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Don’t Cut off Half-finished Cloth
Do you like stories? Now I’ll tell you an old story.
During the Han Dynasty, there was 1 wise woman who lived in Henan. People didn’t know her name. They only 2 (know) that she was the wife of Yue Yangzi.
One day, Yue decided to go to a faraway place 3 (study). After only one year, he got tired of studying and returned home.
When Yue went back home, his wife 4 (work) on a loom (织布机). She asked him if he had finished 5 (he) studies. The man replied, “No, but I have been away for such a long time. I missed you very much.”
After hearing the words, his wife picked up a pair of 6 (scissor) , cut the cloth on the loom and said, “I have been weaving for days. Now I cut off the unfinished cloth. All my efforts have been in vain.”
“So it is with learning,” said the lady. “You come back 7 finishing your studies. It’s just like cutting off half-finished cloth.”
Yue was 8 (deep) moved by his wife. So he went back to his studies. He did not return home 9 he finished his studies seven years later.
Finally, he had great 10 (succeed).
What can you learn from the story?
【答案】
1．a 2．knew 3．to study 4．was working 5．his 6．scissors 7．without 8．deeply 9．until 10．success
【解析】本文是记叙文。故事讲述了在汉代，河南有一位智慧的女子，她的丈夫乐羊子外出学习一年后因厌倦而回家。妻子以剪断未完成的布为例，教育丈夫学习应持之以恒，最终丈夫深受触动并完成学业取得成功。
1．句意：在汉代，河南有一位聪慧的女子。由“there was...wise woman who lived in Henan.”可知，此句指河南有一位聪慧的女子，表示泛指，用“a”表示“一个”。故填a。
2．句意：人们只知道她是乐羊子的妻子。由“that she was the wife of Yue Yangzi”可知，此句时态为一般过去时，know“知道”，其过去式为“knew”。故填knew。
3．句意：一天，乐羊子决定去一个遥远的地方学习。由“Yue decided to go to a faraway place”可知，他去远地方的目的是学习，此空用不定式表目的，study“学习”。故填to study。
4．句意：当乐羊子回到家时，他的妻子正在织布机上劳作。由“When Yue went back home”可知，此句指乐羊子回到家时，他的妻子正在织布机上劳作。此句应用过去进行时，表示事情正在发生，由于“his wife”是第三人称单数，be用“was”，work“工作”，was working表示“正在工作”。故填was working。
5．句意：她问他是否完成了学业。此句指他是否完成了他的学业。由于“studies”是名词，其前用形容词性物主代词修饰，he“他”，其形容词性物主代词为：his“他的”。故填his。
6．句意：听到这些话后，他的妻子拿起一把剪刀，剪断了织布机上的布，并说：“我已经织布好多天了”。scissor表示“剪刀”，由“a pair of”可知，a pair of+可数名词复数，a pair of scissors“一把剪刀”。故填scissors。
7．句意：你没有完成学业就回来了。由“It’s just like cutting off half-finished cloth”可知，乐羊子的妻子把中断学业回家比作剪断未完成的布。此空填“without”表示“没有”，指乐羊子没完成学业。故填without。
88．句意：乐羊子被他的妻子深深地感动了。由于“moved”是动词，用副词修饰，deep“深的”，其副词为：deeply“深深地”。故填deeply。
9．句意：七年后，他直到完成了学业才回家。由“He did not return home...he finished his studies”可知，此句指他直到完成了学业才回家。此空填“until”表示“直到”，not...until...表示“直到……才”。故填until。
10．句意：最后，他取得了巨大的成功。由于“great”是形容词，其后用名词，succeed“成功”，动词，其名词为：success。故填success。
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