短文填空
五、(2018山东莱芜)动词填空(共7空,计7分)
阅读下面短文,用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空(必要时可加情态动词或助动词)。
How does garlic (大蒜) grow? Hu Mengmeng, 13, had been thinking about this question for a while. Last term, Hu 64 (get) her answer in her school’s rooftop garden.
Hu’s school, Tangwai Junior High School in Shanghai, set up a small garden on its teaching building’s rooftop in 2015. Each term, students 65 (plant) one kind of vegetables. While taking care of them, they also do scientific experiments (实验) 66 (learn) more about vegetables.
Chen Yan, a 14-year-old girl, 67 (study) in this school for one year. Last year, she started to plant garlic with her teacher’s help. She wondered how sunshine affected the growth of garlic. She put three pots of garlic in different places to get different amounts of sunlight. Then, she watched their growth every day. Later, she found that the garlic which got the most sunlight 68 (grow) best.
The garden 69 (turn) into a fun place two years ago. The students planted different types of vegetables in shapes, such as hearts, or squares in garden. The different kinds of vegetables made the garden more colorful.
And that is not the end. Next year, they 70 (build) a robot to help with planting. “Students will work with our robot club to build more robots to help with watering.” Mr. Zhou, the school’s science teacher said.
【主旨大意】本文是一篇记叙文。文中记叙了上海塘外中学在教学楼的楼顶设置种植园,让学生种植各种中蔬菜的事情。这项活动培养了学生的兴趣,鼓励学生参加兴趣俱乐部,也能培养学生的创造力。
64. got。本句中有提示词last term“上学期”,故描述过去发生的事情,用一般过去时。
65. plant。句意:每学期学生种植一种蔬菜,由时间状语every term,可知句子要用一般现在时态。
66. to learn。本题中,不定式to learn more about vegetables“来学习更多的关于蔬菜的知识”作本句的目的状语。
67. has studied。本题中,有时间状语提示词for one year“已经一年了”,故用现在完成时。
68. grew/could grow。本题的主句为she found,语境为过去时,故从句也需要用一般过去时,grew同时,此处也可表示,后来她发现接受光照最多的大蒜能够长得最好。故此处也可表示能够,故答案也可以填could grow。
69. was turned。句意:两年前,花园变成了一个有趣的地方。根据语境可知句子用被动语态,同时本句有时间状语two years ago,故用一般过去时的被动语态。
70. will/are going to build。本句有时间状语next year“下一年”,故用一般将来时。
七、(2018·山东滨州)动词应用(共10小题,计10分)
阅读下面短文,用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空, 必要时可加助动词或情态动词。
One day, Confucius (孔子) led his students to the State of Chu. When crossing through a large forest, they saw an old man (81) __________ (stand) under a tree, catching cicadas (蝉) with a bamboo stick. Confucius said, “You are very good at (82) __________ (catch) cicadas. You must have some special skills.”
“That’s right!” the old man answered. “The cicada is a clever little insect. If they hear the noise of the leaves in the wind, they (83) __________ (fly) away. Therefore, people who want to catch cicadas (84) __________ (train) their hands to hold a bamboo stick without shaking. If you can place three pellets (弹珠) on top of the bamboo stick without falling off, you might be able to catch cicadas; when five pellets (85) __________ (place) on top without falling off, catching cicadas is as easy as (86) __________ (pick) a ball up from the ground.”
He then added, “But that is not enough. People must be good at hiding themselves. Right now, I (87) __________ (stand) under a tree like half of a tree stump (树桩). Last of all, one must be attentive (专心的). When I am catching cicadas, I only see their wings. No matter what (88) __________ (happen), nothing will disturb me.
Hearing this, Confucius (89) __________ (turn) to his students and said, “No matter what you do, you can only succeed if you love what you’re doing and pay enough attention to it. This is what this old man (90) __________ (teach) us.”