Question

Last Christmas, the circus owner, Jimmy Gates, 1. (decide) to take some presents to a children's hospital. Dressed up 2. Father Christmas and accompanied by a ‘guard of honour’ of six pretty girls, he set off down the main street of the city 3. (ride) a baby elephant called Jumbo. He should have known that the police would never allow this sort of thing. A policeman approached Jimmy 4. told him he ought to have gone along a side street as Jumbo was holding 5. the traffic. 6. Jimmy agreed to go at once, Jumbo refused to move. Fifteen policemen had to push very hard 7. (get) him off the main street. The police had 8. difficult time, but they were most amused. ‘Jumbo must weigh a few tons,’ said a policeman afterwards, ‘so 9. was fortunate that we didn't have to carry him. Of course, we should arrest him, 10. as he has a good record, we shall let him off this time.'

Answer

1.decided

2.as

3.riding

4.and

5.up

6.Though/Although

7.to get

8.a

9.it

10.but

【解析】

试题分析：马戏团老板准备在圣诞节给儿童医院送礼物，他骑着一头小象，但是路上却与交警发生了一些事情。

1.decided 考查时态。根据Last Christmas，可知是过去时态，故用decided。

2.as 考查固定搭配。dress up…as“装扮成……”，这里表示装扮成圣诞老人。

3.riding 考查非谓语动词。ride与逻辑主语he之间是主动关系，故用riding。

4.and 考查连词。这里表示“靠近他并且对他说”，表承接关系，故用and连接。

5.up 考查固定搭配。hold up“阻挡”，这里表示阻挡交通。故填up。

6.Though/Although 考查连词。前后句之间是让步关系，故用Though/Although。

7.to get 考查非谓语动词。动词不定式表目的，故用to get。

8.a 考查固定搭配。have a difficult time很困难。故填a。

9.it 考查形式主语。此处用it来作形式主语，后面that从句作真正的主语。

10.but 考查连词。此处表转折，故用but。句意：但由于他有一个良好的记录，我们将让他在这个时间离开。

【名师点睛】

学生在对题目进行作答之前，要先对题干进行详细阅读，检查题目中是否有提示词语存在；而后判断出所填词语在句子中所充当的句子成分，例如，主语、谓语等；最后根据其所充当的句子成分，加之其所处句子的语态等，选择词语的正确形式，例如，动词的现在分词或者过去分词，或者形容词的比较或者最高级的使用等。11.get。

在句子中没有提示词或者标志词存在时，考生要根据句子中所填词语的位置，判断所填词语的词性，例如，连接词、定冠词或者不定冠词、代词或者介词等。定冠词以及不定冠词的位置通常在名词之前，起到对名词进行限制的作用。而代词则分为形容词性物主代词、名词性代词、指示代词和不定代词等。在运用介词的时候，往往考查介词的固定搭配，其中包括动词、形容词等与介词的搭配。

考点：考查语篇理解和词汇、语法知识。