Question

首字母填空（本大題共6分，每小題0.5分）

A man had two sons. They were twins. They were born at a 1. the same time and looked quite alike. But in one important way, they were very d 2. .One of them was an optimist(樂觀主義者), while the o 3. was a pessimist(悲觀主義者). The man was w 4. about his sons. He didn’t want his sons to be too pessimistic or too optimistic. He told his best friend Johnson about this p 5. . Johnson was a man of many i 6. . Then he asked, “W 7. is their next birthday?” The father replied, “It’s on Wednesday. They will be twelve years old.” “Good,” Johnson said. “Here’s what you should do. Give your pessimistic son a really n 8. present. Give your optimistic son a really poor present. That will work!”

The father did as his friend t 9. him. On Wednesday morning, the two boys got their birthday p 10. . The pessimist looked at his first. It was a very e 11. old watch, but he was not pleased with it. He said, “I don’t like this very much. I am sure it won’t keep good time. It will always be fast or s 12. , and it will probably break easily. Then I have to spend lots of money repairing it.” Then the optimist looked at his present. He was really pleased “Look! Dad has given me shoelaces(鞋帶),” he said. He held up the shoelaces and said, “I can use it when I have new shoes.”

 

Answer 1

1.almost

2.different

3.other

4.worried

5.pair

6.ideas

7.when

8.nice

9.told

10.presents

11.expensive

12.slow

【解析】

試題分析：一個人有兩個兒子。他們是雙胞胎。他們幾乎是同時出生，看起來十分相像。但是，重要的一點(diǎn)，他們是不同的。一個是樂觀主義者，然而另一個是悲觀主義者。這個人很擔(dān)心他兒子們。他不想他的兒子們太悲觀和樂觀。

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3. 聯(lián)系上文：但是，重要的一點(diǎn)，他們是不同的。一個是樂觀主義者，然而另一個是悲觀主義者。分析：兩者之中的另一個，用代詞other.故填other

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7. 聯(lián)系上文：他告訴他的朋友關(guān)于這對雙胞胎的事情。約翰遜是很有想法的人。他問：“他們什么時候過生日？”這個男人回答了。分析：對生日的時間進(jìn)行提問，因此運(yùn)用疑問詞when.故填when

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