Question

【題目】C. Fill in the blanks with proper words (在短文的空格內(nèi)填上適當?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順。每空格限填一詞，首字母已給)

With a determined(堅定的) look on his face, Chicago’s Michael McCarthy held on to the banister(扶手) and climbed to the top of the Willis Tower not long ago. The tower is 442 meters tall, the h【1】 building in the USA.

As he got to the last step, McCarthy almost fell down, but that didn’t s【2】 him. The 14-year-old boy finally finished climbing the 2019 steps and arrived at the top.

McCarthy was born without legs and he had to wear prosthetic legs(假肢). But he believes that he shouldn’t give up achieving his success although he is disabled. “I just want to show people that if a kid with no legs can do it, a【3】 can do it,” he said.

He has been in a special school since he was four. When he decided to climb the Willis Tower, his teacher, Jeff Kohn, offered to help t【4】 him. They spent more than ten hours practising climbing stairs every day. “It means that he n【5】 knows how difficult it is. Sometimes I was so tired that I asked him to rest for a day,” said Kohn, “But he said he was still full of energy(能量) and wanted more e【6】,”

McCarthy said he was p【7】 of himself. “When I ‘m older, I”ll point to the building and say ’Look at this building I climbed’,”he said.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】highest

【2】stop

【3】anyone

【4】train

【5】never

【6】exercise

【7】proud

【解析】

文章講述了一位殘疾少年攀登美國第一塔的事跡，主要敘述了他是如何攀登的以及他自己的一些感觸，也讓我們明白了身殘志堅的道理。

【1】句意：這座塔高442米，是美國最高的建筑。

根據(jù)句意理解可知，這里是攀登the Willis Tower，是美國最高的建筑物，所以這里表達的是“最高的”，英語是highest，是形容詞的最高級形式，故答案為highest。

【2】句意：但這并沒有阻止他。

根據(jù)句意理解及前句McCarthy almost fell down麥卡錫差點摔倒以及句中的but可知，這里表達的是“沒有停止”，英語中“停止”是stop，而空格前有助動詞didn’t，所以這里直接用動詞原形，故答案為stop。

【3】句意：我只想告訴人們，如果一個沒有腿的孩子能做到，任何人都能做到。

根據(jù)句意理解可知，這里表達的是“任何人”，英語是anyone，是一個復合不定代詞，在句中做主語，所以這里應該填原形，故答案為anyone。

【4】句意：他的老師杰夫·科恩主動提出要幫助他訓練。

根據(jù)句意理解及后句They spent more than ten hours practising climbing stairs every day. 他們每天花十個多小時練習爬樓梯�？芍�這里表達的是“訓練”，英語是train，是一個動詞，而空格前有to，所以這里應該用動詞原形，故答案為train。

【5】句意：這意味著他永遠不知道這有多困難。

根據(jù)句意理解及前句They spent more than ten hours practising climbing stairs every day. 他們每天花十個多小時練習爬樓梯�？芍�這里表達的是“永遠不知道有多難”，英語中表達否定的詞是never，在句中修飾動詞knows，故答案為never。

【6】句意：但他說他仍然精力充沛，想多鍛煉。

根據(jù)句意理解及前文They spent more than ten hours practising climbing stairs every day. 他們每天花十個多小時練習爬樓梯。可知這里表達的是“鍛煉”，英語是exercise，是一個不可數(shù)名詞，故答案為exercise。

【7】句意：麥卡錫說他為自己感到驕傲。

根據(jù)句意理解及后句“When I’m older, I’ll point to the building and say ‘Look at this building I climbed’, ”he said. 他說：“等我長大了，我會指著大樓說‘看看我爬的這座大樓’�！笨芍�這里表達的是“為自己感到驕傲”，英語中表達“驕傲”是proud，是一個形容詞，在句中放在be動詞后面做表語，故答案為proud。