Question

首字母填空。

Mark Twain was famous as a public speaker. In his speeches(演讲) he always liked to tell f  1.  stories. He also liked to l   2.   to funny stories and play j   3.  on his friends.

One day , one of his friends l   4.  his wallet and ask him to b   5.  a railway ticket for him. Mark Twain told his friend that he didn't have e  6.  money to pay for b   7.  tickets. He asked his friend to hide under his seat.

Later, when the conductor(列车员) came to c  8.  the tickets, Mark Twain gave him two---one for h  9.  and one for his friend. Then he said in a loud v   10. ,"My friend is a strange man , when he travels on a train, he doesn't like to sit on the seat, but he likes to lie on the floor under the seat.”

Answer

1.funny

2.listen

3.jokes

4.lost

5.buy

6.enough

7.both

8.check

9.himself

10.voice

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：本文主要介绍了著名演说家马克吐温的故事，他喜欢讲笑话，喜欢开朋友的玩笑，一次朋友丢失了钱包，让马克吐温帮他买火车票，马克吐温以没钱买两张票为由，让朋友藏在座位下，给朋友开了个玩笑。

1.句意：在他的演讲中，他总是喜欢讲些有趣的故事。funny形容词，可笑的、有趣的；funny stories有趣的故事。结合首字母所以应填写funny。

2.句意：他也喜欢听故事和开朋友们的玩笑。listen to 听；结合首字母所以应填写listen。

3.句意：他也喜欢听故事和开朋友们的玩笑。play jokes开玩笑；结合首字母所以应填写jokes。

4.句意：有一天，他的一个朋友丢了钱包，叫他给他买一张火车票。lose动词，丢失；lost是其过去式。结合首字母所以应填写lost。

5.句意：有一天，他的一个朋友丢了钱包，叫他给他买一张火车票。buy动词，买；ask sb. to do sth叫某人做某事, 动词使用原形。结合首字母所以应填写buy。

6.句意：马克吐温告诉他的朋友，他没有足够的钱支付两张票。enough形容词，足够的；修饰后面的名词money。结合首字母所以应填写enough。

7.马克吐温告诉他的朋友，他没有足够的钱支付两张票。both形容词， 两个的、两者的。结合首字母所以应填写both。

8.句意：后来, 当列车员来检查票时， 马克·吐温给了他两张票，一张是自己和一张是他朋友的。Check动词，检查。动词不定式，to后跟动词原形。结合首字母所以应填写check。

9.句意：后来, 当列车员来检查票时，马克·吐温给了他两张票，一张是自己和一张是他朋友的。himself反身代词，他自己。结合首字母所以应填写himself。

10.，“我的朋友是一个奇怪的人，当他在火车上旅行……”。Voice名词，声音。in a loud voice大声。所以应填写voice。

考点：考查单词填空。