Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Praise can change a person. It is true that 1.(encourage) words can turn our lives around. Praise is 2.(real) magical. Perhaps many of us have such experiences. Take myself 3.an example. I was very naughty in the primary school. Most of the teachers and even my parents were 4.(disappoint)  in me. But it 5. (happen) that I once got a very high mark in 6. examination and the head teacher 7. (report) this to my parents. My parents praised me and told neighbors about it. I felt really happy 8. became polite to others. Every time I heard others talk to me about my excellent examination result, I thought to 9. (I) that I would work even 10. (hard) and make greater progress. Just as Shakespeare said, “Our praises are our wages.”

Answer

1.encouraging

2.really

3.as

4.disappointed

5.happened

6.an

7.reported

8.and

9.myself

10.harder

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者通过讲述自身的例子证实赞美可以改变一个人，鼓励的话可以改变我们的生活。

1.考查非谓语动词。句意：确实，鼓励的话可以改变我们的生活。分析句式可知，设空处是that后的从句的主语，用动名词作主语。故填encouraging。

2.考查副词。magical是形容词，用副词修饰形容词。故填really。

3.考查介词。句意：以我自己为例。take sb as example以某人为例，故填as。

4.考查形容词。分析句式，设空处位于be动词后，作表语，主语my parents指人，因此用过去分词充当的形容词作表语。故填disappointed。

5.考查时态。句意：但是，我有一次考试得了很高的分数，班主任把这件事告诉了我的父母。根据that从句后的once got可知，要用一般过去式。故填happened。

6.考查冠词。句意：但是，我有一次考试得了很高的分数，班主任把这件事告诉了我的父母。根据句意可在，此处是泛指“一次考试”，用不定冠词，examination以元音开头，故填an。

7.考查时态。and连接两个并列句，前后时态保持一致，根据and前一句使用的是一般过去式。故填reported。

8.考查连词。句意：我感到非常高兴，并开始对别人有礼貌了。根据句意可知，前后两句是并列关系，用and连接。故填and。

9.考查代词。句意：我对自己说，我会更加努力工作，取得更大的进步。本句的主语是I，结合句意可知，所给提示词I与主语保持一致，需用反身代词作宾语。故填myself。

10.考查形容词。句意同上。and连接并列结构，结合句意并根据空后的make greater progress可知，此处用比较级。故填harder。