Question

根据短文内容及所给提示，补全文中单词或用所给单词的正确形式填空。

Roald Dahl was a British short-story writer and poet. He was born 1. September 13th, 19l6 in South Wales. When Dahl was 2., one of his hobbies was reading.

Dahl first attended school in England, but he didn’t enjoy school b3. many teachers were very strict. When Dahl was thirteen, his family moved house and he was 4. (send) to Repton Public School. Sadly, the teachers there were even 5. (bad) than those at his old school. However, there was one good thing about the school. Every few months, a chocolate company, Cadburys, gave 6. (box) of chocolate to Repton for the students to test. This happy memory gave Dahl the idea for his most famous novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. In 1939, when the Second World War started, Dahl 7. (join) the Air Force and learned to fly warplanes. 8. (unlucky), on his 9. (one) flight, the warplane ran out of fuel (燃料) and crashed in a desert. He almost died in the burning plane.

Dahl started writing in the 1940s. In 1945 he moved to America. He lived happily during

the last years of his l10., and he wrote his best books during the period.

Answer

1.on

2.young

3.because

4.sent

5.worse

6.boxes

7.joined

8.Unluckily

9.first

10.life

【解析】

这篇短文主要介绍了Roald Dahl是英国人，是小说家和诗人。文中介绍了他学习经历及他何时开始写作的生涯。

1.句意：罗尔德·达尔是英国短篇小说作家和诗人。他于1916年9月13日出生于威尔士南部。

on后加具体的时，根据“September 13th”可知，这里用介词on。故答案为on。

2.句意：达尔年轻时，他的爱好之一是读书。

根据下文“one of his hobbies was reading.”可知，这里是说达尔文年轻的时候。故答案为young。

3.句意：达尔最初在英国上学，但他不喜欢上学，因为许多老师都很严格。

根据下文“many teachers were very strict.”可知，这里是表示因果关系，用because引导。故答案为because。

4.句意：达尔十三岁时，全家搬家，他被送到雷顿公立学校。

根据上文“When Dahl was thirteen, his family moved house”可知，他被送到雷顿公立学校。这里是一般过去时态的被动语态，其结构是was/were done的形式，send的过去式是sent。故答案为sent。

5.句意：可悲的是，那里的老师比他以前学校的老师还要差。

根据Sadly及下文“However, there was one good thing about the school.可知，这里是说老师比以前还差，这里用bad的比较级worse。故答案为worse。

6.句意：每隔几个月，一家名为Cadburys的巧克力公司就给雷普顿几盒巧克力让学生们测试。这里是给几盒巧克力。这里用复数形式。box盒子，复数是boxes。故答案为boxes。

7.句意：1939年，第二次世界大战爆发时，达尔加入空军，学会了驾驶战机。

根据下文“and learned to fly warplanes”可知上文是“达尔加入空军”。故答案为joined。

8.句意：不幸的是，在他的第一次飞行中，这架战机耗尽了燃料，在沙漠中坠毁。他差点死在燃烧的飞机上。

根据下文“on his ____9____ (one) flight, the warplane ran out of fuel (燃料) and crashed in a desert. He almost died in the burning plane.”可知，此处是不幸的是。故答案为Unluckily。

9.句意：不幸的是，在他的第一次飞行中，这架战机耗尽了燃料，在沙漠中坠毁。他差点死在燃烧的飞机上。

这里是在第一次飞行，用序数词，one的序数词，on his first flight在她的第一次飞行。故答案为first。

10.句意：在他生命的最后几年里，他过着幸福的生活，在这期间他写了他最好的书。

根据下文“and he wrote his best books during the period.”可知，前面他经历的大灾难，后来搬到了美国，他过着幸福的生活。life名词，生活。故答案为life。