Question

    Once upon a time, there lived a man and a woman who already had seven sons. They wanted a d 1., and soon they had one. One day, the father needed water for the baby girl, so he sent the seven brothers to a well with a water jug. Once there, though, the boys began to fight and the jug fell into the well.

The boys were too a2.to go home. They looked into the well sadly and thought of their father. “Where are those naughty boys? Hours have passed. They must have forgotten about the water. I wish they were all turned into birds!” shouted the father a 3.. And when he looked up he saw seven birds flying away. The father was shocked, but it was too late. He could not take back his words.

In time, the girl grew up and discovered she had brothers. She made up her mind to find them.

For years, she searched and did not stop. Finally, she found their home. To e4., she needed a special key made from a wolf-bone, which she didn’t have. With a hunter’s help, she finally killed one and got the key. She opened the front door and went inside. On a table, there were seven plates and seven cups. She was not that hungry so she ate and drank a 15.from each of them.

In the last cup, she accidentally dropped a ring that her parents had given her.

Eventually, the birds returned for their meal. The girl h6. behind the door and watched. When the seventh bird drank from his cup, something hit his mouth. The bird recognized it immediately. It was his parents' ring. “I hope our young sister could be here,” he said, “and then we could be free.” At that moment, their sister ran to them, and in a sudden the birds were h7. again. The brothers kissed their sister, and all eight of them went home together.

Answer

1.daughter

2.afraid

3.angrily

4.enter

5.little

6.hid

7.humans

【解析】

这个故事讲述的是一对夫妻生了七个男孩后，终于有了一个女儿。一天父亲让七个哥哥给妹妹打水，他们不小心把水壶掉进了井里，不敢回家。父亲一怒之下把七个哥哥变成鸟。女孩长大后，想把哥哥们找回来，最后她成功做到了。

1.句意：他们想要一个女儿，很快他们便有了一个。

根据语境“Once upon a time, there lived a man and a woman who already had seven sons…. One day, the father needed water for the baby girl”可知，这对夫妇想要一个女儿。daughter女儿，是一个名词。空前有不定冠词a修饰，这里用名词单数。故答案为daughter。

2.句意：男孩们太害怕了不敢回家。

根据上文“Once there, though, the boys began to fight and the jug fell into the well.”可知男孩们把水壶掉进了井里。再根据下句话“They looked into the well sadly”“他们悲伤地看着井”，由此可推断男孩们害怕不敢回家。这里考查afraid，是一个形容词，意为“害怕的”。故答案为afraid。

3.句意：“他们一定是忘了水的事。我真希望他们都变成鸟！”父亲生气地喊道。

根据上文“They must have forgotten about the water.”可知，父亲认为是男孩们忘记了打水的事情，他很生气，因此这里考查angrily，是一个副词，修饰动词shouted。故答案为angrily。

4.句意：为了进去，她需要一把用狼骨做的特殊的钥匙，而她没有。

根据上文“Finally, she found their home.”以及下文“She opened the front door and went inside.”可知，女孩需要一把特殊的钥匙才能进去。这里考查enter，是一个动词，意为“进入”。To enter是目的状语，这里填动词原形。故答案为enter。

5.句意：她不是很饿，所以她从每个中吃、喝了一点。

根据句中“She wasn’t that hungry…”可知，女孩不是很饿，所以她应该是只吃了一点。这里考查little，意为“很少，一点儿”。故答案为little。

6.句意：女孩躲在门后看着。

根据句意…behind the door可知，鸟儿们都回来了，女孩赶紧躲起来。这里考查hide，意为“躲藏”。根据空后的watched可知，这个空也应用动词的过去式。故答案为hid。

7.句意：就在那一刻，它们的妹妹跑向它们，突然之间，这些鸟又变成了人类。

根据下文“The brothers kissed their sister, and all eight of them went home together.”可知，女孩出现了，这些鸟重新变回了女孩的哥哥们。结合单词的首字母可知，这里考查human，意为“人类”，这里应用复数形式。故答案为humans。