Question

短文填空 先通读下面的短文，掌握其大意，然后根据短文内容和所给首字母，在空格内填入一个适当的词，使短文意思完整。所填单词在题后横线上必须完整写出。（本大题共5分，每格0.5分）

T 1. of years ago, the ancient people of Babylon and Egypt studied the stars in the sky and created the zodiac(黄道带). At first, it was u2. to count time. L3. , many used the stars to describe a person’s character and to say what will happen in the f4. .

A person’s zodiac is connected to his or her birth d5. . Some believe this sign can t6. us about a person’s character. For example, some think that a person b7. under the sign of Aries（白羊座） (between March 21and April 20) is adventurous(爱冒险的，大胆的). A person born under Cancer（巨蟹座） (between June 22 and July 23) is k8. and home-loving.

Not everyone b9. that your birth describes your character, but reading your horoscope（星象） can still be a lot of f10. .

 

Answer 1

1.Thousands

2.used

3.Later

4.future

5.date

6.tell

7.born

8.kind

9.believes

10.fun

【解析】

试题分析：数千年前，巴比伦和埃及研究天空的星星并且创造了黄道带。开始，它被用做数时间。之后，用这些星星去描述人类的性格，并且能说出在将来会发生什么。 一个人的黄道带是联系他或者她的出生日期。一些人相信这个标识能告诉我们关于一个人的性格。

1. of.故填Thousands

2. used to do sth.表示被用于做什么。故填used

3. 故填Later

4. the future在将来。故填future

5.

6. sb. about sth.告诉某人关于某事。故填tell

7.

8.

9.

10.

考点：人物传记类短文阅读。