Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

When I called up my mother in the countryside on the phone, she told me snakes came to her home now and then, and   1.    they seemed to have made their home there. I got the chance to distinguish    2.   by inventing something    3.   (mercy) to catch the snakes.

No products can help me catch snakes, so I set out    4.  (research) the habits of snakes to trap them. I decided on three approaches: firstly, removing their habitat; secondly,    5.  (attract) them into    6.  trap, and thirdly cooling them. I used the    7.   (freeze) bowl to make the snakes less active,   8.   then collected them. The next day I released them into the wild.

I have filled    9.   the form and filed my patent    10.   (apply) with the Patent Office.

Answer

1.that

2.myself

3.merciful

4.to research

5.attracting

6.a

7.frozen

8.and

9.in

10.application

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了作者发明了一个抓蛇的工具来帮妈妈抓蛇的故事。

1.

2.句意：我得到发明抓蛇的东西来证明自己的杰出。distinguish oneself使杰出；表现杰出。填myself。

3.

4.

5.

6.

7.表示“被冻结的碗”。过去分词作前置定语，故填frozen。

8. 根据then collected them.可知，与前面的used并列，故填and。

9.

10.表示“我的专利申请”。作宾语用名词形式，故填application。

【知识拓展】

反身代词构成的短语

dress oneself 自己穿衣 come to oneself 恢复知觉

devote oneself 致力于 enjoy oneself 过的快活

excuse oneself 为自己辩解 explain oneself 说明自己的意图

feel oneself 觉得正常 forget oneself 忘我、失态

help oneself to 随便吃、随便用 hide oneself 把自己藏起来

make youself at home 不受约束 pride oneself on 自夸

say to oneself 心里想 seat oneself 坐下

talk/speak to oneself 自言自语 teach oneself 自学

考点：考查语篇理解和词汇、语法知识