Question

   

While traveling to big cities in the world, you will see statues（雕像）of 1. (thousand) of characters standing in the streets. Do you believe that they are actually real people working 2. street artists? They often cover themselves 3. (complete) with paint. They have to stand still and keep eyes open for several 4. (hour). Street artists need to be strong-minded and patient. It is not 5. easy job, but there's plenty of fun for them.

Yorge is one of 6. (famous) street artists in Brazil. He stands out thanks to his partner, a cute dog named Jaspe. 7. Yorge goes to work, Jaspe rests on his arm and keeps still as long as she can. Most people are surprised by 8. (they) perfect work together. However, the pair once got into trouble. Some animal lovers thought that Yorge forced his dog 9. (give) a performance in the street. In fact, Yorge never trained Jaspe at all.

The performance of living statues 10. (become) a street art. Now it is really popular in many large cities around the world.

Answer

1.thousands

2.as

3.completely

4.hours

5.an

6.the most famous

7.When/Whenever

8.their

9.to give

10.has become

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述了活生生的雕像的表演成为街头艺术。现在它在世界上许多大城市都很受欢迎。

1.

句意：当你在世界上的大城市旅行时，你会看到成千上万的人物雕像矗立在街道上。

根据“While traveling to big cities in the world”可知，你能看到说成千上万街头艺人。thousands of…成千上万……；故答案为thousands。

2.

句意：你相信他们是真正的街头艺人吗？

这里是作为街头艺人；短语work as…作为……工作；故答案为as。

3.

句意：他们常常把自己完全涂上油漆。

这里是副词修饰动词。所给单词complete动词，完全的；这里用副词completely，完全地。故答案为completely。

4.

句意：他们不得不站着一动不动，睁大眼睛看几个小时。

根据下文“Street artists need to be strong-minded and patient.”可知，这里是睁大眼睛看几个小时。for+一段时间；several+名词复数；hour名词，小时，复数是hours。故答案为hours。

5.

句意：这不是一件容易的工作，但对他们来说有很多乐趣。

根据“Street artists need to be strong-minded and patient.”可知，这里是说这个工作是不容易的。这里表示泛指，用不定冠词，easy首字母是以元音音素开头的，用不定冠词an。故答案为an。

6.

句意：约格是巴西最著名的街头艺术家之一。

one of+the+形容词最高级+名词复数，表示……最之一；famous形容词，著名的，最高级是the most famous。故答案为the most famous。

7.

句意：每当约格去上班的时候，贾斯佩就靠在他的胳膊上，尽可能长时间不动。

根据下文“He stands out thanks to his partner, a cute dog named Jaspe.”可知，这里是当……的时候；无论何时；When/Whenever何时，当……的时候；故答案为When/Whenever。

8.

句意：大多数人对他们完美的合作感到惊讶。

这里是他们的完美合作，这里是形容词性的物主代词作定语，they的物主代词their，他们的。故答案为their。

9.

句意：一些动物爱好者认为约格强迫他的狗在街上表演。

根据下文“In fact, Yorge never trained Jaspe at all.” 事实上，约格从来没有训练过贾斯佩。可知，上文是“一些动物爱好者认为约格强迫他的狗在街上表演”，force sb. to do sth.强迫某人去做某事；短语give a performance in the street在街上表演。故答案为to give。

10.

句意：活人雕像已成为街头艺术。

根据下文“Now it is really popular in many large cities around the world.”可知，这里是现在完成时，已经成为街头艺术；现在完成时的结构式have/has done的形式；become动词，变成，过去分词是become，故答案为has become。