六、缺词填空(共10空，每空0.5分，计5分)
根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完善，在答题卡标有题号的横线上，完整第写出空缺处各单词的正确形式(每空一词)
Frank was a curious boy. The first time he saw an hourglass(沙漏),he wandered what it was.
His mother said,”An hourglass is made in the s 66 of 8. The sand is put in at one end,and runs through a small hole in the m 67 . It takes the sand exactly an hour to run through.”
Frank was w 68 the little stream of sand. He was I 69 ,because it would not run faster. ‘Let me shake it,mother,” said he,”it is lazy,and will never get through.”
“It will,Son,” said his mother, “The sand moves little by little,but it moves all the time. When you look at the hands of the clock,you think they go very s 70 , but they never stop. While you are at play,the sand is r 71 , grain by grain. The hands of the clock are moving,second bu second. At night,the sand in the hourglass has run through twelve times. The hour hand of the clock has moved a 72 its great face. The is because they keep working every minute. They do not stop to t 73 how much they have to do and how long it will take them to do it.”
Now, Frank’s mother wanted him to learn a little poem,but he said,‘Mother,I can never learn
i 74 ,” His mother said,”Study all the time. N 75 stop to ask how long it will take to learn it.”
Frank followed his mother’s advice. He studied line after line,very busily; and in one and a half hours he know the poem perfectly.
66.
解析：本题考查名词用法。“in the shape of 8”---以“8”字的形状。
答案：shape
67.
解析：本题考查名词用法。in the middle----在中间。
答案：middle
68.
解析：本题考查动词用法。Frank 注视着沙漏里流动的沙。
答案：watched
69.
解析：本题考查形容词用法。Frank 耐不住了 was impatient,因为沙流的太慢。
答案：impatient
70.
解析：本题考查副词用法。钟的时针走的很慢。此空填副词修饰动词 go;slow 既可以作形容词也可作副词。
答案：slow/slowly
71.
解析：本题考查动词用法。沙子一粒一粒在流动。此处用现在进行时。
答案：running
72.
解析：本题考查介词用法。本句和前一句在一起的意思是：晚上，沙漏里的沙流了12 遍，就是过了 12 个小时，此时钟的时针就刚好转过一圈。
答案：around
73.
解析：本题考查动词用法。时针会一直在走，他们不会停下来思考还要做多少，
还要走多远。母亲是想借此告诉 Frank，做任何事情都不要停下来，要有锲而不舍永不放弃的精神才对。
答案：think
74.
解析：本题考查代词用法。此处指代他母亲让他学的那首诗。
答案：it
75.
解析：本题考查副词用法。本句意思是：一直学习，不要停下来去问还要学多
久。
答案：Never
