Question

Frank was a curious boy. The first time he saw an hourglass(沙漏),he wondered what it was.

His mother said,”An hourglass is made in the s   1.  of 8. The sand is put in at one end,and runs through a small hole in the m 2. . It takes the sand exactly an hour to run through.”

Frank  w3. the little stream of sand. He was i   4. ,because it would not run faster. ‘Let me shake it,mother,” said he,”it is lazy,and will never get through.”

“It will,Son,” said his mother, “The sand moves little by little,but it moves all the time. When you look at the hands of the clock, you think they go very s  5.  , but they never stop. While you are at play,the sand is   r  6.  , grain by grain. The hands of the clock are moving,second by second. At night,the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times. The hour hand of the clock has moved  a 7. its great face. That is because they keep working every minute. They do not stop to t  8. how much they have to do and how long it will take them to do it.”

Now, Frank’s mother wanted him to learn a little poem,but he said,‘Mother,I can never learn i  9.  ,” His mother said,”Study all the time.N  10.  stop to ask how long it will take to learn it.”

Frank followed his mother’s advice. He studied line after line,very busily; and in one and a half hours he knew the poem perfectly.

Answer

1.shape

2.middle

3.watched

4.impatient

5.slow/slowly

6.running

7.around

8.think

9.it

10.Never

【解析】

试题分析：充满好奇心的弗兰克第一次看到沙漏时，想知道是什么，妈妈教育他，沙漏每时每刻坚持不停息，从不考虑要做多少事，要花多久时间，最终取得成功。后面在妈妈的建议下，弗兰克学会了一行一行地学习，终于学会了一首诗。

1.shape 句意：沙漏做成“8”的形状。根据图示及语境，可知沙漏形状像一个“8”字，故填：shape。

2.2】middle句意：把沙放在一头，并从中间的小孔穿过。根据图示及句意，可知孔在中间，故填：middle。

3.3】watched句意：福兰克看着这个沙的溪流。对此感到新奇，注视着，故填：watched。

4.4】impatient句意：因为沙流得慢，他没有耐心。由后面的句子：because it would not run faster. ‘Let me shake it,mother,” said he,”it is lazy,and will never get through.”可知因为沙流得慢，他想要摇动沙漏，可以推测出他缺乏耐心。故填：impatient。

5.5】slow/slowly句意：当你看着钟的指针时，你认为它们走得慢，但是它们从不停止。根据语境可知这里填“慢”，故填：slow/slowly

6.6】running 句意：当你在玩耍时，沙在流淌。你玩耍时，沙正在流，用进行时态，动词用现在分词，故填：running。

7.7】around句意：时针已经环绕着钟面一圈。根据句意可知是“时针转了一圈”：turn around：绕着……转动。故填：around。

8.8】think句意：它们不停下来想它们必须要做什么以及它们要花多长时间来做。妈妈用拟人的手法告诉孩子：沙漏、时钟只是默默无闻地做自己的事，不停下来想要做什么、要花多长时间等等。故填：think。

9.9】it句意：妈妈，我永远也学不会。指代上文所提到的单数名词poem，用it。故填：it。

10.0】Never句意：坚持学习。绝不停下来问学会要花多长时间。根据语境可以推测出本空填：“绝不”：never。

【考点定位】 考查教育科学类短文阅读。