Question

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Some old people were talking the young and the old.They all

1.________

agreed with old people were cleverer than the young.Then one

2.________

of the old man said，“But young man are stronger than the old.”

3.________

All of them agreed that this was true，and James didn’t think

4.________

so.“No，I’m as strong as I am in my young days,” he said.

5.________

“What do you mean?” asked his friends.“How can that is true?”

6.________

“Well,” said James.“In one corner of my field has

7.________

a big stone(石头).When I was a young man，I tried to move it,

8.________

but I can’t.I was very strong at that time.Now I’m an

9.________

old man，I still can’t move it.”

10.________

Answer

1.talking→talking about

2.with→that

3.man→men

4.and→but

5.am→was

6.is→be

7.has→there is

8.to move→moving

9.can’t→couldn’t

10.I→but I

【解析】

1.本句含义是“他们正谈论老人和年轻人”，talk 是不及物动词，不能直接加宾语。

2.agree后面是宾语从句，要用that 来引导。

3.one of 后面要加可数名词的复数形式，所以用men。

4.前面是肯定后面是否定要用表示转折关系的连词but。

5.因为他想表达的是像他年轻时候一样壮，应该是描述以前的情况。

6.情态动词后面要加动词原形，所以要用be而不是is。

7.本句应该是个there be 句型，只不过把介词短语提前了。

8.try to do 含义是“尽力去做某事”，try doing 表示“试着去做某事”。

9.前后一致的原则，要用过去式的形式。

10.前后两个简单句不能直接用逗号相连，应用连词。