Question

短文填空

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。

either, child，around, too, work，sit，but，many, he，something, open, have

One day Tom went out to look for work. He went from place to place,   1. could not find a job. In the afternoon, he came to a factory. He went into the office building and   2. the door of a big room. There he saw a fat man   3.  at a desk.

"What do you want?" the man asked. "I am looking for work，" answered Tom. "Any kind of work?" he man asked. "Any kind of work，please. I am strong, you see," Tom said.

The man looked at Tom for a long time and then he said，"We have got enough workers. We want no   4. . Get out. "

Tom turned 5.  .When he was going to the door, the fat man said, "Look，do you see the man over there" He pointed to a man outside the window. "I give 6.  five dollars a day. I will only give you four dollars a day. Do you want his job? He is getting old. Of course, I won't give you five dollars a day. I can only give you four dollars a day. "

For a long time Tom said 7.    . He thought of his wife and   8.  . But that worker had his wife and children,   9.  . Finally Tom said，"No, I won't want the job. "Tom was right. He didn't want to take the bread out of another   10.  mouth.

Answer

1.but

2.opened

3.sitting

4.more

5.around

6.him

7.nothing

8.children

9.too

10.worker’s

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述的是汤姆在求职中的故事。汤姆出去找工作，但是到处都找不到，一天，一位老板问他是否愿意是更低的工资抢去一位老人的工作，汤姆思考再三拒绝了。他不想要抢走别人嘴里的面包。

1.but句意：他从一个地方到另一个地方，但是不能找到工作。虽然尽力到处找了，但是找不到工作。表示转折，用but。故填：but。

2.opened句意：他进了办公楼，打开了一个大房间的门。进楼，然后开门。开：open，描述过去，用一般过去时态，故填：opened。

3.sitting句意：他看到一个胖子坐在桌子旁。胖子坐在办公桌旁，坐：sit。看到某人在做某事：see sb. doing sth。故填：sitting。

4.more句意：我们有足够的工人，我们不再要了。因为工人够了，所以不再要了，不再：no more。故填：more。

5.around句意：汤姆转身。根据语境可知，被拒绝的汤姆转身离开。转身：turn around。故填：around。

6.him句意：我给他一天五美元。指问外的那个男士，他，作宾语，用宾格。故填：him。

7.nothing句意：很长一段时间内，汤姆什么也没有说。汤姆难以决定，思考时一句话也没有讲。故填：nothing。

8.children句意：他想着妻子和小孩。由下句：But that worker had his wife and children（那位工人也有妻子和小孩）前后表达的内容相一致，故填：children。

9.too句意：但是那位工人也有妻子和小孩。他有，那位工人也有。肯定句句子末尾的“也”：too。故填：too。

10.worker’s句意：汤姆是对的，他不想要拿走另一位工人嘴里的面包。那是另一位工人的工作，抢走他的工作，就是从他的嘴里抢走面包，工人的：worker’s。故填：worker’s。

考点：短文填空。