Question

【題目】 Fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順，每空格限填一詞，首字母已給)

Many years ago, I visited Thailand. One evening I went to a 1ittle market. There was a small boy selling T-shirts in the market. He couldn't have been more than 6 or 7 years old, but he was a good little salesman. He was talking q【1】 in Thai to two local persons when I arrived. And they both bought a T-shirt. Then there was a Japanese visitor in front of me, and the little boy began to talk in Japanese. Although he didn't speak Japanese very well, he was able to say a few words e【2】 to get another sale. When I came up, he saw my white face and immediately switched to English.

"Hello, Sir, how are you? Do you like T-shirts? "And within just a few m【3】 , he had persuaded(說服) me to buy five T-shirts. He was flexible (靈活的) he could jump from one language to another to m【4】 the customers from different countries. And even if he only knew a few words, he was so flexible that he could use his body languages to make customers understand the r【5】 of the meaning!

Selling a T-shirt meant getting money and that was a good thing. He made mistakes in his communication, but he didn't l【6】 anything by making some mistakes. Actually, it was a good chance to improve his language skills. He was in a good state. He clearly enjoyed selling those T-shirts and his face was wearing a b【7】 smile all the time.

It was work but he enjoyed it --he was relaxed and focused.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】quickly

【2】enough

【3】minutes

【4】match/meet

【5】rest

【6】lose

【7】beautiful/bright/big

【解析】

本篇文章難度適中，主要講述一個泰國的小男孩賣T恤衫，他是一名優(yōu)秀的銷售員，他可以靈活地運用各種語言和他的肢體語言與不同國家的人交流。

【1】句意“當(dāng)我到達時，他正在用泰語快速地與當(dāng)?shù)厝苏f話”。

根據(jù)句意可知，空處修飾動詞talking，用副詞，且根據(jù)he was a good little salesman“他是一個很好的銷售員”可知，他能快速地說話。quickly快速地，故填quickly。

【2】句意“盡管他日語說得不是很好，但是他能夠說一些日語足以促成這項交易”。

根據(jù)Although he didn't speak Japanese very well“盡管他的日語說得不好”可知，表示足夠促成這筆交易。enough足夠的，故填enough。

【3】句意“在僅僅幾分鐘之內(nèi)，他已經(jīng)說服我買5件T恤衫”。

根據(jù)he was a good little salesman“他是一個很好的銷售員”可知，他在幾分鐘之內(nèi)就說服了我。minute分鐘，且根據(jù)空前a few可知，空處用可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，故填minutes。

【4】句意“他很靈活，他能從一個語言跳到另一個語言來滿足（匹配）來自不同國家的顧客”。

根據(jù)句意可知，他說不同的語言是為了滿足（匹配）來自不同國家的人。meet滿足；match匹配。且根據(jù)空前to可知，用to do表示目的，故填match/meet。

【5】句意“盡管他僅僅知道幾個單詞，但是他是如此地靈活以至于能夠使用他的肢體語言讓顧客明白剩余的含義”。

根據(jù)空前the以及空后of可知，空處用名詞。且根據(jù)And even if he only knew a few words“盡管他僅僅知道幾個單詞”可知，他會用肢體語言讓顧客明白剩下的含義。rest剩下的部分，故填rest。

【6】句意“他在交流中犯了錯誤，但是犯錯誤沒有讓他丟失一些東西”。

根據(jù)Actually, it was a good chance to improve his language skills“實際上這是提高他的語言能力的機會”可知，他沒有在錯誤中丟失東西。lose丟失，且根據(jù)空前didn’t可知，用動詞原形，故填lose。

【7】句意“顯然地，他喜歡賣這些T恤衫，他的臉上一直掛著美麗地（燦爛的/大的）微笑”。

根據(jù)He clearly enjoyed selling those T-shirts“很明顯他喜歡賣這些T恤衫”可知，他喜歡賣T恤衫，所以他的臉上掛著美麗地（燦爛的/大的）微笑�？仗幮揎�smile，用形容詞，故填beautiful/bright/big。