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【題目】Frank was a curious boy. The first time he saw an hourglass(沙漏),he wondered what it was.

His mother said,”An hourglass is made in the s 【1】 of 8. The sand is put in at one end,and runs through a small hole in the m 【2】 . It takes the sand exactly an hour to run through.”

Frank w【3】 the little stream of sand. He was i 【4】 ,because it would not run faster. ‘Let me shake it,mother,” said he,”it is lazy,and will never get through.”

“It will,Son,” said his mother, “The sand moves little by little,but it moves all the time. When you look at the hands of the clock, you think they go very s 【5】 , but they never stop. While you are at play,the sand is r 【6】 , grain by grain. The hands of the clock are moving,second by second. At night,the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times. The hour hand of the clock has moved a 【7】 its great face. That is because they keep working every minute. They do not stop to t 【8】 how much they have to do and how long it will take them to do it.”

Now, Frank’s mother wanted him to learn a little poem,but he said,‘Mother,I can never learn i 【9】 ,” His mother said,”Study all the time.N 【10】 stop to ask how long it will take to learn it.”

Frank followed his mother’s advice. He studied line after line,very busily; and in one and a half hours he knew the poem perfectly.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】shape

【2】middle

【3】watched

【4】impatient

【5】slow/slowly

【6】running

【7】around

【8】think

【9】it

【10】Never

【解析】

試題分析：充滿好奇心的弗蘭克第一次看到沙漏時，想知道是什么，媽媽教育他，沙漏每時每刻堅持不停息，從不考慮要做多少事，要花多久時間，最終取得成功。后面在媽媽的建議下，弗蘭克學(xué)會了一行一行地學(xué)習(xí)，終于學(xué)會了一首詩。

【1】shape 句意：沙漏做成“8”的形狀。根據(jù)圖示及語境，可知沙漏形狀像一個“8”字，故填：shape。

【2】middle句意：把沙放在一頭，并從中間的小孔穿過。根據(jù)圖示及句意，可知孔在中間，故填：middle。

【3】watched句意：福蘭克看著這個沙的溪流。對此感到新奇，注視著，故填：watched。

【4】impatient句意：因為沙流得慢，他沒有耐心。由后面的句子：because it would not run faster. ‘Let me shake it,mother,” said he,”it is lazy,and will never get through.”可知因為沙流得慢，他想要搖動沙漏，可以推測出他缺乏耐心。故填：impatient。

【5】slow/slowly句意：當(dāng)你看著鐘的指針時，你認(rèn)為它們走得慢，但是它們從不停止。根據(jù)語境可知這里填“慢”，故填：slow/slowly

【6】running 句意：當(dāng)你在玩耍時，沙在流淌。你玩耍時，沙正在流，用進行時態(tài)，動詞用現(xiàn)在分詞，故填：running。

【7】around句意：時針已經(jīng)環(huán)繞著鐘面一圈。根據(jù)句意可知是“時針轉(zhuǎn)了一圈”：turn around：繞著……轉(zhuǎn)動。故填：around。

【8】think句意：它們不停下來想它們必須要做什么以及它們要花多長時間來做。媽媽用擬人的手法告訴孩子：沙漏、時鐘只是默默無聞地做自己的事，不停下來想要做什么、要花多長時間等等。故填：think。

【9】it句意：媽媽，我永遠也學(xué)不會。指代上文所提到的單數(shù)名詞poem，用it。故填：it。

【10】Never句意：堅持學(xué)習(xí)。絕不停下來問學(xué)會要花多長時間。根據(jù)語境可以推測出本空填：“絕不”：never。