Tea is the steady companion of the Scottish day. Each hotel, no matter how humble? stocks its rooms with supplies for brew-ups ('泡茶);electric pot for 1__________ water, ceramic pot for brewing, china cups and small tea-creamers, a great number of teas, honey, fresh milk, and lemons. This is a delight and 2__________ , for not only is there no such thing in American hotels, but room service even in 3__________ ones, when asked for tea with milk, can 4__________ a plastic kettle of hot water covered by a square of Saran Wrap, and a glass of milk.

　　It is nearing four o’clock in the afternoon. We come upon a small caravan camper with its door open to a late -middle -aged Scottish couple, sitting at a folding table, taking tea and biscuits. Passing by, one only has a 5__________ : his thick, white socks and heavy black shoes; her plump pear form and print dress; the electric kettle on the table. The archaeologists are 6__________ as to why the people of ancient Skara Brae would locate their huts so close to the sea, and have guessed that in fact the settlement was 7__________ located in a protected hollow, that time has eroded the shoreline inland toward the huts. That would make sense. Indeed, when presented at Skara Brae with the lure of a (an) 8__________ sea and the howling wind, we ourselves tucked into the hollow of a dune for lunch, eating cheese and apples in the sun with wind 9__________ our heads, blowing the sand into rippling ridges, flattening the beach grasses. Probably the archaeologists are right, but this utterly typical sense of Scottish 10__________ merrily planted at the edge of harsh cliffs, afternoon tea conducted in the wind and cold, suggests another possibility.

　　選詞填空練習(xí)題選項(xiàng)：

　　選詞填空練習(xí)題答案：

　　1. L 空格前的electric pot for與water后的ceramic pot for brewing為并列關(guān)系。后

　　者的意思是“用來(lái)沖泡的陶瓷壺”，那么前面的意思可能為“用來(lái)燒水的電 熱水壺”，其中“燒”這個(gè)詞要用其動(dòng)名詞形式，與brewing對(duì)應(yīng)。選項(xiàng)中只 有boiling符合題意。

　　2. G 空格前為名詞delight和and,判斷空處應(yīng)為名詞，幾個(gè)名詞選項(xiàng)中，只有 astonishment“令人驚訝的事”符合語(yǔ)境。此處要表達(dá)“這是一件令人髙興的 事，也是一件令人驚訝的事”。

　　3. M 空格前是介詞，空格后為代詞ones，空處應(yīng)該填形容詞。幾個(gè)形容詞選項(xiàng)中只有respectable“體面的;相當(dāng)好的”符合題意，此處表示的是“體面的飯店”。

　　4. A 空格前是情態(tài)動(dòng)詞can，判斷此處應(yīng)填動(dòng)詞原形。根據(jù)句意“……當(dāng)被要求來(lái)一杯奶茶時(shí)，可能會(huì) 一個(gè)裝有熱水的塑料水壺，水壺上包著一塊保鮮膜……”和上下文的語(yǔ)境推測(cè)此處應(yīng)填一個(gè)表示“遞給”的動(dòng)詞，故 deliver最合適。

　　5. H 空格前為限定詞a，判斷空處應(yīng)填一個(gè)名詞。幾個(gè)名詞選項(xiàng)中，只有g(shù)limpse符合題意，意為“瞥了一眼”。

　　6. C 空格所在句子大意為“關(guān)于為什么古代史卡拉坡城的居民會(huì)把他們的茅屋建造在離大海這么近的地方這一問(wèn)題，考古學(xué)家們是 ”，空格前為系動(dòng)詞are，由此判斷空格處應(yīng)填一個(gè)形容詞，作表語(yǔ)，選項(xiàng)所給的形容詞中 只有confosed合適，意為“疑惑的”。

　　7. O 空格前是系動(dòng)詞was，空格后是動(dòng)詞located，由此推測(cè)空格處應(yīng)填一個(gè)副詞，所給的副詞中只有originally(起初)符合題意。

　　8. B 空格前是不定冠詞a(an)，空格后為名詞sea、并列連詞and和the howling wind，分析此處應(yīng)填一個(gè)和howling并列的、修飾sea的形容詞。sparkling意 為“波光粼粼的”，符合題意。

　　9.1 空格前后都出現(xiàn)了名詞，且空格前還有表示伴隨的介詞with，分析此處應(yīng)填動(dòng)詞的現(xiàn)在分詞形式。此處語(yǔ)境：在陽(yáng)光下吃著奶酪和蘋果，風(fēng) 我們的頭，把沙子吹進(jìn)起伏的山脊，吹平了海草。由語(yǔ)境推測(cè)應(yīng)填入動(dòng)詞 skim “掠過(guò)”的現(xiàn)在分詞形式skimming。

　　10. J空格前為形容詞，分析此處應(yīng)填一個(gè)名詞。全文都在介紹蘇格蘭的家庭生活，故此處應(yīng)填入domesticity，意為“對(duì)家庭的摯愛(ài)”。typical sense of Scottish domesticity即“蘇格蘭人典型的對(duì)家庭的摯愛(ài)之情”。