高考英语短文填空题练习八(附答案解析)
(八) 阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
One day, my friend showed his favorite book to me. He also said it was __16__ second part of the very famous book - Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
I borrowed the book from a young librarian and I enjoyed reading it __17__ (immediate).I realized __18__ wonderful books could be! Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is filled with adventures. The main character was Huckleberry Finn, a poor English boy, __19__ father was a low class drunk, and wanted to get his son’s fortune which Finn had gotten previously in another adventure with his friend, Tom Sawyer. __20__, Finn ran away from his father and met another boy called Jim. __21__ friends went to the sea and got on a ship. They also went to __22__ (variety) islands in the sea and had many adventures. Eventually Finn returned home, only __23__ (find) that his father had died. From then on he has no longer been in any danger. Jim also got his freedom __24__ Finn’s help.
This novel __25__(write) by the well-known English author Mark Twain who also wrote the famous book Tom Sawyer.
【参考答案】
16. the 17. immediately 18. how
19. whose 20. Therefore 21. Both
22. various 23. to find 24. with 25. was written
语法填空
16. the.考查冠词。序数词前面用定冠词来修饰。
17. immediately.考查词类转换。此处用副词来修饰动词。
18. how.考查关系副词。how引导宾语从句并在从句中作状语。
19. whose.考查定语从句。该空后有名词father作主语,故填关系代词whose引导定语从句修饰先行词boy.
20. Therefore.考查连词。根据句意,Finn的父亲想得到儿子的财产,因此,儿子要逃跑。
21. Both.考查代词。这里用both专指Huckleberry Finn和Tom Sawyer两个人。
22. various.考查词类转换。这里应该填形容词various 修饰名词islands.
23. to find.考查非谓语动词。only to do sth表示一种出乎意料、不期望看到的结果。
24. with.考查介词。with sb’s help 意为“在某人的帮助下”。
25. was written.考查动词形式。根据句意,这本书是由Mark Twain 写的。