Question

【題目】 Bassanio reached Belmont and went to visit Portia. Portia was very pleased to see him b【1】 she remembered him from his earlier visit. She was c【2】 he would be brave enough to choose a box. She hoped he would be w【3】 enough to choose the one with her picture in it. Bassanio loved Portia more than e 【4】 . He wanted to choose a box and marry her. However, Portia was now afraid that he would choose the w 【5】 box. Then he would never be able to marry her. At last, Portia took Bassanio to the t 【6】 boxes and told him the rules.

Bassanio looked at the boxes, but he did not read the w 【7】 on them. He looked at the gold andsilver. he d【8】 want these beautiful boxes of gold and silver. He would choose the lead box with its ordinary color. It spoke more to me than all the gold and silver in the world. He went to the lead box and opened it. The writing inside the box told him that he had c 【9】 the right box. It s【10】 that he should go to Portia and look into her eyes. She would be his wife.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】because

【2】certain

【3】wise

【4】ever.

【5】wrong

【6】three

【7】writing

【8】didn’t

【9】chosen

【10】said

【解析】

本文是改編自《威尼斯商人》。擺在巴薩尼奧面前有三個(gè)盒子：金盒子、銀盒子和鉛盒子讓他選擇個(gè)。他選了一個(gè)普通顏色的鉛盒。當(dāng)他打開盒子，看到里面有他心愛(ài)姑娘波西亞的照片。盒子里的文字告訴他選對(duì)了盒子。

【1】句意：波西亞很高興見(jiàn)到他，因?yàn)樗�記得他早些時(shí)候的來(lái)訪。

根據(jù)前后兩句的句意和首字母提示，可知Portia was very pleased to see him和 she remembered him from his earlier visit.屬于因果關(guān)系，波西亞很高興見(jiàn)到他，因?yàn)樗�記得他早些時(shí)候的來(lái)訪。because因?yàn)椋�引�?dǎo)原因狀語(yǔ)從句，故答案為because。

【2】句意：她確信他會(huì)勇敢地選擇一個(gè)盒子。

根據(jù)下文Bassanio loved Portia more than e _4__ . 可知巴薩尼奧非常愛(ài)波西亞，由首字母及句意，可推測(cè)她很確信他會(huì)勇敢地選擇一個(gè)盒子。certain “確定的”形容詞。be certain (that)+從句意為“對(duì)……確信”，故答案為certain。

【3】句意：她希望他能有足夠的智慧來(lái)選擇那個(gè)有她照片的那個(gè)盒子。

根據(jù)choose the one with her picture in it. 選擇那個(gè)有她照片的那個(gè)盒子，可知選對(duì)盒子需要智慧，由首字母提示，可知用wise“明智的”形容詞。做be的表語(yǔ)，故答案為wise。

【4】句意：巴塞尼奧比以往任何時(shí)候都更愛(ài)波西亞。

固定搭配more than ever 比以往任何時(shí)候都，故答案為ever。

【5】句意：然而，波西亞現(xiàn)在害怕他會(huì)選擇錯(cuò)誤的盒子。

根據(jù)上文“She hoped he would be w___3___ enough to choose the one with her picture in it.她希望他能有足夠的智慧來(lái)選擇那個(gè)有她照片的那個(gè)盒子。”由However然而，可知她現(xiàn)在害怕他會(huì)選擇錯(cuò)誤的盒子。由首字母提示，可知用wrong“錯(cuò)誤的”，故答案為wrong。

【6】句意：最后，波西亞把巴塞尼奧帶到三個(gè)箱子前，告訴他規(guī)則。

根據(jù)下文He looked at the gold and silver和He would choose the lead box with its ordinary color. 他看著金和銀盒子。他會(huì)選擇普通顏色的鉛盒子。可知，一共有三種分別用金、銀和鉛做的盒子，所以用three“三個(gè)”，故答案為three。

【7】句意：巴塞尼奧看了看盒子，但他沒(méi)有看上面的文字。

根據(jù)read“讀”和首字母提示，可知用writing “文字”，故答案為writing。

【8】句意：他不想要這些漂亮的金銀盒子。

根據(jù)下文He would choose the lead box with its ordinary color. 他會(huì)選擇普通顏色的鉛盒�？芍�他不想要這些漂亮的金銀盒子。所以空格處用表示否定的助動(dòng)詞，全文時(shí)態(tài)為一般過(guò)去時(shí)，可知用助動(dòng)詞didn’t，故答案為didn’t。

【9】句意：盒子里的文字告訴他，他選擇了正確的盒子。

根據(jù)上文He wanted to choose a box and marry her. 他想選擇一個(gè)盒子嫁給她，可知他選擇了正確的盒子，由he had ，可知此處時(shí)態(tài)為過(guò)去完成時(shí)，所以用choose的過(guò)去分詞chosen，故答案為chosen。

【10】句意：上面寫著，他應(yīng)該走到波西亞面前，看著她的眼睛。

根據(jù)上文The writing inside the box told him that…盒子里的文字告訴他…，可知it指代The writing，可知上面寫著，所以用It says that“上面寫道”，此處應(yīng)用過(guò)去式said，故答案為said。