Question

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。

On Thanksgiving Day，a teacher asked her class of first graders to draw a picture1. something they were thankful for.She thought that these children from poor2. (family) actually had little to be thankful for.And she found most of them drawing pictures of flowers or tables with food.The teacher was very 3. (surprise) to see the picture Douglas handed in.It's a hand，a simple hand.

But whose hand？The class were very interested in the strange picture.“I think it must be the hand of God that brings us food，” said one child.“A farmer，” said another.“Because4. (him) or she grows beautiful flowers.” Finally when the others were at work，the teacher went over to Douglas' desk and asked 5. hand it was.“It's your hand，teacher，” he said quietly and 6. (shy)．

She remembered that she had taken Douglas，7. dirty lonely child，by the hand while having a class break.She often did that with the children.But it8. (mean) so much to Douglas.Perhaps this is 9. (everyone) Thanksgiving，not for the material things we get，10. for the chance，in whatever small way，to give to others.

Answer

1.of

2.families

3.surprised

4.he

5.whose

6.shyly

7.a

8.meant

9.everyone's

10.but

【解析】

文章大意：这篇短文主要介绍了在感恩节，老师要求孩子们画出他们想要感谢的东西。结果道格拉斯画了一只手，以此来表示对老师关心的感谢。告诉我们不同的人可能用不同的方式表示他们的感恩之心。

1.句意：在感恩节那天，一位老师让她的一年级学生画一幅表达感恩的画。a picture of一副…的图画，固定搭配，故答案填of。

2.句意：她认为这些来自贫困家庭的孩子实际上没有什么值得感恩的。family家庭，根据前面的these children可知，这些孩子们来自不同的贫困家庭，所以应用复数形式，family的复数形式为families，故答案填families。

3.句意：这位老师看到道格拉斯交上来的画时很惊讶。根据前面的系动词was可知此处应填形容词形式作表语，与surprise所对应的形容词是surprised，be surprised惊讶、惊奇；故答案填surprised。

4.句意：因为他或者她种植美丽的鲜花。根据题干Because__4___ (him) or she grows beautiful flowers.可知，空格处在句中作主语，要用主格形式，而him是宾格，其主格形式是he，故答案填he。

5.句意：老师走到道格拉斯的桌前，问他这是谁的手。根据下文“It's your hand，teacher，”可知，此处老师是问他这是谁的手，“谁的”whose，修饰后面的名词hand，故答案填whose。

6.句意：他平静而且害羞的说。根据题干he said quietly and __6__ (shy)．可知，空格处和前面的quietly是并列关系，一起修饰前面的动词said，所以要用副词形式，与shy所对应的副词是shyly，故答案填shyly。

7.句意：一个肮脏、孤独的孩子。根据题干__7__ dirty lonely child，可知，空格处修饰后面的名词child，所以应用冠词，这里表示泛指，而且child为单数形式，故用不定冠词a，故答案填a。

8.句意：但这对道格拉斯来说却意味深长。根据题干But it___8__ (mean) so much to Douglas.可知，空格处在句中作谓语，由语境可知老师拉道格拉斯手的动作发生在过去，所以应用一般过去时，mean的过去式为meant，故答案填meant。

9.句意：也许这是每个人的感恩方式。everyone每个人，在这里用作名词，因为后面有名词Thanksgiving，所以用名词所有格形式everyone's，表示“每个人的”，故答案填everyone's。

10.句意：不是为了我们得到物质上的东西，而是为了给予别人的机会，无论多小方式的给予。根据题干not for the material things we get，__10__ for the chance，in whatever small way，to give to others.可知，前面句意表示转折的关系，所以用转折连词but，not…but…“不是…而是…”故答案填but。