Day 4 新趋势题型·首字母提示填空
[外文素材改编自 Evidence-Based Reading]
语篇类型:记叙文 | 主题词:特别的生日蛋糕 | 词数:180 | 难度:★★★★★ | 建议用时:8'
阅读下面短文,根据短文内容及首字母提示填写所缺单词,使文章意思完整,每空限填一词。
It was Pat's birthday. Pat held a 1. p and asked her friends to have fun.
Her mom was making the cake. "Your cake is almost done," Mom said. Pat got up and went to the 2. k. Just then, Mom came out with the cake.
Pat and Mom ran into each other. The cake 3. f on the floor. It was a mess(脏乱). "Oh, no! My cake!" cried Pat. "Well," said Mom. "We can have cookies." "4. B I want a birthday cake," Pat said. She 5. c the floor.
Later, Pat's friends arrived with 6. g. She told them what happened(发生). They were sad to 7. h the news and decided to make a new one. Mom put a big bowl on the table. They put the flour (面粉) and sugar in it. Then they added (增加) 8. e and milk.
After a while, Mom took out the cake. The cake tasted 9. g and everyone liked it. Pat learned that we can solve problems as long as we take action(行动). Then she said to 10. h friends, "Thank you, my friends!" What a meaningful day!
✍一材多练
()1. What did Pat and her friends do after knowing the first cake was a big mess?
A. They bought a new cake.
B. They made a new cake together.
C. They had the birthday party in a restaurant.
D. They made some cookies.
()2. What can we learn from the passage?
A. Making a mess is a big problem.
B. We need to clean the floor every day.
C. Working together can solve problems.
D. Birthday cakes are always easy to make.
词句积累
◎重点词汇
1. floor (n.)
2. arrive (v.)
3. sad (adj.)
4. news (n.)
5. table (n.)
6. milk (n.)
7. problem (n.)
8. meaningful (adj.)
◎重点词组
9. have fun 玩得愉快
10. get up 起床；站起来
11. come out 出来
12. run into 撞上
13. birthday cake 生日蛋糕
14. decide to do sth. 决定做某事
15. after a while 过了一会
16. solve problems 解决问题
17. as long as 只要
◎写作佳句
18. Pat learned that we can solve problems as long as we take action. Pat 明白了，只要我们采取行动，就能解决问题。(适用于“经历与感受”类写作)
19. What a meaningful day! 多么有意义的一天啊！(适用于“经历与感受”类写作)
☞参考答案见详解详析册 P22

Day 4
【语篇解读】文章主要讲述了Pat生日时发生的事情。旨在引导学生遇到问题时不气馁，积极行动去解决问题。
1. party 考查名词—瞻前顾后巧求索+语法知识巧解题。根据“It was Pat's birthday.”以及“asked her friends to have fun”并结合首字母提示可知，Pat举办了一个派对，“party”符合语境。根据空前“a”可知，空处缺少可数名词单数作宾语。
2. kitchen 考查名词—瞻前顾后巧求索。根据空前“the”可知，空处缺少名词作宾语。根据“Her mom was making the cake.”以及“Mom came out with the cake”并结合首字母提示可知，Pat去了厨房，“kitchen”符合语境。
3. fell 考查动词的时态—瞻前顾后巧求索+语法知识巧解题。根据“Pat and Mom ran into each other.”以及“on the floor”并结合首字母提示可知，蛋糕掉在了地上，“fall”符合语境。根据“ran”可知，时态为一般过去时。
4. But 考查连词—句间关系判逻辑。分析句子结构可知，空处缺少连词。空前妈妈说可以吃饼干，空后Pat表示想要生日蛋糕，前后为转折关系，结合首字母提示，“But”符合语境。
5. cleaned 考查动词的时态—瞻前顾后巧求索+语法知识巧解题。分析句子结构可知，空处缺少动词。根据“The cake 3. f______ on the floor. It was a mess(脏乱).”并结合首字母提示可知，Pat打扫了地面，“clean”符合语境。根据上下文可知，时态为一般过去时，“clean”的过去式是“cleaned”。
6. gifts 考查名词—瞻前顾后巧求索+语法知识巧解题。根据空前“with”可知，空处缺少名词作宾语。根据“Pat's friends arrived”并结合首字母提示可知，朋友们带着礼物来了，“gift”符合语境。空前无限定词，应填可数名词的复数形式。
7. hear 考查动词—瞻前顾后巧求索+语法知识巧解题。分析句子结构可知，空处缺少动词。根据“She told them what happened(发生).”并结合首字母提示可知，他们听到这个消息很伤心，“hear”符合语境。根据空前“to”可知，此处用动词原形。
8. eggs 考查名词—瞻前顾后巧求索+生活常识巧利用。根据空后“and milk”可知，空处缺少名词作宾语。根据“They put the flour(面粉) and sugar in it. Then they added(增加)”并结合生活常识可知，做蛋糕通常会用到鸡蛋，“egg”符合语境。空前无限定词，应填可数名词的复数形式。
9. great/good 考查形容词—瞻前顾后巧求索。根据空前“tasted”可知，空处缺少形容词作表语。根据“everyone liked it”并结合首字母提示可知，蛋糕尝起来很棒，“great/good”符合语境。
10. her 考查代词—瞻前顾后巧求索+语法知识巧解题。根据空后“friends”可知，空处缺少形容词性物主代词修饰名词。根据“‘Thank you, my friends!’”并结合首字母提示可知，此处指她对她的朋友们说，“her”符合语境。
一材多练
1. B 直接信息理解题—关键词定位法。根据第四段中“They were sad to 7. h______ the news and decided to make a new one.”可知，他们知道蛋糕毁了之后，决定一起做一个新的蛋糕。
2. C 推断细节信息题—针对特定细节进行推断。通读全文并根据“Pat learned that we can solve problems as long as we take action(行动).”可知，Pat的生日蛋糕掉在地上毁了，朋友们知道后一起动手做了一个新的蛋糕，最后大家都很开心。这体现了大家一起努力就能解决问题的精神。对比备选项可知，C项符合题意。
词句积累
1. 地板 2. 到达 3. 伤心的 4. 消息 5. 桌子
6. 牛奶 7. 问题 8. 有意义的
长难句剖析
Pat learned that we can solve problems [as long as
主语 谓语 that 引导的宾语从句
as we take action].
as long as 引导的条件状语从句
译文:Pat意识到只要我们采取行动,就能解决问题。