3 Choose from expressions A to D to complete the passage. 从方框中选择合适的表达补全短文,填写序号( A-D )。
A.As/as water drowned their homes
B.When/when I see the dry riverbeds
C.Until/until we lost it
D.Until/until I learned its true power that day
One summer twenty years ago, after several days of heavy rain, our village was hit by a flood. The dam (水坝) on the river was broken. The water covered the streets and bridges. People cried $^{(1)}$
After the flood, our village was muddy and broken. I had never taken water seriously $^{(2)}$
Later, our village river got smaller year by year due to heat and lack of rain, until it completely dried up. Now, $^{(3)}$
D
A.As/as water drowned their homes
B.When/when I see the dry riverbeds
C.Until/until we lost it
D.Until/until I learned its true power that day
One summer twenty years ago, after several days of heavy rain, our village was hit by a flood. The dam (水坝) on the river was broken. The water covered the streets and bridges. People cried $^{(1)}$
A
.After the flood, our village was muddy and broken. I had never taken water seriously $^{(2)}$
D
. And for a while, I hated it.Later, our village river got smaller year by year due to heat and lack of rain, until it completely dried up. Now, $^{(3)}$
B
, I miss the good old days when the river brought us so much fun. I hadn’t realised what the river meant to us $^{(4)}$C
.D
答案
(1) A (2) D (3) B (4) C
解析
【分析】
首先通读短文,理解作者经历洪水、河流干涸后对水的认知变化的语境。解题时需结合空缺处的上下文逻辑,分析选项含义,同时注意“not...until”等固定搭配:1. 第(1)空需补充人们在洪水中哭喊的原因,匹配语境选A;2. 第(2)空对应“从未把水当回事”到“学到水的力量”的转折,符合“not...until”结构选D;3. 第(3)空需衔接河流干涸后看到河床的场景,匹配怀念过去的语境选B;4. 第(4)空对应“没意识到河流意义”到“失去河流”的转折,符合“not...until”结构选C。
【解析】
(1) 前文描述洪水导致水淹没街道桥梁,人们哭喊,A选项“As water drowned their homes”(随着水淹没他们的家园)补充了人们哭喊的原因,符合语境,故选A。
(2) 此处考查固定搭配“not...until”,前文“我从未把水当回事”,后文“那天我学到它的真正力量”,D选项“until I learned its true power that day”符合该结构,意为“直到那天我学到它的真正力量,我才重视水”,故选D。
(3) 前文提到河流最终干涸,后文表达怀念过去河流带来的快乐,B选项“When I see the dry riverbeds”(当我看到干涸的河床时)衔接上下文,符合语境,故选B。
(4) 此处考查固定搭配“not...until”,前文“我没意识到河流对我们的意义”,后文“我们失去它”,C选项“until we lost it”符合该结构,意为“直到我们失去它,我才意识到河流的意义”,故选C。
【答案】
(1)A (2)D (3)B (4)C
【知识点】
连词用法、语境理解、固定搭配(not...until)
【点评】
本题为英语选词补全题,侧重考查语境逻辑与连词的运用,需结合上下文语义及固定搭配判断,是初中英语常见题型,难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5
首先通读短文,理解作者经历洪水、河流干涸后对水的认知变化的语境。解题时需结合空缺处的上下文逻辑,分析选项含义,同时注意“not...until”等固定搭配:1. 第(1)空需补充人们在洪水中哭喊的原因,匹配语境选A;2. 第(2)空对应“从未把水当回事”到“学到水的力量”的转折,符合“not...until”结构选D;3. 第(3)空需衔接河流干涸后看到河床的场景,匹配怀念过去的语境选B;4. 第(4)空对应“没意识到河流意义”到“失去河流”的转折,符合“not...until”结构选C。
【解析】
(1) 前文描述洪水导致水淹没街道桥梁,人们哭喊,A选项“As water drowned their homes”(随着水淹没他们的家园)补充了人们哭喊的原因,符合语境,故选A。
(2) 此处考查固定搭配“not...until”,前文“我从未把水当回事”,后文“那天我学到它的真正力量”,D选项“until I learned its true power that day”符合该结构,意为“直到那天我学到它的真正力量,我才重视水”,故选D。
(3) 前文提到河流最终干涸,后文表达怀念过去河流带来的快乐,B选项“When I see the dry riverbeds”(当我看到干涸的河床时)衔接上下文,符合语境,故选B。
(4) 此处考查固定搭配“not...until”,前文“我没意识到河流对我们的意义”,后文“我们失去它”,C选项“until we lost it”符合该结构,意为“直到我们失去它,我才意识到河流的意义”,故选C。
【答案】
(1)A (2)D (3)B (4)C
【知识点】
连词用法、语境理解、固定搭配(not...until)
【点评】
本题为英语选词补全题,侧重考查语境逻辑与连词的运用,需结合上下文语义及固定搭配判断,是初中英语常见题型,难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.5
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