Question

阅读短文，根据短文内容及首字母提示，在空白处填入一个适当的单词。

A black boy helped his father look after the barrels (桶).Every morning he cleaned up every barrel on the farm， and then put them in order. To his anger， the wind blew the barrels here and t  1.  during the night.

The boy wrote a letter to the wind，‘‘Please don't blow down my barrels. ” After seeing that， his father asked the boy， “Can the wind r  2.   your letter?” The little boy said，“I don't know， but I have no other choices. ”

The next morning， when the little boy ran to see the barrels， he found that the annoying(恼人的)wind still blew the barrels down again. The little boy couldn't help crying. His father said gently， “Boy，don't be s   3.  . We may have no way of how to s  4.  the wind from doing that， but we can f___5.____ out our own ways to the barrels.”

Then the little boy stopped crying to think over and over. After t____6.___ half a day， he finally found out a way. He collected some w   7.  from the river and poured it into those empty barrels. On the t___8.____ morning，the little boy went out， and saw the barrels were in good order.

The little boy told his father calmly， “If we don't want the barrels blown down by the wind， we have no way to the wind， b  9.  we have ways to the barrels. It's a very simple w 10. ， that is， to add weight to the barrels. ”‘‘You are a young adult now，” said his father happily.

Answer

1.there

2.read

3.sad

4.stop

5.find

6.thinking

7.water

8.third

9.but

10.way

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要讲了一个小男孩，他的爸爸让他把木桶排放整齐，小男孩在头天晚上摆放的很整齐，第二天，风把他们刮的乱七八糟。他给风写信，也不起任何作用。他的爸爸提示他，我们对风没办法，我们可以对木桶采取办法。后来他想到往桶里放些水，结合风对他们无可奈何。告诉我们，我们对一些不能改变的事没有办法，我们可以对我们能做到的东西采取措施，来改变我们的境遇。

1.there考查语境理解题。句意：风把木桶吹的到处都是，使他生气了。Here and there：到处，相当于everywhere；结合句意和语境及首字母可知填there。

2.read考查语境理解题。句意：风读你的信吗?根据上文The boy wrote a letter to the wind，‘‘Please don't blow down my barrels. ” After seeing that， his father asked the boy， 可知小男孩给风写了一封信，父亲看后，父亲问的是风读你的信吗，结合句意及首字母可知填read。

3.sad考查语境理解题。句意：孩子，不要伤心。根据上文The next morning， when the little boy ran to see the barrels， he found that the annoying(恼人的)wind still blew the barrels down again. The little boy couldn't help crying.可知第二天，他的木桶有吹的到处都是，小男孩哭了，可知他的爸爸说的不要伤心，结合句意和语境及首字母可知天sad。

4.stop考查语境理解题。句意：我们可能没有办法如何阻止风做那件事。Stop sb. from doing sth.：阻止某人做某；结合句意和语境及首字母可知填stop。

5.find考查语境理解题。句意：但我们可以找到我们自己的对付木桶的方法。Find out找出，查明；发现，揭发；结合句意和语境及首字母提示可知填find。

6.thinking考查语境理解题。句意：经过半天思考，他终于发现了一种方法。After是介词，后面跟名词，代词和动名词。结合句意和语境及首字母提示可知填thinking。

7.考查语境理解题。句意：他从河里取了一些水，把它倒进空桶里。结合句意和语境及首字母提示可知填water。

8.third考查语境理解题。句意：在第三填早上，这个小男孩走了出来，看见桶都秩序良好。根据 第三段第一句The next morning， 结合句意和语境及首字母提示可知填third。

9.but考查语境理解题。句意：如果我们不想让桶被风刮倒，我们对风没有办法， 我们有对付桶的办法。根据前后句子的关系可知是转折关系，结合句意和语境及首字母提示可知填but。

10.

考点：考查首字母填空。