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阅读下面短文,在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中单词的正确形式。 ...

阅读下面短文,在标有序号的空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中单词的正确形式。

There is a gigantic study that’s been done in 38 cultures. 1.turns out that in every culture, both males and females desire their potential mates to be bright. But we don’t have our IQs 2. (print) on our forehead. How do we know that someone’s 3.(intelligence)? In Western cultures, at least, it’s often by the person’s sense of humor. Because creating and appreciating jokes both require us to make 4. (connect) between many separate pieces of information, 5. (have) a sense of humor shows that we possess a wide knowledge and 6. we know how to think about things in novel and creative ways.

Take a cartoon 7. example: a mouse is standing outside his house, having just pulled a gun on a cat, who pretends to give in by raising one paw (). “Six rounds. Nine lives. You do the math,” the cat says. In order to appreciate this joke, you need to know that mice are 8. (usual) the victims of cats, many guns have six bullets (子弹), and cats 9. (say) to have nine lives because of their ability to always land on their feet. You also need to be able to do some math 10. (understand) that the cat has the advantage in this scene after all.

 

1.It 2.printed 3.intelligent 4.connections 5.having 6.that 7.for 8.usually 9.are said 10.to understand 【解析】 这是一篇说明文。这篇文章主要讲了在西方文化中,人们经常通过一个人的幽默感来判断其智商,并分析了原因。 1. 考查代词。句意:研究结果显示在每一种文化中,男性和女性都渴望自己未来的一半是聪明的。本句是主语从句,谓语 turns out之前缺少主语,其真正的主语为turns out 后面的句子,因此,可知本句缺少形式主语,故填It。 2. 考查非谓语。句意:但是我们的IQ并不是印在额头上。本句已经有了谓语don’t have, 给出词print跟谓语并无并列关系,因此可知print为非谓语。IQs跟print之间为被动关系,用have sth. done结构,故填printed。 3. 考查词性转换。句意:我们怎么知道一个人是聪慧的呢?根据know that可知后面为宾语从句。因此,someone’s不是所有格形式,而是someone is 的缩写形式。be动词后需要形容词充当表语。故填intelligent。 4. 考查词性转换。句意:因为创作和理解笑话都需要关联好多信息,所以具有幽默感意味着我们知识渊博,并且我们懂得以一种新奇且有创造性的方式来思考问题。本句make为及物动词,后面需要添加名词充当宾语,再结合between many separate pieces of information可知需要跟很多条信息相关联,用名词复数。故填connections。 5. 考查动名词。句意:同上。前面的Because…为原因状语从句,可知have后面整个部分为主句。主句的shows为谓语,可知前面为主语,因此have须变为动名词。故填having。 6. 考查从属连词。句意:同上。前面的Because…为原因状语从句,可知have后面整个部分为主句。shows后面为宾语,两个句子之间有and可知它们都为宾语从句。第二个句子意思完整,故填that。 7. 考查固定搭配/介词。句意:以一部卡通片为例。本题考查固定搭配take sth for example,意为“以…为例”。固填for。 8. 考查副词。句意:为了能够理解这个笑话,你需要知道老鼠是猫的天敌,很多枪有六发子弹,猫据说有九条命,因为猫总有能安全着地的能力。从are the victims of cats 可知此处为系表谓语,usual为形容词。usual修饰系表谓语时,需要变为副词。故填usually。 9. 考查被动语态。句意:同上。主语本句有后面的动词都为不定式,故可知say为谓语。主语cats与say之间为被动关系,再结合上下文,可知时态为一般现在时,故填are said。 10. 考查非谓语。句意:你也需要会做数学题,以便能够理解在此幕中猫所拥有的优势。本句的谓语为need to be able to do sth ,因此可知understand为非谓语,understand表目的,故填to understand。
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