Once upon a time, there was an island where 1. great number of feelings lived: Happiness, Sadness, Knowledge, and others, including Love. One day, they 2. (tell) that the island would sink (下沉), so they all began packing things and left except Love.

Love was the only one that stayed. She wanted to stay 3. the last possible moment.

When the island had almost sunk, Love was concerned 4. her safety and decided to ask for help.

Richness was passing by in a grant boat. Love asked, “Richness, can you take me with you?”

Richness answered, “No, I can’t. My gold and silver is 5. (important) than you.”

Love asked Vanity (虛榮) for help but was refused again.

Then love asked Sadness and Happiness for help, neither of 6. was willing to help.

Suddenly, there was a voice, “Come, Love, I will take you.” It was an elder. When 7. (hear) that, Love was so happy that she even forgot to ask 8. the elder’s name was. When they arrived on land, the elder went on her own way. As it was the first time that Love 9. (meet) the elder, she asked Knowledge, another elder, “Who helped me?”

“It was Time,” Knowledge answered.

“Time?” asked Love. “But why?”

Knowledge smiled and said, “because it is only Time 10. is able to understand how valuable(有價(jià)值的) Love is.”

 

1.a

2. were told

3.until/till

4.about

5.more important

6. them

7.hearing

8.what

9.had met

10.that

【解析】

1.a考查冠詞。句意：從前有個(gè)小島許多的情感生活在這里。A great number of 許多。

2. were told考查被動(dòng)語態(tài)。句意：一天，他們被告知這個(gè)小島要沉了，因此他們打算收拾行李，離開這里除了愛。

3.until/till考查連詞。句意：她想呆這直到最后的時(shí)刻。

4.about考查固定短語。Be concerned about 關(guān)心。句意：愛關(guān)心他的安全，決定幫助。

5.more important考查形容詞比較級(jí)。句意：富有回答說，我不能，我的金銀比你重要多了。根據(jù)than you可知用比較級(jí)。

6.them考查代詞。句意：愛向悲傷和幸福求助，沒有一個(gè)人愿意幫忙。

7.hearing考查非謂語動(dòng)詞。句意：當(dāng)聽這個(gè)消息之后 ，愛很高興以致于忘記問老者的名字。Hearing做伴隨狀語。

8.what考查賓語從句。賓語從句缺少賓語，用what來引導(dǎo)。

9.had met考查動(dòng)詞的時(shí)態(tài)。It was the first time that had done sth ，固定句型結(jié)構(gòu)。

10.that考查強(qiáng)調(diào)句。句意：因?yàn)橹挥袝r(shí)間能夠理解愛的價(jià)值。

考點(diǎn)：語法填空。

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