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

Thirty engineers were working as a team in a company. They were young and e【1】 to learn. The management decided to teach them about finding real solutions to problems. One day, the team was called for a game in a hall. They were quite surprised and all reached the hall holding v【2】 thoughts. As they entered, they found a box placed in the center, full of flat balloons.

The manager asked everyone to pick a balloon and how it up. Then they were asked to write their names on their respective（各自的）balloons c【3】 so that the balloons wouldn’t blow out. All tried, but not everyone was successfully. Five balloons blew out due to pressure（壓力）.Those who failed to m【4】 their names on the balloons were ruled out of the game. As a result, 25 engineers came to the next level. All the balloons carrying their names were collected and then put it into a room, here and there.

The engineers were told to p【5】 the balloon with his or her names on. All the 25 engineers began to search for the respective balloons in a rush. It was almost 15 minutes but no one was able to find the right one. The second level of the game was over. Then came the final level. The engineers were asked to pick any balloon and give it to the person named on the balloon. Within a c【6】 of minutes, all balloons reached the hands of the respective engineers.

The manager announced this was the real solution to the problem. Many times in our life, s【7】 and helping others give us real solutions to problems.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】eager

【2】various

【3】carefully

【4】mark

【5】pick

【6】couple

【7】sharing

【解析】

本文主要講述的是關于協(xié)作的事情。一件事我們或許做起來很難，但是如果和別人一起做，相互幫助，就會事半功倍。

【1】句意：他們年輕，渴望學習。

根據(jù)“The management decided to teach them about finding real solutions to problems.”管理層決定教他們?nèi)绾握业浇鉀Q問題的真正辦法。可知，這30名工程師應該是渴望學習。再結(jié)合首字母提示可知，應該填：eager；be eager to do sth.：盼望去做某事：渴望做某事；故答案為：eager。

【2】句意：他們很驚訝，都抱著各種各樣的想法來到大廳。

空后面的thoughts 是名詞，因此前面應該填一個形容詞。由語境和首字母提示可知，應該填：various；various 形容詞，各種各樣的；語境是：他們都抱著各種各樣的想法來到大廳。故答案為：various。

【3】句意：然后，他們被要求在各自的氣球上小心地寫下自己的名字，這樣氣球就不會爆炸。

根據(jù)“so that the balloons wouldn’t blow out.”這樣氣球就不會爆炸�？芍�，前面應該是小心地寫下自己的名字。再結(jié)合首字母提示可知，應該填：careful；又因為前面的write是動詞，因此用副詞來修飾。故答案為：carefully。

【4】句意：那些沒有在氣球上標記自己名字的人被排除在比賽之外。

根據(jù)“were ruled out of the game.”被排除在比賽之外�？芍�，應該是那些沒有在氣球上成功標記自己名字的人才被排除在比賽之外。再結(jié)合首字母提示可知，應該填：mark；fail to do sth.：失敗做某事。故答案為：mark。

【5】句意：工程師們被告知要挑選帶有自己名字的氣球。

根據(jù)“All the 25 engineers began to search for the respective balloons in a rush.”所有25名工程師都開始匆忙地尋找各自的氣球�？芍�，工程師們被告知要挑選帶有自己名字的氣球。再結(jié)合首字母提示可知，應該填：pick；be told to do sth.：被告訴去做某事。故答案為：pick。

【6】句意：幾分鐘內(nèi)，所有的氣球都到達了各自的工程師手中。

根據(jù)“The engineers were asked to pick any balloon and give it to the person named on the balloon.”工程師們被要求挑選任何一個氣球并把它交給氣球上寫名字的人�？芍�，這樣就提高了工作效率。時間上就縮短了。再結(jié)合首字母提示可知，應該填：couple；a couple of minutes：幾分鐘。故答案為：couple。

【7】句意：在我們的生活中，很多時候，分享和幫助他人給了我們解決問題的真正方法。

根據(jù)“The manager announced this was the real solution to the problem.”經(jīng)理宣布這是解決問題的真正辦法�？芍�，解決問題的真正辦法是分享和幫助他人。再結(jié)合首字母提示可知，應該填：share；由and后的helping可知，前面的動詞也應該用動名詞形式，與helping others一起做主語。故答案為：sharing。

本題考查首字母填空。要求我們要通讀短文，對留空的句子進行全面的分析，看它在全文中所處的位置、作用和意義。這一遍閱讀要求是精心閱讀，要留心找出關鍵詞、短語或句子，還要結(jié)合所給首字母的提示，進行填寫，并注意單詞的正確形式。例如：第3小題，句意：然后，他們被要求在各自的氣球上小心地寫下自己的名字，這樣氣球就不會爆炸。根據(jù)“so that the balloons wouldn’t blow out.”這樣氣球就不會爆炸�？芍�，前面應該是小心地些下自己的名字。再結(jié)合首字母提示可知，應該填：careful；又因為前面的write是動詞，因此用副詞來修飾。故答案為：carefully。