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【題目】Read the passage and fill in the blanks with suitable 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）

Each Indian tribe（部落） had different language. Many Indians never learned any language e【1】 their own. Do you know how Indians from different tribes talked to each other？They had two ways to talk without sound. One way was by sign language; the other was by signals.

Sign language is way talking by signs. Indians used it when they met strangers. In this way, they could find out w【2】 the stranger was a friend or an enemy. Indians usually used signals when they wanted to send messages to someone far away. To make signals, an Indian might use a pony（小馬）. He might use a blanket. Or he might use smoke, a mirror or fire arrows.

To signal that he had seen many animals, an Indian r【3】 his pony in a large circle. Sometimes the Indian gave a signal like this and then went away to hide. This meant that there was danger.

The blanket signal was visible from far away. An Indian held two c【4】 of a blanket in his hands. Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front of him. An Indian could send many different signals with his blanket.

He could also send many signals with a mirror to w【5】 someone of danger or to get the attention of a person far away. But he also used it to send message in code. Of course, mirrors could be used o【6】 when the sun was shining. At night, Indians use fire arrows for signaling.

An Indian also sent signals with smoke. He made a small fire of dry wood. Then he put grass or green branches on it. He held a blanket over the fire for a minute. When her r【7】 the blanket from the fire, there was a cloud of smoke. The number of clouds of smoke told his message in code.

Now you can see that Indians didn’t need to learn each other’s language. They could talk to one another by using signals or sign language.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】except

【2】whether

【3】rode

【4】corners

【5】warn

【6】only

【7】removed

【解析】

本文主要講了印第安人的每個(gè)部落都有自己的語(yǔ)言，以及各部落之間的交流方式。

【1】句意：許多印度人除了自己的語(yǔ)言外，從不學(xué)習(xí)任何語(yǔ)言。

根據(jù)文章最后一段Now you can see that Indians didn’t need to learn each other’s language. “現(xiàn)在你可以看到，印度人不需要學(xué)習(xí)彼此的語(yǔ)言。”由此推斷“除了自己的語(yǔ)言外，從不學(xué)習(xí)任何語(yǔ)言。”，根據(jù)首字母提示用except“除…之外”，故答案為except。

【2】句意：這樣，他們就可以知道陌生人是朋友還是敵人。

根據(jù)a friend or an enemy，可知意思為“是朋友還是敵人”， 所以用whether...or “是...還是...”，故答案為whether。

【3】句意：為了發(fā)出他看到許多動(dòng)物的信號(hào)，一個(gè)印第安人騎著他的矮種馬轉(zhuǎn)一個(gè)大圈。

根據(jù)空后的his pony“他的小馬”，可知意思為“騎馬”用動(dòng)詞ride，根據(jù)To signal that he had seen many animals用過去完成時(shí)，可知先看見動(dòng)物，然后用騎馬的方式發(fā)信號(hào)，所以“騎馬”用一般過去式，ride的過去式為rode，故答案為rode。

【4】句意：一個(gè)印第安人手里拿著毯子的兩個(gè)角。

根據(jù)Then he began to swing the blanket from side to side in front of him. “然后他開始在身前揮舞毯子從一邊到另一邊。”，可知手里拿著毯子的角，角corner，由空前的two，可知用復(fù)數(shù)形式corners，故答案為corners。

【5】句意：他也能用鏡子發(fā)出許多信號(hào)。它通常用鏡子提醒某人有危險(xiǎn)�；蛘咚�試圖引起在遠(yuǎn)處的某人的注意力。

根據(jù)首字母提示及空后的…someone of danger，可知用warn sb. of sth.“警告某人某事”，由空前的to，可知此處用動(dòng)詞不定式to warn，表示目的“為了警告”，所以用動(dòng)詞原形，故答案為warn。

【6】句意：當(dāng)然，只有當(dāng)太陽(yáng)照耀時(shí)，鏡子才能使用。

根據(jù)常識(shí)：只有當(dāng)太陽(yáng)照耀時(shí)，才能利用鏡子反光發(fā)出信號(hào)，所以用only“只有，僅僅”，故答案為only。

【7】句意：當(dāng)他把毯子從火上移開時(shí)，就有一團(tuán)煙霧（冒出來了）。

根據(jù)上句He held a blanket over the fire for a minute.“他把毯子蓋在火上一分鐘.”，可知然后把毯子移走，there was a cloud of smoke.就有煙霧冒出，根據(jù)首字母，可知用remove“移走，拿走”，由there was a cloud of smoke.為過去時(shí)，所以此處用過去式removed，故答案為removed。