Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

People today take lots of photos. Some photographs are really memorable. They either capture important events, such as birthday parties or weddings,1. show beautiful places. Years later, people may look at these special photos to remember 2. past.

However, how did people record important moments without cameras long ago? Some people told 3. (story) about old times, and others wrote down 4. they remembered. There were also a lot of people 5. (make) special drawings to help them recall important moments. Among those people were Native Americans of the Lakota tribe.

Every year, Lakota leaders decided which event was most important. A Lakota 6. (art) was then asked to draw a special picture of that event. Because each year’s picture was decided on during the winter, the drawings became 7. (know) as winter counts.

For a long time, winter counts were drawn on animal skins. Later, the drawings 8. (do) on paper. The pictures told the history of the tribe. Each year, the newest winter count was added 9. the Lakota collection of pictures from 10. (early) times. That helped people keep track of the years. Today, winter counts are important records of the Lakota’s past.

Answer

1. or

2. the

3. stories

4. what

5. making

6. artist

7. known

8. were done

9. to

10. earlier

【解析】

今天的人们拍很多的照片。有些照片是真的令人难忘。那以前没有相机的日子人们如何来记录重要时刻呢？

1.考查连词。照片或者记录重大时刻或者展现美丽风光。短语either…or，表示或者…或者...。故填or。

2.考查冠词。照片可以纪念过去。表示特指，用定冠词。故填the。

3.考查名词。关于过去的故事，是很多的故事，用名词复数形式。故填stories。

4.考查连词。介词后是宾语从句，从句中缺宾语，故填what。

5.考查非谓语动词。句子有谓语动词were，第二个动词用非谓语动词，制作和人们是主动关系。故填making。

6.考查名词。根据A Lakota得知这里在说一位艺术家。故填artist。

7.考查形容词。以…而著名be/become known as。故填known。

8.考查动词时态语态。这里主语缺少谓语动词，绘画和进行是被动关系，讲述以前的事情。故填were done。

9.考查介词。短语add…to，表示增添。故填to。

10.考查形容词。表示比现在更早些的时期，用形容词比较级。故填earlier。