时事语法填空 牛郎织女

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Once there was a cowherd, Niulang, who lived with his elder brother and sister-in-law. But she disliked and abused him, and the boy ___1___(force) to leave home with only ___2___ old cow for company.
One day the cow led Niulang to a lake ___3___ fairies took a bath on earth. Among them was Zhinu, the ___4___(beautiful) fairy and a skilled seamstress(织女).
The two fell in love ___5___ first sight and were soon married. They had a son and a daughter.
However, marriage between a mortal and fairy was ___6___(strict) forbidden. Jade Emperor sent the empress to take Zhinu back to heaven.
Niulang grew desperate. ___7___(drive) by his misery, the cow told him to turn its hide(皮) into a pair of shoes after it died. The magic shoes whisked(迅速带走) Niulang, who carried his two ___8___(child) in baskets strung from a shoulder pole, off on a chase after the empress.
The pursuit angered the empress, who took her hairpin and cut it across the sky, creating the Milky Way, which separated husband from wife.
But all was not lost as magpies, moved by their love and ___9___(devote), formed a bridge across the Milky Way to reunite the family.
Even the Jade Emperor was touched, and allowed Niulang and Zhinu ___10___(meet) once a year on the seventh night of the seventh month.

传说织女偷偷下到凡间，私自嫁给牛郎，过上男耕女织的生活。此事惹怒了天帝，把织女捉回天宫，责令他们分离，只允许他们每年的农历七月七日在鹊桥上相会一次。他们坚贞的爱情感动了喜鹊，无数喜鹊飞来，用身体搭成一道跨越天河的喜鹊桥，让牛郎织女在天河上相会。

答案解析
1.was forced考查被动语态。牛郎被迫离家，用被动语态。
2.an考查冠词。an old cow一头老牛。表示“一”，用不定冠词。元音前用an。
3.where考查定语从句。因先行词为lake，指地点，且所填词不在从名中作主语或宾语，所以用where引导定语从句。
4.most beautiful 考查形容词比较等级。the most beautiful fairy 最美丽的仙女。
5.at 考查介词。at first sight 一看到…就;一见。
6.strictly 考查词类转换。be strictly forbidden严禁。修饰动词forbidden，用副词作状语。
7.Driven 考查非谓语。因牛是“被驱使”，用过去分词作状语，表被动。
8.children 考查名词复数。因是两个孩子，用复数。
9.devotion 考查词类转换。moved by their love and devotion 被他们的爱和忠诚所感动。与love并列，用名词作介词by的宾语。
10.to meet 考查非谓语。allow sb. to do... 允许某人做……。