Question

根据短文内容及首字母提示,填写所缺单词,使短文意思完整。

Over 2,000 years ago, in China, there lived a boy called Confucius. When he was o1. three, his father died. His mother was very poor. In those days people had to pay to go to school and his mother did not have enough m2. to send him.

As Confucius grew up he wanted to learn things. So he d3. to teach himself Unfortunately he was a strange-looking boy. The other children pointed and made fun of him. They called him names and laughed at him. Confucius got very upset, but he was a kind gentle boy and did not fight b4. .

Confucius did not play with other children. He went off to talk to holy men in the temple and learned from them. He t5. to artists and musicians and learned from them. If he tried to do something difficult, he kept trying over and over again u6. he learned how to do it. In this way the boy taught himself to read and w7. and learned lots of interesting things. Confucius grew up to be a very c8. man.

When he was a man, Confucius became the ruler of the city of Changtu. People were very h9.  when he was their leader. He used his abilities and skills in a w10. way.

People sometimes call him the greatest man who ever lived. We still remember many of his sayings today.

Answer

1.only

2.money

3.decided

4.back

5.talked

6.until.

7.write

8.clever

9.happy

10.wise

【解析】

这篇短文给我们讲述了一个伟大的人物—孔子。孔子小的时候家里很穷，上不起学，他自学了读书、写字和很多有趣的事情，是一个很聪明的人。现在他的很多话仍然为人们所记得。

1.句意：当他只有三岁的时候，他的父亲去世了。only仅仅，只。根据句意可知，这里强调孔子很小的时候，父亲就去世了，所以应填only。

2.句意：在那些日子里，人们必须花钱上学，而他的母亲没有足够的钱送他上学。根据上文His mother was very poor. 可知，孔子的妈妈很穷；再根据这句话中In those days people had to pay to go to school可知，上学需要花钱。由此可知这里应填money，钱。

3.句意：因此他觉得自学。decide决定，是一个动词，常用于句型decide to do sth.决定去做某事。全文讲述的是孔子的事迹，以一般过去时态为主，故这里应填过去式decided。

4.句意：孔子很不高兴，但他是一个善良、温和的男孩，他没有还击。back 回去，这里fight back指还击。根据文意可知，孔子并没有因为别的孩子嘲笑他而还击，因为他很善良。故这里填back。

5.句意：他根据艺术家、音乐家们谈话，向他们学习。talk谈话，交谈。根据上句话He went off to talk to holy men in the temple and learned from them可知，这里也表示“和…谈话”，全文使用了一般过去时态，故这里填过去式talked。

6.句意：如果他想要做困难的事情，他会一遍又一遍的尝试，直到他学会为止。until直到…时候。根据句意可知，这里表示“孔子一遍又一遍的尝试直到…”，故应填until。

7.句意：就这样这个男孩自学了读书、写字，还学会了很多有趣的事情。write写，是一个动词。根据空前的read和首字母w可知，这里应该是“写”，故填write。

8.句意：孔子长大了，成为了一个很聪明的人。clever聪明的，是一个形容词。根据下文He used his abilities and skills in a w___10___way. People sometimes call him the greatest man who ever lived.可知，孔子长大后成为了一个城市的统治者，人们都称他为“最伟大的人”，因此孔子是很聪明的。故这里填clever。

9.句意：当孔子成为他们的领袖时，人们都非常的开心。根据下文People sometimes call him the greatest man who ever lived.可知，人们都称孔子为“最伟大的人”，所以孔子做他们的领袖，他们是开心的。故填happy。

10.句意：他用聪明的方式运用他的能力和技能。wise聪明的，明智的，是一个形容词。根据上下文的意思可知，孔子是一个很聪明的人，所以他做事的方式是“明智的”，故填wise。