Question

短文填空

根据短文内容，选择适当的单词或短语填空，使短文意思完整。每个选项至多使用一次，有两项剩余。请将答案写在短文下面的横线上。

swimming, cleverest , was born , called , gave , girls , something , reading , take, anything

Many years ago, there was a family   1.  Franklin. They lived in Boston. There were five   2.  and six boys in the family. On a January day in 1760, another baby boy 3.   . The boy’s  mother and his father 4.  the boy a name — Benjamin.

Benjamin was the 5.   of all the children. He could read when he was five and he could write by the time he was seven. When he was eight, he was sent to school.

In school Benjamin was good at   6.   and writing but not good at math. He read all of his  father’s  books. And whenever （每当）he had a little money, he bought a book with it . He liked books. They told him how to do 7.   . At that time he invented the paddles （脚蹼）for   8.   .

Answer

1.called

2.girls

3.was born

4.gave

5.cleverest

6.reading

7.something

8.swimming

【解析】

试题分析：本篇文章介绍的是Benjamin小时候是这一家最聪明的孩子，在五岁的时候就会读书，七岁的时候就会写。他很喜欢书，从书上学到了很多。

1.句意：许多年前，这有被叫做林肯的一家人。此题考查动词过去分词作后置定语，根据句意，故填called。

2.句意：在这个家庭里有五个女孩和六个男孩。此题考查名词复数，根据句意，故填girls。

3.句意：在1760年的一月的一天，另一个男孩出生了。此题考查固定短语be born出生，根据句意，故填was born。

4.4】句意：男孩的妈妈和爸爸给男孩起了一个名字叫Benjamin。此题考查动词，根据句意，故填gave。

5.句意：Benjamin是所有的孩子们当中最聪明的一个。此题考查形容词最高级，根据句意，故填cleverest。

6.句意：在学校他擅长读和写，但是他不擅长数学。此题考查介词之后用动名词，根据句意，故填reading。

7.句意：他们告诉他怎样做一些事情。此题考查不定代词，根据句意，故填something。

8.在那个时候，他发明了脚蹼游泳。此题考查介词后用动名词，根据句意，故填swimming。

考点：考查短文填空。