Question

【題目】 Kids are kids, no matter where they live. On fine spring days, you find them outside looking for games to _____. It’s the nature of being young.

Take the game of marbles(玻璃球) for _____. From villages in deepest Africa to towns along the China Sea, youngsters have been playing this traditional game for thousands of years. There are many reasons why the game of marbles has been so _____. It’s easy to play and doesn’t require any other things.

Perhaps most important of all, the rules are flexible(靈活的). That means that the _____ can be changed by the players. That’s _____ there are no written rules for marbles. You and your friends can get a game going and, as long as you all _____, those are the rules for the game in your neighbourhood.

However, the goal is _____ the same. Players put their marbles on the ground. They try to win their opponents’(對(duì)手) marbles by hitting the marbles or by knocking them out of a circle. ______the end of a game, one player goes home with a bag full of marbles. The others go home with bags that are far lighter than _____ they arrived.

Today, there is an International Marble Championship. But as any youngster ______, the best game of marbles is played in the schoolyard. The days are warm, the marbles roll easily, and friends gather around to see who will have the best luck that day.

【1】A.playB.createC.writeD.make

【2】A.exerciseB.modelC.exampleD.method

【3】A.relaxingB.difficultC.wideD.popular

【4】A.rulesB.numbersC.weightD.success

【5】A.howB.whenC.whatD.why

【6】A.agreeB.refuseC.developD.form

【7】A.hardlyB.nearlyC.alwaysD.seldom

【8】A.ForB.AtC.OnD.During

【9】A.ifB.becauseC.sinceD.when

【10】A.knowsB.educatesC.wondersD.throws

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】C

【3】D

【4】A

【5】D

【6】A

【7】C

【8】B

【9】D

【10】A

【解析】

本文講述了彈珠游戲非常受歡迎。它沒有成文的規(guī)則，但是目標(biāo)都是通過擊打彈珠或?qū)�彈珠踢出圓圈來贏得對(duì)手的彈珠。

【1】句意：在晴朗的春天，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)他們?cè)谕饷嬲矣螒蛲妗?/span>

play玩，create創(chuàng)造，write書寫，make制作。根據(jù)動(dòng)賓搭配play games“玩游戲”，故選A。

【2】句意：以彈珠游戲?yàn)槔��?/span>

exercise練習(xí)，model模型，example例子，method方法。take sth for example“以某物為例”，故選C。

【3】句意：彈珠游戲如此受歡迎的原因有很多。

relaxing令人放松的，difficult困難的，wide寬的，popular受歡迎的。根據(jù)前文的“From villages in deepest Africa to towns along the China Sea, youngsters have been playing this traditional game for thousands of years.”可知，世界各地，很多小孩在玩它，玩了很多年，因此這個(gè)游戲非常受歡迎。故選D。

【4】句意：這意味著規(guī)則可以被玩家改變。

rules規(guī)則，numbers成員，weight重量，success成功。根據(jù)前文的“the rules are flexible(靈活的).”可知，這個(gè)游戲的規(guī)則是靈活的，可以被玩家改變。故選A。

【5】句意：這就是為什么彈珠游戲沒有成文的規(guī)則。

how如何，when何時(shí)，what什么，why為什么。根據(jù)前文的“the rules are flexible(靈活的). That means that the ___4___ can be changed by the players.”可知，此處介紹為什么彈珠游戲沒有成文的規(guī)則。故選D。

【6】句意：你和你的朋友可以開始一場游戲，只要你們都同意，這就是你所在社區(qū)的游戲規(guī)則。

agree同意，refuse拒絕，develop發(fā)展，form形成。根據(jù)“That means that the ___4___ can be changed by the players.”可知，玩家可以改變彈珠游戲的規(guī)則。根據(jù)“those are the rules for the game in your neighbourhood.”可知，你所在社區(qū)的游戲規(guī)則，應(yīng)是你們這個(gè)社區(qū)的玩家都同意的規(guī)則。故選A。

【7】句意：然而，目標(biāo)總是相同的。

hardly幾乎不，nearly幾乎，差不多，always總是，seldom很少。根據(jù)后文的“They try to win their opponents’(對(duì)手) marbles by hitting the marbles or by knocking them out of a circle.”可知，他們的目的都是通過擊打彈珠或?qū)�彈珠踢出圓圈來贏得對(duì)手的彈珠。因此目標(biāo)總是相同的。故選C。

【8】句意：游戲結(jié)束時(shí)，一個(gè)玩家拿著裝滿彈珠的袋子回家。

For為了，At在，On在……上面，During在……期間。at the end of“在……結(jié)束的時(shí)候”，故選B。

【9】句意：其他人帶著比到達(dá)時(shí)輕得多的包回家。

if如果，because因?yàn)椋?/span>since自從，when當(dāng)……時(shí)候。結(jié)合句意，此處表示彈珠游戲結(jié)束時(shí)和他來的時(shí)候比，他的包輕多了,因?yàn)檩數(shù)袅撕芏鄰椙�。故選D。

【10】句意：但是，正如每個(gè)年輕人都知道的那樣，最好的彈珠游戲是在校園里進(jìn)行的。

knows知道，educates教育，wonders想知道，throws扔。As sb knows“正如某人所知”，故選A。

這篇短文介紹彈珠游戲很受孩子們的喜歡，它沒有成文的規(guī)則，但是目的是一樣的，就是通過擊打彈珠或?qū)�彈珠踢出圓圈來贏得對(duì)手的彈珠。文章主題明確，結(jié)構(gòu)清晰，內(nèi)容貼近學(xué)生們的日常生活，比較容易理解。題型是完形填空，考查學(xué)生們?cè)诰唧w語境中運(yùn)用語言的能力，綜合性較強(qiáng)。做題時(shí)，應(yīng)先通讀短文，了解文意；然后根據(jù)上下文語境做題，注意空前后的搭配，并仔細(xì)辨析選項(xiàng)中單詞的意思和用法；最后將答案代入原文，再讀一遍，檢查答案是否正確。例如第3小題，考查了take sth for example“以某物為例”，故選C。再如第5小題，考查副詞辨析及語境。how如何，when何時(shí)，what什么，why為什么。根據(jù)上個(gè)小題的句意可知，彈珠游戲的規(guī)則是靈活的，那就意味著這些規(guī)則可以根據(jù)玩家來改變。這是在解釋彈珠游戲沒有成文的規(guī)則的原因。故選D。