Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。

A man came to the USA from another country. After__1.___(settle) down at an island , he went into a cafeteria to get something ___2.____(eat). He sat down at an empty table and waited for someone to take his order, but nobody did. ___3.__(final), a woman with a tray full of food sat down opposite him and told him____4.__ the cafeteria worked.

“Start out at that end ,” she said .”Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At_____5.____ other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”

“ I was ___6.____(surprise) how everything worked in the USA,” the man told his friend.” Life’s a cafeteria there. You can get anything you want as long as you are willing to pay the price. You can even get success,_____ 7.____ you will never get it if you wait for someone to bring it to you. You have to get up and get it _8.___(you).”

You can’t change the inevitable. The only thing you can do___9.____(be) to control your attitude. Once you reach that point in life, happiness and ___10.____(satisfy) can ‘t be too far away.

Answer

1.settling

2.to eat

3.Finally

4.how

5.the

6.surprised

7.but

8.yourself

9.is

10.satisfaction

【解析】

试题分析：本文通过叙述一位游客在美国自助餐厅就餐的事情阐述了美国社会的价值观。

1.settling 考查动名词用法。在介词的后面通常使用名词或者动名词做宾语。句意：在一个岛上定居以后，他去了一家咖啡店吃东西。

2.to eat 考查不定式用法。本句中不定式充当定语修饰名词something，不定式含有未来的意思。句意：在一个岛上定居以后，他去了一家咖啡店吃东西。

3.Finally 考查副词。本句中副词finally在句中充当时间状语。句意：最后，一个拿着满满食物的托盘的妇女坐到了他的对面并告诉他这个咖啡店是如何运营的。

4.how 考查连词。本句是一个how引导的宾语从句，充当动词tell的宾语，句意：一个拿着满满食物的托盘的妇女坐到了他的对面并告诉他这个咖啡店是如何运营的。从下文的描述可知这是一家经营自助餐的饭店。

5.the 考查冠词。在两头中的另外一头使用at the other end在…另外一头，定冠词the表示特指。句意：在另外一边他们会告诉你要付多少钱。

6.surprised 考查形容词。动词surprise的过去分词surprised感到惊讶的，通常修饰人或者与人有关的事物。本句中surprised是对主语I的情况进行的说明。

7.but 考查连词。句意：只要你愿意付钱，你可以得到你想要的一切，甚至是成功。但是如果你想等着别人给你，那你什么也得不到。根据句意可知上下文之间是转折关系，所以使用but。

8.yourself 考查反身代词。本句中反身代词yourself充当状语，表示强调。句意：你得自己站起来，自己去拿想要的东西。

9.is 考查系动词和时态。句意：你唯一能做的事情是控制你的态度。本句的主语是the only thing you can do这是一个单数名词，所以谓语动词也使用单数形式。最后一段属于评论性的话，所以使用一般现在时。

10.

【名师点睛】

语法填空题中有一些纯空格填空题，主要是填冠词、介词、代词、连接词(含从属连词和并列连词)等虚词。

首先，分析句子结构，根据句子所缺成分确定填哪类词。然后，根据句子意思，确定具体填什么词；或根据两句间的逻辑关系确定具体用哪个连词。共有以下7个技巧：

技巧1：在简单句和并列句中，若句子缺主语或宾语，一定是填代词。

例1：I can’t send a message to Kenya whenever I want to, and _ _ gets there almost in a second.（it指代前面提及的名词a message）

技巧2：名词前面，若没有限定词（冠词、形容词性物主代词、不定代词等），很可能是填限定词。

例2：It is said that a short-tempered man in the Song Dynasty was very anxious to help______ rice crop grow up quickly.（物主代词his指代前面提及的a short-tempered man）。

技巧3：名词或代词在句中不作主语、表语或动词的宾语时，其前面，一定是填介词。

例3：…who should have the honour of receiving me ______ a guest in their house.（介词as意为“作为”）

结合本文65题：“Start out at that end ,” she said .”Just go along the line and pick out what you want. At_________ other end they’ll tell you how much you have to pay.”名词短语other end前面没有限定词，在两边的另外一边，我们使用the other。

再看本文70题：Once you reach that point in life, happiness and ________(satisfy) can ‘t be too far away.有并列连词and，可知要填的词和happiness一样，都是名词。

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