One day, a man was walking by the corner of a street. Here he met46.little boy holding a bird cage and selling the birds inside. He 47.(stop) and looked very sadly at the birds without freedom in front of him. The birds were screaming in the cage, trying to fly away.
After standing 48. a moment, he said to the boy, "How much does49.(you) bird cost? I want…"
"One fifty cents, sir," the boy answered quickly.
"I am afraid that you are mistaken. I am not asking how much it is." The man said, "I would like50.(buy) all of them. What I ask is how much you want for them."
Hearing this, the boy51.(happy) counted the number of the birds in the cage.
"They cost five dollars."
"Here52.(be) the money!" The man passed the money. The boy counted excitedly. However, he then was53.(surprise) to find all the birds had flown away.
"OH, my god, for what reason did you do that, sir? You don't even get a bird!" The boy asked the man who set the birds free.
"My boy, let me tell you54.I did this." The man said, "I have no right to get them. Every life should be free and they are our55.(friend). So we should give them freedom."
46.a
47.stopped
48.for
49.your
50.to buy
51.happily
52.is
53.surprised
54.why
55.friends
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文,文章主要讲述一个人看到一个小男孩提着一个鸟笼子卖里面的小鸟,这个人就买了鸟,然后放掉了所有的鸟,并告诉男孩每条生命都应该是自由的,它们是我们的朋友,我们应该给它们自由。
46.句意:在这儿他见到一个小男孩提着一个鸟笼子,卖鸟笼里的鸟。
根据空格后面的词语是little boy可知这是文中第一次提到这个小男孩,故用a表泛指“一个”。故答案为a。
47.句意:他停下来很伤心地看了看在他面前没有自由的小鸟。
根据下文并列结构“and looked”可知,动作发生在过去,用一般过去时,此处用动词过去式stopped与looked并列。故答案为stopped。
48.句意:在站了一会儿之后,他对小男孩说:“你的鸟多少钱,我想……”
此处用固定短语for a moment表示“一会儿”。故答案为for。
49.句意:在站了一会儿之后,他对小男孩说:“你的鸟多少钱,我想……”
根据空格后面的词语是名词“bird”可知此处要用形容词性物主代词your来表所属。故答案为your。
50.句意:我想买所有的鸟。
此处用would like to do表示“想要做某事”,此处用要用动词不定式to buy来填空。故答案为to buy。
51.句意:听到这个,小男孩开心地数着笼子里鸟。
动词“counted ”要用副词修饰,此处用happy的副词形式修饰动词counted,译为 “快乐地数着”,故答案为happily。
52.句意:这是给你的钱。
这句话为倒装句,地点here提前,真正的主语为the money,故谓语用单数is。故答案为is。
53.句意:然而,然后他很惊讶地发现所有的鸟都飞走了。
根据“he then was”可知此处是指他感到惊讶,形容人的感受,用surprised表示“感到惊讶的”。故答案为surprised。
54.句意:让我告诉你为什么我这么做。
tell you后面是宾语从句,此处用 “why I did this”表达这个男人在向小男孩解释这么做的原因,故答案为why。
55.句意:每条生命都应该是自由的,它们是我们的朋友。
根据前文they are可知,此处应填复数名词friends作表语。故答案为friends。
阅读短文,根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。
It’s always challenging to face fear. Here are some ways to help you overcome(克服)it.
Breathing
As we know, breathing can help us relax. If you purposely breathe out longer than you breathe in, your body will calm down. If you start to feel fearful, try this. Take a breath in (to a count of 7 in your mind), and then slowly breathe out (to a count of 11 in your mind). To your surprise, if you do this for a minute or so, you’ll calm down quickly. We call this "7/11 breathing".
Using a different part of your brain
When we feel fearful, it’s harder to think clearly. But if we force ourselves to use the part of thinking brain, this will help to calm us down. The easiest way to do this is with numbers. You can set your own fear from l to 10, 10 being the worst state and 1 being the most relaxed state. When you’re feeling fearful, ask yourself; “Okay, what grade do I get right now? 7 or 5?” Just doing this will reduce fear because it starts the thinking brain. Once I gave a speech to three hundred people and I felt fearful. So I graded myself at 6, and waited for myself to go down to 3 before starting. I took control.
Getting control of your imagination
Imagine seeing yourself in the situation you were scared, but see yourself being calm and things going well. Doing this starts to recondition your mind to more calmly face the coming events which were causing fear.
It seems that overcoming fear is always the first step to finish all you need to do and it will help you devote yourself to what you really want to be and to do. It takes efforts, but it’s worth your try.
59. to overcome fear | |||
Introduction | It’s challenging to face fear in your life. | ||
Ways | Breathing | To calm down, you can breathe out 60. than you breathe in. You’ll be 61. that you’ve calmed down very quickly if you take 7/11 breathing. | |
Using a different part of your brain | You can set ten 62. for your own fear with numbers. Grading your state of mind helps 63. the thinking brain and make you 64. fearful. | ||
Getting control of your imagination | Imagine you’re in a bad 65. but you feel calm and things go well. It can help you feel 66. to face the coming events. | ||
Conclusion | To finish all you need to do, you must overcome fear 67. It’s worth 68. though it takes efforts. |