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。每空限填一词。

An American named Greg Mortenson has written a very popular book with a very unusual title (标题). It’s called Three Cups of Tea. In it, Mortenson talks about his experiences building schools for poor children in Pakistan and Afghanistan. Why did he do this? And how did the book get its title?

In 1993, Mortenson wanted to climb a high mountain in Pakistan called K2. He stayed on the mountain for more than 70 days, but he couldn’t r1. the top. After he turned to go down, he became very sick and w2.. Two local men took him to a small village called Korphe. There, the Balti people took care of him for several weeks u3. he got stronger. To thank the people of the village for their kindness, he d4. to build a school in Korphe.

Mortenson worked hard for years to get the money for his first school. Since then, he has built more than 70 schools, and more than 25,000 boys and girls have s5. in them. His work was sometimes very difficult, because he was a foreigner and his customs (习俗) were d6.. At that time, it was natural for the girls to stay at home and do the housework  instead of going to school. Some men in the villages were very a7. with him, because they didn’t want schools for girls.

But Mortenson learned about the local culture, and he found a good way to break the ice: by drinking tea with the local people. That’s where the title of his book comes from. The Balti people have a saying, “The first time you drink tea with a Balti, you are a s8.. The second time you have tea, you are an honoured (荣幸的) guest. The t9. time you share a cup of tea, you become family.”

By drinking three cups of tea with the local people, Mortenson was able to c10. with them and learn about their villages and their problems.

Answer

1.reach

2.weak

3.until

4.decided

5.studied

6.different

7.angry

8.stranger

9.third

10.communicate/connect/chat

【解析】

文章大意：本文是篇记叙文。一个名叫Greg的美国人写了本名字很不同寻常的书-《三杯茶》，文章主要讲的是书名的由来，原来它和作者在巴基斯坦的经历有关。

1.

句意：他在山上待了七十多天，没有到达山顶。

根据空前情态动词couldn’t可知，此空应填动词原形，结合句意和首字母提示可知，没能爬到山顶。故答案为reach。

2.

句意：他转身往下走后，病得很重，身体虚弱。

根据空前very sick and可知，此空应填形容词作表语，且和前面的sick构成并列关系，表示身体状况很差，结合句意和首字母提示可知，故答案为weak。

3.

句意：在那里，巴提人照顾了他几个星期，直到他变得更强壮。

根据首字母提示，结合句意可知，此空是“直到”的意思，故答案为until。

4.

句意：为了感谢村里人的好意，他决定在科尔菲建一所学校。

根据句子结构可知，此句缺少谓语动词，结合句意可知，此空是“决定”的意思，构成搭配decide to do sth.根据首字母提示可知，故答案为decided。

5.

句意：从那时起，他已经建立了70多所学校，25000多名男孩和女孩在其中学习。

根据句子结构可知，此句缺少谓语动词，结合句意和空前助动词have可知，此空是“学习”的意思，和空格前的助动词have构成现在完成时have done。根据首字母提示可知，故答案为studied。

6.

句意：他的工作有时很困难，因为他是外国人，他的风俗习惯也不一样。

根据句子结构可知，此空应填形容词作表语，结合句意和首字母提示可知，主人公是美国人，想在巴基斯坦建学校，他们的风俗是不一样的，故答案为different。

7.

句意：村里的一些男人对他很生气，因为他们不想让女孩子上学。

根据句子结构可知，此空应填形容词作表语，结合句意和首字母提示可知，此空是“生气”的意思，因为主人公违反了当地的风俗民情，故答案为angry。

8.

句意：巴提人有句俗语：“第一次和巴提人喝茶，你就是一个陌生人。”

根据空前不定冠词a可知，此空应填名词的单数形式，结合句意和首字母提示可知，第一次喝茶的时候，双方关系还是比较陌生的，故答案为stranger。

9.

句意：第三次你们一起喝茶，你就成了一家人。

根据空前定冠词the，结合句意和首字母提示可知，此空应填序数词，此空是“第三”的意思，也对应了书名《三杯茶》，故答案为third。

10.

句意：通过与当地人喝三杯茶，莫滕森得以与他们交流/联系/聊天，了解他们的村庄和他们的问题。

根据空前was able to 可知，此空应填动词原形，结合句意和首字母提示可知，空格后面是with，故答案为communicate/connect/chat。