Question

阅读下面短文，根据语境、音标或所给单词的提示，在每个空格内填入一个恰当的词，要求所填的词意义准确、形式正确，使短文意思完整、行文连贯。

Do you know how rice first came to China? There is an old Chinese story 1. is about little girl who went out to fish. There was famine（饥荒）and everybody was very 2. /'hʌŋgrɪ/.

The little girl felt her net growing heavy and was very happy. However, it was the King of Frogs（青蛙）that she 3. /kɔ: t/. The frog told her to hold out her fishing net to the sun's rays and he would sing 4. magic song. The little girl followed his instructions. She was 5.（great）surprised to see the rays of sunshine falling through the net. And they were changed 6. golden grains（谷粒）of rice. The first rice was thought to arrive in this way.

We do not know whether this story is true, but it tells 7.（we）that rice has the same value as gold to the Chinese. Rice 8.（be）always the main food for the Chinese. For centuries, much land has been devoted（奉献）to rice-planting and many Chinese people are 9.（farmer）, who work very hard for each grain.

It's important to 10. /seɪv/ food and say no to waste. After all, waste not, want not.

Answer

1.which/that

2.hungry

3.caught

4.a

5.greatly

6.into/to

7.us

8.is

9.farmers

10.save

【解析】

本文讲述了大米的由来，并呼吁人们要珍惜每一粒粮食，拒绝浪费。

1.

句意：中国有一个古老的故事，讲的是一个去捕鱼的小女孩。

根据句子结构，此句是一个定语从句。先行词story是指物，在从句中作主语，可以用关系词that或which，所以空格处填which/that。故答案为which/that。

2.

句意：当时有饥荒，每个人都很饿。

was是系动词，后接形容词作表语。根据There was famine及所给音标，hungry表示“饥饿的”，所以空格处填hungry。故答案为hungry。

3.

句意：然而，她抓到的是一只青蛙国王。

根据句子结构，此句是it was……that的强调句。根据The little girl felt her net growing heavy及所给音标，可知，网很沉，她抓到是一只青蛙国王，句中was是一般过去时，所以此处也用一般过去时，故空格处填caught。故答案为caught。

4.

句意：青蛙叫她把鱼网拿出来晒晒太阳，他唱一首神奇的歌。

根据句意，此空表示“一首神奇的歌”，表泛指，且magic是以辅音音素开头的单词，所以空格处填不定冠词a。故答案为a。

5.

句意：她非常惊讶地看到阳光透过网照射进来。

空格处修饰形容词surprised，所以要用副词。great是形容词，其对应的副词是greatly，所以空格处填greatly。故答案为greatly。

6.

句意：他们变成了金色的米粒。

句中they指代前文的the rays of sunshine，这些阳光变成了金色的米粒，固定搭配：change into/in表示“变成”，所以空格处填into/to。故答案为into/to。

7.

句意：我们不知道这个故事是否是真的，但是它告诉我们，对中国人来说大米的价值相当于黄金。

tell是动词，后接人称代词宾格作宾语。we是人称代词主格，其宾格是us，所以空格处填us。故答案为us。

8.

句意：大米一直是中国人的主要食物。

always是一般现在时的标志词，且主语rice是不可数名词，所以空格处填单数系动词is。故答案为is。

9.

句意：数世纪以来，许多土地被用来种植水稻，许多中国农民为每一粒粮食辛勤劳作。

主语people是复数形式，此空也要填复数名词。farmer是单数名词，其对应的复数名词是farmers，所以空格处填farmers。故答案为farmers。

10.

句意：节约粮食和拒绝浪费是很重要的。

固定句式：it’s+形容词+to do sth“做某事是……”，根据no waste及提示音标，此空填动词save表示“节省”，所以空格处填save。故答案为save。