Question

【題目】The Inside of the World

When I was a very little boy, I was always asking questions.

One day when I was walking with my nurse along the city street, I asked, "Jane what's under the street? ""Oh, just dirt（塵土）," she replied．" And what is under the dirt? Oh, more dirt. " she replied.

【1】.So I asked again, "Well, what's under that? “Oh, nothing﹣I don't know﹣why are you always asking so many questions? "she asked.

I knew there must be something under that.【2】I also heard that Chinese lived on the other side of the world, head down, I wanted to find out if that was true.

【3】, down, down, down. till I came through on the other side, and then I would know.

I was a very little boy, you see. With a small shovel（鐵鍬）, I started a hole in the backyard behind the grapevines（葡萄藤）. No one knew what I was doing.【4】.

Then one evening my father asked, "What's that hole in the backyard? " 【5】.He didn't laugh when I told him, but he asked me if I knew how far I would have to dig.

I hadn't dug through the world, but I did know how far it was.

A. I knew my secret was out

B. I wasn't satisfied with her answer

C. And I just wanted to know what it was

D. So I made up my mind I would dig down through the world

E. I wanted to keep it a secret until I had dug all the way through

F. As a result, I became closer and closer to the inside of the world

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】D

【4】E

【5】A

【解析】

短文介紹了作者小時候發(fā)生的故事。作者在小的時候總是喜歡問這問那。詢問街道下面是什么？泥土下面是什么？再往下面是什么？想知道中國人是不是住在世界的另一邊，打算挖穿地球來探個究竟。于是用鐵鍬在葡萄藤后面的后院挖了個洞，后來這個事情被他的爸爸發(fā)現(xiàn)，作者告訴爸爸自己知道要挖多遠的距離。

【1】句意：我對她的回答不滿意。根據(jù)后句So I asked again.因此我再問了一次。結(jié)合選項，此句應(yīng)說我對她的答案不滿意。故答案選B。

【2】句意：我只想知道是什么。根據(jù)前一句I knew there must be something under that.我知道那下面一定有什么東西。結(jié)合選項，此句應(yīng)說我只想知道是什么。故答案選C。

【3】句意：所以我下定決心要挖下去，穿越世界。根據(jù)后一句“down, down, down.”向下，向下，向下。結(jié)合選項，此句應(yīng)說所以我下定決心要繼續(xù)挖下去，故答案選D。

【4】句意：我想保守這個秘密，直到我挖出一條路來。根據(jù)前一句“No one knew what I was doing.”沒有人知道我正在做什么。結(jié)合選項，此句應(yīng)說“我想把它保密，直到我挖完為止�！惫蚀鸢高xE。

【5】句意：我知道我的秘密已經(jīng)泄露了。根據(jù)前一句Then one evening my father asked, “What's that hole in the back yard?”一天晚上，我父親問：“后院的那個洞是什么？”結(jié)合選項，此句應(yīng)說我知道我的秘密已經(jīng)泄露了。故答案選A。

做英語補全對話的解題技巧：1.通讀對話全文，摸清對話發(fā)生的地點、時間，人物的身份，對話的內(nèi)容。2.理清上下句的邏輯關(guān)系，使要填入的話和整篇對話文理通順，融為一體。答題時，依據(jù)語言環(huán)境補全對話，逐句推敲。3.符合說英語國家人的習慣。答題時，語言要得體，表達要地道。要注意口語交際中的一些習慣用語，特別是漢語和英語表達方式的不同，要認真通讀對話。4.應(yīng)將一些常見情景下經(jīng)常運用的句型，詞組背熟。比如：看病，問路，邀請等常規(guī)用語。5.注意空白處的標點。是問號，就應(yīng)填問句；是句號，就應(yīng)填陳述句。