Question

Worried about the 1. (prepare) for her feast, Lala quickly turned for home with her collection of nuts, melons, and other fruit. She had almost reached her destination 2. a delicious smell arrested her progress and she stopped. The smell of cooking meat filled the air surrounding her, and her senses became dizzy with hunger. Abruptly she sat down, only 3. (scoop) up by her sister Luna. Lala smiled with relief.

Just then Dahu, her husband, came up behind her. He had a large square face, with 4. (strong) pronounced eyebrows and cheekbones. Over his shoulder he carried several fish and some pieces of wood under his arm. Lala smiled and handed some stone scrapers over to Dahu,5. smiled and went outside the cave to begin his task.

First he looked carefully at the scrapers and then went to 6. corner of the cave and pulled out some more tools. He 7. (choose) one large stone and began to use it like a hammer striking the edge of the scraper that needed 8. (sharpen). Now and then Dahu would stop, look at it and try it 9. his hand before continuing his task. He stopped when he felt the scrapers were sharp enough to cut up the meat and scrape the fish. As he passed 10. to Lala, the first of the guests from the neighbouring caves began to arrive for dinner.

Answer

1.preparations

2.when

3.to be scooped

4.strongly

5.who

6.a

7.chose

8.sharpening/to be sharpened

9.against

10.them

【解析】本文是一篇记叙文。本文主要叙述了Lala 准备盛会的过程和准备盛会时发生的事情。

1.“Worried about the _____1_____ (prepare) for her feast, ”，the后应跟名词，所以此处应使用prepare的名词形式。故填preparations。

2.考查when引导时间状语从句时的用法。“She had almost reached her destination ____2____ a delicious smell arrested her progress and she stopped.”，“a delicious smell arrested her progress and she stopped.”在句子中是时间状语从句，用when引导时间状语从句。故填when。

3.“Abruptly she sat down, only _____3_____ (scoop) up by her sister Luna.”，此处用 only to do表示相反的结果，又因为 she 和scoop是被动关系。故填to be scooped。

4.“ He had a large square face, with _____4_____ (strong) pronounced eyebrows and cheekbones. ”，pronounced为形容词“明显的”，此处应该使用strong的副词形式修饰pronounced。故填strongly。

5.“Lala smiled and handed some stone scrapers over to Dahu,_____5_____ smiled and went outside the cave to begin his task.”，此处应使用who引导定语从句修饰Dahu，who在定语从句中做主语。故填who。

6.“First he looked carefully at the scrapers and then went to _____6_____ corner of the cave and pulled out some more tools. ”，corner前应使用a，a corner of the cave洞的一个角落。故填a。

7.“ He ___7___ (choose) one large stone and began to use it like a hammer striking the edge of the scraper that needed _____8_____ (sharpen). ”， and前后 连接的两个动词时态应保持一致，所以应使用choose的过去式形式。故填chose。

8.“ He ___7___ (choose) one large stone and began to use it like a hammer striking the edge of the scraper that needed _____8_____ (sharpen). ”，the scraper需要变锋利。need to do 需要做某事need doing 是需要被做有被动的意思，此处两种意思都合适。故填sharpening/to be sharpened。

9.“Now and then Dahu would stop, look at it and try it _____9_____ his hand before continuing his task.”，在继续他的工作之前他尽力去依靠他的手。故填against。

10.“ As he passed _____10_____ to Lala, the first of the guests from the neighbouring caves began to arrive for dinner.”，当他把它们递给Lala时，来自邻近洞穴的第一批客人开始来吃饭。此处应使用them代指上文的the scrapers。故填them。

【名师点睛】此类题目主要考查时态、语态以及一些基本的语法知识。

例如，第2题，考查when引导时间状语从句时的用法。when引导时间状语从句时表示“当……的时候”，when既可以指时间段也可指时间点，从句中既可用延续性动词又可用非延续性动词，且动作既可和主句的动作同时发生又可在主句的动作之前或之后发生。故填when。

注意体会如下例句：

I’ll call you when I get there.我一到那里就给你打电话。

When the wind blows,all the doors rattle.只要风一吹,这门就吱嘎作响。

He stopped trying,when he might have succeeded next time.他不再试了,其实他可能下一次就成功。

When I came home my wife was cooking dinner.我回家时,妻子在做晚饭。

如果when引导的时间状语从句的主语与主句主语相同,而从句的谓语又是 be动词时,那么从句中的主语和 be可以省略； 当when引导的时间状语从句的主语与主句主语相同时,往往还可以用“when＋分词”的形式替代该状语从句。

例如：when(you are ) in trouble, ask her for help.当你遭遇麻烦的时候去向她求助。 When I came into the room (=When coming into the room),I found him lying there asleep. 当我进入房间的时候,我发现他躺在那儿睡着了。