Question

阅读下面两篇短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

1. Old Tom and the other killers were fierce hunters, they never harmed or attacked people. In fact, they protected them. There was one day when we were out in the bay during a hunt and James was washed off the boat. “Man overboard！Turn the boat around！” urged George, 2. (shout) loudly.

The sea was rough that day and it was difficult to handle the boat. The waves were carrying James further and further away from us. From James’s face, I could see he was 3. (terrify) of being abandoned by us. Then suddenly I saw a shark. “Look, there’s a shark out there，” I screamed.“Don’t worry, Old Tom won’t let it near，”Red replied. It took over half an hour to get the boat back to James, and when we approached him, I saw James being 4. (firm) held up in the water by Old Tom. I couldn’t believe my eyes.

Answer

1.Though/Although

2.shouting

3.terrified

4.firmly

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。文章主要讲了一天，在海湾，James被冲出船之后，Old Tom保护了James的故事。

1.考查连词。分析句子结构可知，句子“Old Tom and the other killers were fierce hunters”Old Tom和其他的杀手们是凶狠的猎人，和句子“they never harmed or attacked people”他们决不伤害或者攻击人类，这两句之间是让步关系，需使用连词though或者although。故填Though或者Although。

2.考查非谓语动词。分析句子结构可知，动词shout在句子中充当状语成分，和主句中的主语George是主动关系，需使用现在分词shouting。故填shouting。

3.考查形容词。句意：从James的脸上，我可以看到对于被我们遗弃，他感到恐慌的。根据句意可知，be terrified of 表达的是对…感到恐慌，害怕的，terrify是动词，需转变为形容词，主语是人，描述的是人感觉到…，故terrify的形容词应为terrified。故填terrified。

4.考查副词。分析句子结构可知，谓语动词being held up需用副词修饰，firm是形容词，需转变为副词firmly。故填firmly。