Question

英语知识运用

About six years ago I was eating lunch in a restaurant in New York City1.___________ a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table. I couldn’t help2.________ (overhear) parts of their conversation. At one point 3.___________ woman asked: “ So, how have you been?” And the boy, who couldn’t have been more than seven or eight years old, replied, “Frankly, I’ve been feeling a little depressed 4.           (late).”

This incident 5.______(stick) in my mind because it confirmed my growing 6.       (believe) that children are changing. As far as I can remember, my friends and I didn’t find 7.       we were “depressed” until we were in high school. The evidence of a change in children 8.__________ (increase) steadily in recent years. Children don’t seem childlike any more. Children speak more like adults, dress more like adults and behave more like adults than 9.         (their) used to. Whether this is good or bad 10.           (be) difficult to say, but it certainly is different. Children as it once was no longer exists, why?

Answer

1.when

2.overhearing

3.the

4.lately

5.stuck

6.belief

7.out

8.has increased

9.they

10.is

【解析】

试题分析：作者在本文中介绍了现在的孩子比以前更成熟，说话做事以及思想更像成年人。

1.when 考查固定句式。句式：be doing sth when...正在做某事在这时....；其中的when是一个并列连词，后面表示意料之外的事情。句意：六年前，我正在纽约的一家餐厅吃饭，在这时一位女士带着一个小男孩坐在旁边的桌子上。

2.overhearing 考查固定搭配。短语can't help doing sth情不自禁做某事；句意：我情不自禁地无意中听到了他们谈话的部分内容。

3.the 考查定冠词。在英语中通常使用定冠词the特指上文提到了某个事物或人，表示特指。本句中the woman就是指第一句中的a woman。

4.lately 考查副词。本句中副词lately意为“近来”，通常要和现在完成时连用，句意：最近我有点压抑。

5.stuck 考查时态。根据本文第一句中about six years ago可知本文叙述过去发生的事情，使用一般过去时。所以本句中使用过去式stuck。

6.belief 考查名词。动词confirm的后面要接名词或名词短语做宾语，且形容词growing的后面也要使用名词，所以本句使用动词believe的名词形式belief。

7.out 考查动词短语。短语find out发现，查明；我的朋友和我直到高中才发现我们压抑。而现在的孩子很小的时候就说自己压抑。

8.has increased 考查时态。本句的时间状语是in recent years相当于recently，该结构要和现在完成时连用，所以使用has increased。

9.they 考查主格。than的后面要接一个完整的句子，所以they要在句中作主语，需要使用主格形式。现在的孩子比过去说话、穿衣、举止更像成年人。

10.is 考查主谓一致。当单个的主语从句做主语的时候，表语又表示单数含义，时谓语动词使用单数形式。本句的主语是主语从句whether this is good or bad，谓语动词要使用单数形式。

【名师点睛】

本文11.

定冠词的用法(口诀)如下：

特指双熟悉，上文已提及； 世上独无二，序数最高级；某些专有名，习语和乐器。

①特指某些人或事物；②谈话双方都熟悉的人或事物；③上文已经提到的人或事物；

④世界上独一无二的事物前；⑤序数词、形容词的最高级前；⑥某些专有名词前；

⑦一些习惯短语(如in the day等)中和西洋乐器名词前(如：play the piano)

【典例1】

As is known to all， __ People's Republic of China is __ biggest developing country in the world.(2011•陕西)

解析：句意：众所周知，中华人民共和国是世界上最大的发展中国家。考查冠词。People's Republic of China“中华人民共和国”是由普通名词构成的专有名词，前面通常用定冠词；第二空后是形容词的最高级形式，故用定冠词。

答案：the；the

【典例2】

—I am so sorry to have come late for the meeting.

—It is not your fault. With ____ rush－hour traffic and __ heavy rain，it is no wonder you were late.

解析：由句意可知，traffic和rain均为特指，故应加定冠词。

答案：the；the

【典例3】

What I need is ______ book that contains ________ ABC of oil painting.

解析：句意：我所需要的是一本含有油画基础知识的书。第一个空表泛指，应用不定冠词；第二个空后有of oil painting修饰，表特指，应用定冠词。

答案：a；the

【典例4】

The biggest whale is ___ blue whale，which grows to be about 29 meters long—the height of __ 9－story building.

解析：the blue whale特指“蓝鲸”这类动物；第二个空表泛指，a 9－story building意为“一座9层高的大楼”。

答案：the；a

考点：考查记叙文阅读