故填am considering。
4.句意：没有惩罚他，她说。“罗伯特，你搞得多么乱啊！我以前没有看见如此多的牛奶。根据常识，一般弄掉了牛奶，应该会受到惩罚，但是主人公的母亲并没有惩罚他，punish惩罚，动词，instead of后接动名词，punish的动名词是punishing，故填punishing。
5.句意：没有惩罚他，她说。“罗伯特，你搞得多么乱啊！我以前没有看见如此多的牛奶。see看见，描述过去的动作对现在造成影响，用现在完成时，其结构为have 过去分词，根据not，可知用否定句，主语是I，构成否定句要借助助动词haven't，see的过去分词是seen，故填haven't seen。
6.句意：因为牛奶已经被溅出，你想玩一会儿牛奶吗？would like to do sth想做某事，play玩， 故填to play。
7.句意：我们然后将会把它打扫干净。描述将要发生的事情，用一般将来时，其结构为will 动词原形，clean打扫，故填will clean。
8.句意：无论什么时候你向这样搞得乱七八糟，最终你必须打扫干净。make a mess搞得乱七八糟，固定搭配，描述客观事实，用一般现在时，主语是you，动词用原形，故填make。
9.句意：他妈妈然后说。”你知道，我们刚才不能用两个小手成功的拿两个大奶瓶。由于寻找拿奶瓶的方法，可知不能用小手拿起奶瓶，用fail，失败，fail to do sth不能做某事/失败做某事，根据just now可知，用一般过去时，fail的过去式是failed，故填failed。
10. 句意：我们一起去院子里用水装满这个瓶子看是否你能发现一种拿它的方法。用水填瓶子的目的是看是否可以发现拿它的方法，discover发现，can可以，能，此次用can discover，可以发现，故填can discover。
