任务型阅读和首字母填空专项训练九.doc

任务型阅读和首字母填空专项训练九

It was another hot, dry day in the forest… 
A little ant was t 1 . So he went to a river to drink. But the ant got too close to the river. He was carried away by the flow (流动) of the river.
“Help! Help!” cried the little ant.
A dove (鸽子) was sitting on a t 2 nearby. She saw what happened to the ant. She pulled a leaf from the tree and held it in her mouth. Then she flew over to the little ant. She d 3 the leaf into the water. The ant climbed onto the leaf and got to safety.
“Thank you for s 4 me,” said the ant to the dove. “One day, I will do s 5 to help you.”
“That is very kind,” said the dove. “But I don’t think a little ant like you could ever help me.”
A few days l 6 , the ant saw a bird catcher standing under a tree. He was waiting to c 7 the dove with a net(网).
“Oh, no! My friend Dove was sleeping. She is in d 8 ! I will help her.”
So, he ran over to the bird catcher and stung (刺痛) him in the foot. The bird catcher cried and threw down his net in pain. The dove was a 9 to fly away.
“Thank you, my dear friend. You saved my life. Now I see I was w 10 .I am sorry for
文章大意：这是一篇寓言故事。讲解了蚂蚁和鸽子的故事。
1.thirsty解析：后一句它去河边，所以说明它渴了 2.tree 解析：下一句中提到她从树上摘了一片树叶，故可知她在树上 3.dropped解析：鸽子将树叶丢落到水里，是想救蚂蚁 4.saving 解析：蚂蚁说：感谢你救我，Thank you for doing sth 5.something解析；蚂蚁被鸽子救了，所以它想做些事情
6. later 解析：几天后 7.catch 解析：蚂蚁看见捕鸟人想抓鸽子 8.danger 解析：be in danger 处于危险中 9.able 解析：短语 be able to 能够 10.wrong 解析：前面提到鸽子说过像你这样的小蚂蚁帮不了我，现在各自意识到错了，因为蚂蚁救了她的命。

While travelling in Russia, Ed Jackson ran short of money. So he wrote t 1 his brother, asking for ＄500. “Send the m 2 by telegram to the bank here,” he wrote. After a week Ed began v 3 the bank. He s 4 his passport to the bank clerk(职员). “Nothing has come for you, Mr. Jackson,” he was told.
This went o 5 for three weeks, and Mr. Jackson got very w 6 . He then phoned his brother, asking w 7 the money was. The brother said it had been sent three weeks b 8 . That evening Ed Jackson was arrested(被捕) for failing to p 9 his hotel bill. He tried to tell the police what his problem was, but no one would believe him. At last he was s 10 to the police station for fifteen days.
文章大意：这是一篇记叙文。讲述了一个人在俄罗斯缺钱后发生的曲折故事。
1. to解析：write to sb 写信给某人 2.money解析：第一句提及他缺钱，所以让哥哥寄钱 3. visiting解析：根据句意以及begin doing sth 4. showed解析：show sth to sb给某人看某物 5.on解析：go on 继续 6.worried解析：通过第一段可知他一直没有收到钱，所以他担心了7.where解析：他打电话给哥哥问钱在哪里 8.before解析：哥哥说钱三周前就寄出去了 9.pay解析：支付旅馆的费用 10.sent解析：他被送往警察局
At different times in a man’s life his food has different effects(影响) on his body. Among children f 1 is quickly changed to the power(力量) to run and play games. Most of a young man’s food is spent on growing t 2 ; we grow upwards only d 3 the first twenty years of our l 4 , not later. Working men get their strong bodies from their food; and if they work h 5 , they do not get fat. Office workers eat well and s ____6__
down a lot, and may begin to grow fat when still quite young. Many older p 7 try to work much and walk often. Perhaps the most difficult time is when a man r 8 sixty years of age. His body and mind b 9 restful, without much work or interest. That is when food changes quickly to f 10 .
解析：这是一篇说明文。介绍了不同时期食物对人的不同影响。
1.food解析：孩子时期，食物被快速转换成跑步和玩游戏的能量 2.tall解析：年轻人的食物被花在长高上 3.during解析：我们只是在我们生命的前二十年期间长高 4.lives解析：我们只是在我们生命的前二十年期间长高 5.hard解析：努力工作 6.sit解析：白领们吃得好并且坐得多可能开始发胖 7.people解析：许多年龄大一点的人尽力多工作，经常散步 8.reaches解析：达到六十岁的年龄9.become解析：达到六十岁的人变得放松了 10.fat解析：它们没有工作了和爱好了，这时食物就变成了脂肪