Question

Life is a Handful of Candy

One sunny morning，when Einstein was going out of the office，the assistant said to him，“someone wants to invite you to make a ______ at the weekend and the ______ is 10，000 dollars.”Einstein ______ and said he would go to tutor(辅导)math to Sophie ______ studied in a junior high school.

“Can't you cut down tutoring Sophie once? ”the assistant asked.

“No，I'm still thinking of her candy.” Einsteln said with a smile.

Was her candy so sweet? The assistant didn't understand why he was at pains (尽心尽力)for the young girl he happened to know. You know，Sophie ______ Einstein only half of her candy.

That day，seeing Einstein come back from Sophie ______ ，the assistant asked him why he was happy.

Einstein told him，“Today，Sophie's teacher thought highly of her ______ ，saying that she had an excellent teacher. The young girl was also ______ pleased that she awarded me a handful of candy, which makes me particularly happy.”

Later，in Einstein's diary，people ______ read he thought much of such a thing. It ______   that in the world-famous scientist's eyes，the young girl's sunny smile and a handful of common candy were the sweetest spring that nourished(滋养)his life.

1.A. speech    B. space    C. speed    D. spread

2.A. reward    B. money    C. prize    D. charge

3.A. reduced    B. refused    C. received    D. replied

4.A. which    B. whose    C. whom    D. who

5.A. cost    B. took    C. paid    D. spent

6.A. cheerful    B. cheer    C. cheerfully    D. cheering

7.A. progress    B. success    C. subject    D. courage

8.A. very    B. such    C. too    D. so

9.A. in trouble    B. once again    C. in surprise    D. at last

10.A. turned on    B. turned down    C. turned out    D. turned in

Answer

1.A

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.C

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.B

10.C

【解析】这篇短文主要讲述了Einstein认为辅导小学生Sophie数学是开心的，尤其是看到她进步，收到她一把糖果。

1.句意：某人想邀请你在周末做演讲。 A. speech发言；B. space空间；C. speed速度；D. spread扩展；短语make a speech表示做演讲；故选A。

2..句意：奖金是10000美金。 A. reward奖励；B. money金钱；C. prize奖品；D. charge指控；这里是参加演讲的奖金。故选A。

3.句意：Einstein 拒绝了说他将给在初中学习的Sophie辅导数学。 A. reduced减少；B. refused拒绝；C. received收到；D. replied回复；根据下文he would go to tutor(辅导)math to Sophie ___4___ studied in a junior high school可知，他是拒绝参加演讲。故选B。

4.句意：Einstein 拒绝了说他将给在初中学习的Sophie辅导数学。A. which哪一个；B. whose谁的；C. whom谁；D. who谁。这里是定语从句，先行词是Sophie，这里用who来引导。根据题意，故选D。

5.句意：你知道，Sophie仅付给Einstein半把糖果。A. cost花费，物作主语； B. took花费；it做形式主语；C. paid 支付；人做主语；D. spent花费；人做主语。短语pay…for…表示支付给某人某物。

根据题意，故选C。

6.句意：那天，看见Einstein 高兴地从Sophie 那回来。这里是副词修饰动词。A. cheerful高兴的；B. cheer高兴；C. cheerfully高兴地；D. cheering高兴。根据题意，故选C。

7.句意：今天，Sophie 的老师高度地评价了他的进步。A. progress进步；B. success成功；C. subject科目；D. courage勇气；

故选A

8.句意：这个小女孩是如此的高兴，以至于她给了我一把糖果。A. very很，非常；B. such如此；C. too太；D. so太；so+形容词或副词+that从句，表示如此……以至于……。根据题意，故选D。

9.句意：人们又一次读到，他很看重这样的东西。A. in trouble 处于困境；B. once again又一次；C. in surprise 吃惊的；D. at last最后。这里是说又一次的意思。故选B。

10.句意：原来在这位举世闻名的科学家眼里。A. turned on打开； B. turned down调低；C. turned out 原来；D. turned in转。这里是说原来是这样。故选C。

点睛：完形填空设空以实词为主、虚词为辅，单词为主、短语为辅。动词、名词、形容词、副词、代词等实词通常要占全部小题数的80%以上。而介词、连词、冠词等虚词则相对考得较少。 一、完形填空解题步骤 通览------试填-----复核 1 通览----速度全文，把握大意 快速阅读一下全文，通过通览全文、领会大意，概略地了解文章的体裁、背景、内容、结构层次、情节、写作风格等等。 2 试填----紧扣文意，瞻前顾后 先易后难，逐层深入。紧扣全文内容，联系上下文和语境，展开逻辑推理，注意从上下文中寻找线索，注意词汇的意义、搭配，惯用法，语法，常识等多个角度进行综合考虑。 3 复核----全面检查，确保语意连贯，用词准确 试填后，要把全文再通读一遍 ，注意看所选答案填入空白处后能否做到文章意思通顺、前后连贯、逻辑严谨、结构完整、首尾呼应。 二、解题技巧 1. 充分利用文章的上下文和前后句，找到对选择有提示作用的词或句。（同义词或反义词） 2. 注意固定搭配 3. 注意同义词的辨义 4.根据上下文的逻辑关系确定选项 5. 根据生活常识以及相关知识确定选项 6. 利用语法知识选出正确选项