任务三 词汇运用
请认真阅读下面的短文,根据语篇内容,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空,使短文通顺、连贯。
Each morning, my grandfather gets up early to read *Lun Yu*. I am sleeping while he is reading. I don't understand (1)
Grandfather smiled and said, "Take this basket to the river (3)
This time I ran even (5)
My grandfather said, "You are just not trying hard enough." I again went to the river and ran fast, but when I reached my grandfather, the basket was again empty. "Look, Grandpa," I said, "it's (7)
My grandfather said, "Look at the basket." For the first time, I (8)
"Child, that's what happens when you read *Lun Yu*. You might not understand or remember everything, but you (10)
请认真阅读下面的短文,根据语篇内容,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或用括号内单词的正确形式填空,使短文通顺、连贯。
Each morning, my grandfather gets up early to read *Lun Yu*. I am sleeping while he is reading. I don't understand (1)
why
. On his (2) ninetieth
(ninety) birthday, I asked, "Grandpa, what do you read *Lun Yu* for?"Grandfather smiled and said, "Take this basket to the river (3)
and
bring back a basket of water to me." I did as what he said, but (4) unluckily
(lucky), all the water leaked(漏) out before I got back. My grandfather laughed and said, "You'll have to move a little faster next time."This time I ran even (5)
more quickly
(quickly), but again before I returned home, the basket was empty. I told my grandfather that it was (6) impossible
(possible) to carry water in a basket.My grandfather said, "You are just not trying hard enough." I again went to the river and ran fast, but when I reached my grandfather, the basket was again empty. "Look, Grandpa," I said, "it's (7)
useless
(use)!"My grandfather said, "Look at the basket." For the first time, I (8)
understood
(understand) that the basket was different. The dirty old basket (9) itself
(it) had turned clean, inside and out."Child, that's what happens when you read *Lun Yu*. You might not understand or remember everything, but you (10)
will change
(change) soon, inside and out."答案：1. why 2. ninetieth 3. and 4. unluckily 5. more quickly 6. impossible 7. useless 8. understood 9. itself 10. will change
解析：
【分析】
本题为语篇型词汇运用题，需先通读全文把握故事大意，再结合上下文语境、语法规则（如数词、副词、时态、代词等）逐一分析每个空格：1. 结合上文询问爷爷读《论语》的目的，推断此处表“为什么”；2. 表示“第九十个生日”，需用序数词；3. 连接两个并列动作，用并列连词；4. 修饰整个句子作状语，结合下文水漏的结果，用表“不幸地”的副词；5. even修饰副词比较级，需用quickly的比较级；6. 结合语境判断用表“不可能的”形容词；7. 结合水又漏的情况，用表“无用的”形容词；8. 全文为过去时态，需用动词过去式；9. 指代篮子本身，用反身代词；10. soon提示用一般将来时。
【解析】
1. why：上文询问爷爷读《论语》的目的，此处表示“我不理解为什么（他读）”，故填why；
2. ninetieth：表示“第九十个生日”，需用基数词ninety对应的序数词ninetieth；
3. and：连接“take this basket to the river”和“bring back a basket of water”两个并列动作，用并列连词and；
4. unluckily：此处修饰整个句子作状语，结合下文水漏出的结果，表“不幸地”，故填unluckily；
5. more quickly：even用于修饰副词比较级，quickly的比较级为more quickly；
6. impossible：结合语境，用篮子装水是不可能的，故填possible的反义词impossible；
7. useless：结合上文水再次漏出，此处表示“这是没用的”，故填use的形容词useless；
8. understood：全文叙述过去的故事，需用一般过去时，understand的过去式为understood；
9. itself：指代前文的“the dirty old basket”本身，用反身代词itself；
10. will change：句中soon提示动作发生在将来，需用一般将来时，故填will change；
【答案】
1. why 2. ninetieth 3. and 4. unluckily 5. more quickly 6. impossible 7. useless 8. understood 9. itself 10. will change
【知识点】
语篇词汇运用、词形变化、时态运用
【点评】
本题以故事为载体，考查语篇语境理解及基础词汇的词形转换、语法运用，贴近初中英语考点，兼具知识性与趣味性。
【难度系数】
0.6
本题为语篇型词汇运用题，需先通读全文把握故事大意，再结合上下文语境、语法规则（如数词、副词、时态、代词等）逐一分析每个空格：1. 结合上文询问爷爷读《论语》的目的，推断此处表“为什么”；2. 表示“第九十个生日”，需用序数词；3. 连接两个并列动作，用并列连词；4. 修饰整个句子作状语，结合下文水漏的结果，用表“不幸地”的副词；5. even修饰副词比较级，需用quickly的比较级；6. 结合语境判断用表“不可能的”形容词；7. 结合水又漏的情况，用表“无用的”形容词；8. 全文为过去时态，需用动词过去式；9. 指代篮子本身，用反身代词；10. soon提示用一般将来时。
【解析】
1. why：上文询问爷爷读《论语》的目的，此处表示“我不理解为什么（他读）”，故填why；
2. ninetieth：表示“第九十个生日”，需用基数词ninety对应的序数词ninetieth；
3. and：连接“take this basket to the river”和“bring back a basket of water”两个并列动作，用并列连词and；
4. unluckily：此处修饰整个句子作状语，结合下文水漏出的结果，表“不幸地”，故填unluckily；
5. more quickly：even用于修饰副词比较级，quickly的比较级为more quickly；
6. impossible：结合语境，用篮子装水是不可能的，故填possible的反义词impossible；
7. useless：结合上文水再次漏出，此处表示“这是没用的”，故填use的形容词useless；
8. understood：全文叙述过去的故事，需用一般过去时，understand的过去式为understood；
9. itself：指代前文的“the dirty old basket”本身，用反身代词itself；
10. will change：句中soon提示动作发生在将来，需用一般将来时，故填will change；
【答案】
1. why 2. ninetieth 3. and 4. unluckily 5. more quickly 6. impossible 7. useless 8. understood 9. itself 10. will change
【知识点】
语篇词汇运用、词形变化、时态运用
【点评】
本题以故事为载体，考查语篇语境理解及基础词汇的词形转换、语法运用，贴近初中英语考点，兼具知识性与趣味性。
【难度系数】
0.6