Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Mr. Watson lived with his family in the woods. He owned 1.______ farm, which looked almost 2._____ (desert). 3._____ (fortune), he also had a cow producing milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby 4.______ other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what 5._____ (leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass 6.______it began to rain heavily. While making great efforts to run away, she fell over the hill and died. Then the Watsons had to make a living7.______ the cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Watson began to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees 8._____ (sell) the wood. Thinking about his children’s clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market 9._____ people from the towns met regularly. Now it occurred to10._____ that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.

Answer

1.a

2.deserved

3.Fortunately

4.for

5.was left

6.when

7.without

8.to sell

9.where

10.him

【解析】

试题分析：短文主要讲的是Mr. Watson的奶牛去世，自己挣钱谋生的故事。

1.a 考查冠词。这里说的是有一个农场，故填a。

2.deserted 考查形容词。结合上下文，但是农场是荒芜的，故填deserted。

3.Fortunately 考查副词。结合下文可知，他是幸运的，放在句首要用副词，故填Fortunately。

4.for 考查介词。exchange…for…意为“用某物换……”；结合句意，用牛奶换其它食物，故填for。

5.was left 考查被动语态。剩下的牛奶与leave之间是被动关系，要用被动语态；主语是milk，be动词用was；故答案填was left。

6.when 考查副词。这里说的是当下大雨的时候，故填when。

7.without 考查介词。由前文的she fell over the hill and died. 可知，这里说的是没有了奶牛，他必须谋生，故填without。

8.to sell 考查动词。砍树的目的是为了卖木材，要用动词不定式来表示，故填to sell。

9.where 考查副词。该句是定语从句，先行词是market ，要用表示地点的关系副词，故填where。

10.

考点:故事类短文阅读。