Question

四、完形填空。

        Time is very important to us. When and by whom were the watches or clocks _________? Perhaps nobody knows. How could we tell time if there were no watches or clocks anywhere in the world?

        The ________ was probably the world's first "clock", except in the far north, where the Eskimos live. There, it's dark most of the winter, and _________ most of the summer. But _________ most of the world, people have used the sun for day. _________ you don't have a clock that shows time, you still know that when the sun shines, it's day, and when it's dark, it's night. The sun can not only tell you whether it's day or night but also it's morning, noon, or afternoon. When the sun is almost directly overhead, it's _________.

        People who live near the sea know time from the tides(潮汐). In the daytime, for about six hours, the water rises _________ on the beach. The same thing _________ again at night. There are two high tides and two _________ tides every 24 hours.

        In some places in the world the wind comes up at about the same time every day or changes direction or stops __________. In these places the wind can be the clock.

1.A. discovered    B. found    C. invented    D. made

2.A. sun    B. moon    C. star    D. planet

3.A. wonderful    B. large    C. heavy    D. light

4.A. on    B. around    C. in    D. of

5.A. If    B. When    C. Although    D. As

6.A. morning    B. noon    C. afternoon    D. evening

7.

A. high and high    B. higher and high

C. higher and higher    D. high and higher

8.

A. takes place    B. is taking place

C. is taken place    D. will take place

9.A. wide    B. narrow    C. long    D. low

10.A. blows    B. blowing    C. blow    D. to blow

Answer

1.C

2.A

3.D

4.C

5.A

6.B

7.C

8.A

9.D

10.B

【解析】本文介绍了世界各地的人们是通过什么来判断时间的。

1.句意：手表和钟表是什么时候由谁发明的。发明是invent，此题是一般过去时的被动语态，故动词用过去分词。故选C。

2.句意：太阳可能是世界上的第一块“钟表”。故选A。

3.句意：在那儿，冬天大部分时间是黑暗的，夏天大部分时间是明亮的。明亮的是light。故选D。

4.本题考查in the most of the world（在世界大部分地方）。故选C。

5.句意：如果你没有表来告诉时间，你仍旧通过太阳来知道时间。如果是if。故选A。

6.句意：当太阳几乎在你头顶的时候，那是中午。中午是noon。故选B。

7.本题考查副词的比较级连用，表示“越来越高”。故选C

8.本题是叙述客观事实，用一般现在时。故选A。

9.句意：每24小时有用个最高点和2个最低点.低的是low。故选D。

10.Stop doing sth停止正在做的事情；stop to do sth停下来去做另一件事。本题是考查前者。故选B。

点睛：完型填空是一卷难度最大的题。它集阅读理解、语法、词法、句法于一体。是考查语言综合运用的能力的一道题。 解题的方法第一要带着空，通读文章，搞清事件发生的背景。紧紧抓住上下文语境所提供的信息,充分利用各种线索，语法知识,以及句子之间的关系，词的搭配,结合上下文背景语境，结合句意选择适合语境的选项。