二、教育故事類

Henry Bond was about seven years old when his father died.His mother found it 1 to support the large family.However,she tried her best to do so.Also,she 2 Henry,the eldest son,to school.

At one time,Henry needed a grammar book for his study.His family was so 3 that his mother could not afford one.

One morning，Henry found that a deep snow had fallen，and the 4 wind was blowing.“Ah，” he said，“it is an ill wind that blows nobody good.”With these words，he ran to the house of a neighbor，and offered his 5 to move away the snow around it.The offer was accepted.When he finished the work，he received his 6.Then he went to another place for the 7 purpose，and then to another，8 he had earned（掙得）enough to buy a grammar book.

From that time,Henry was 9 the first in all his classes.He knew no such word as" 10",and he succeeded in all he tried to do.Having the will,he always found the way.

語篇解讀

本文講述了享利·邦德因家境貧窮而買不起他想要的一本語法書，但后來幫助鄰居們掃雪掙到了錢并買到了他想要的語法書。本故事教育了我們：有付出就有回報，有目標就要堅持。

答案解析

1.C 由上下文可知，母親要養活一家人很艱難。故答案為C。

2.B 由上句“...She tried her best to do so.”及本句可知，此處意為母親送亨利·邦德去上學。

3.D 由上下文意思可知家境貧寒。故用poor “貧窮的”。

4.A 由上句“Henry found that a deep snow had fallen，...”可知天氣寒冷。故答案為A。

5.A 由上下文可知，亨利·邦德主動為鄰居們提供鏟雪服務。

6.B 由上下文可知答案為B。

7.C 由上下文可知，他到每戶人家幫忙鏟雪的目的都一樣，即掙錢買書。

8.D until “直到……為止”。

9.A 由文章最后一句可知答案為A。

10.B 由下文中的“...he succeeded in all he tried to do.”可知答案為B。

理論指導

教育故事類文章主要是通過敘述一個故事或案例，教育我們要做真善美的事情。做此類完形填空時，我們要抓住文章的中心和作者的寫作目的，尤其是每個段落的首句。把握整個語篇，推測作者設空目的，順應作者思路答題，這樣可以做到事半功倍。在聯系上下文的基礎上，做出推理判斷，仔細推敲每個細節。所以我們平時在做完形填空時，要有意識地培養自己的閱讀習慣和答題技巧。