Question

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Marty is a boy who looks the same as other people but has a muscle disease which sometimes makes him very weak. Not 1. (be) able to climb stairs as quickly as others, he gets out of breath after running just a short way and he has to stop halfway up the stairs and rest 2. he can get to the top, which makes kids make fun of him. He always feels stupid for being a bit behind the others after a long 3. (absent) from school.Although doctors can’t give his disease a name and it’s difficult to know 4. the future will be like, Marty learned to adapt to his disability. His motto is: live one day at a time.

He has a busy life without time to sit around 5. (feel) sorry for himself. Besides writing and computer programming, he goes to the movies as well as football matches with his friends and spends a lot of time with his pets. His ambition is 6. (work) in the computer industry when he grows up.

Answer

1.being

2.before

3.absence

4.what

5.feeling

6.to work

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。文章讲述了男孩Marty患有肌肉疾病，他不能像其他人一样正常地生活，但他依然乐观面对生活，长大后的志向是在计算机行业工作。

1.考查现在分词。句意： Marty不能像其他人一样快地爬楼梯，他在短距离奔跑后喘不过气来，他必须在楼梯中间停下来休息，然后才能爬到顶部，这使孩子们取笑他。主语he和“be able to do”之间在逻辑上是主动关系，即主语不能像其他人一样快地爬楼梯，所以使用现在分词作状语。否定词not 一般置于非谓语动词之前。故填being。

2.考查从属连词。句意：句意： Marty不能像其他人一样快地爬楼梯，他在短距离奔跑后喘不过气来，他必须在楼梯中间停下来休息，然后才能爬到顶部，这使孩子们取笑他。分析句子结构可知，此处使用before引导时间状语从句，意为“……之后才……”。故填before。

3.考查名词。句意：长期缺课后，因为落后于其他人他总是觉得自己很愚蠢。此处需要填入absent的名词absence作介词after的宾语，absence from school：缺课，没有上学。故填absence。

4.考查宾语从句的连接词。句意：尽管医生无法给他的病起个名字而且很难知道未来会是什么样，但Marty学会了适应自己的残疾。分析句子结构可知，空格处引导宾语从句，从句中语意和成分不完整，结合语境及语法成分分析可知，应使用what引导宾语从句，它在从句中作like 的宾语，意为“什么”。故填what。

5.考查现在分词。句意：他的生活很忙，没有时间坐在那里为自己感到难过。feel在句子中不是谓语动词，句子主语he发出feel的动作，因此使用feel的现在分词作状语。故填feeling。

6.考查动词不定式。句意：他长大后的志向是在计算机行业工作。不定式作表语一般表示具体的动作，特别是表示将来的动作。由句意可知，这里的“将来在计算机行业工作”符合动词不定式作表语的用法。故填to work。