一、還原句子
People all over the world eat rice. Millions of people in Asia, Africa and South America eat it every day in their lives. Some people eat almost nothing but rice.
Rice is a kind of grass. 1. Most kinds are water plants. Farmers grow rice in many countries, even in the southern part of the United States and in the east of Australia.
No one knows where rice came from. 2. They think that one kind of rice grew in South Asia thousands of years ago. Someone in China wrote about it almost 5,000 years ago. Another kind probably grew in West Africa. Some scientists think that rice came from India, and Indian travelers took it to other parts of the world.
3. Most rice grow in wet land. People in many countries do all of the work of growing rice by hand. This is the same way farmers worked hundreds of years ago. In some countries, people now use machines on their rice farms.
People use every part of the rice plant. They make animal food and rice oil from it. They also make baskets, brooms and roofs for their houses. 4.
A. Some scientists think that it started to grow in two places.
B. They burn dry rice plants for cooking.
C. There are two main ways to grow rice.
D. There are more than 7,000 kinds of rice.
E. China began to grow rice a long time ago.
答案:1. D
解析:前文說水稻是草,后文講多數是水生植物,D“有7000多種水稻”承上啟下,介紹種類。
2. A
解析:前文說不知起源,后文講科學家認為一種在南亞,另一種在西非,A“科學家認為它起源于兩個地方”銜接恰當。
3. C
解析:后文講水稻種植在濕地,手工或機器種植,C“有兩種主要種植方式”總領該段。
4. B
解析:前文說利用水稻的各個部分,B“燒干稻稈做飯”是具體用途之一,符合語境。
二、完形填空
When I was young, I enjoyed watching my mother cook. My favorite food was fried egg (煎雞蛋), so my mother often cooked it 1______ us. Every time she cooked it, I couldn't 2______ to eat it.
One day, my mother was not at home. I decided to fry an egg by 3______. Having watched my mother do it many times before, I thought I would make it. 4______, I washed the pan. Next, I poured some oil into the pan. Then, I 5______ the stove. However, when it became hot, the oil splattered (飛濺) all over the stove. Some of it got on my face and arms. I was so 6______ that I cried out and did not even try to go near the pan! After a few minutes, the oil 7______ splattering. I turned off the stove quickly and spent the next hour cleaning the 8______.
After that, I 9______ wanted to learn to fry anything. Now, I still can't fry anything. I only help my mother do the dishes 10______ she finishes cooking.
( ) 1. A. for B. to C. with D. on
( ) 2. A. plan B. hope C. wait D. try
( ) 3. A. me B. myself C. my D. mine
( ) 4. A. First B. Second C. Third D. Finally
( ) 5. A. got on B. got off C. turned on D. turned off
( ) 6. A. scared B. bored C. hungry D. excited
( ) 7. A. enjoyed B. practiced C. minded D. stopped
( ) 8. A. bedroom B. kitchen C. classroom D. library
( ) 9. A. always B. usually C. often D. never
( ) 10. A. before B. after C. although D. but
答案:1.A
解析:cook sth. for sb. 為某人做飯,固定搭配,選A。
2.C
解析:can't wait to do sth. 迫不及待做某事,符合語境,選C。
3.B
解析:by oneself 獨自,主語是I,用myself,選B。
4.A
解析:根據后文“Next”可知此處是第一步,選A。
5.C
解析:turn on the stove 打開爐子,符合煎雞蛋的步驟,選C。
6.A
解析:油濺到臉上和胳膊上,應該是害怕,選A。
7.D
解析:幾分鐘后油停止飛濺,stopped符合語境,選D。
8.B
解析:做飯在廚房,所以打掃廚房,選B。
9.D
解析:經歷這次后,再也不想學煎東西了,never符合語境,選D。
10.B
解析:媽媽做完飯后幫忙洗碗,after在……之后,選B。