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阅读下列短文，根据短文内容填空。在未给提示词的空白处仅填写1个适当的单词。在给出提示词的空白处用括号内所给词的正确形式填空。
My husband was looking___21___our two little nieces. They started crying when my husband cooked lunch. He ran into the room and___22___(see) a small scorpion(蝎子), so my husband picked it up. The older girl said, "Girls can't deal with it." My husband told her, "you never have to be afraid of something only because you’re a gin. You are as smart and strong as any boy.” He held the scorpion's tail with his___23___(finger). The girl asked to hold it. So my husband put it on her hands while he held the tail. She was so proud of___24___(her) that she talked about it until she went to sleep.
【答案】21. after
22. saw 23. fingers
24. herself
【解析】
这是一篇记叙文。本文主要讲的是“我”丈夫在照看两个小侄女时，因为一只小蝎子两个女孩哭叫起来，在丈夫的鼓励下，大侄女勇敢地尝试拿一下这只蝎子，她为自己感到骄傲，一直谈论到睡觉。
【21题详解】
考查固定短语。句意：我丈夫正在照顾我们的两个小侄女。根据后文，我的丈夫跑进屋内查看发生了什么事情，可知丈夫是在照顾两个小侄女。look after照顾，是固定短语，故填after。
【22题详解】
考查时态。句意：他跑进房间，看见一只小蝎子，所以我丈夫把它捡了起来。see和ran into是并列的谓语动词，因此应该使用一般过去时，故填saw。
【23题详解】
考查名词的数。句意：他用手指握住蝎子的尾巴。根据常识判断，丈夫用手握住蝎子的尾巴，应该是使用不止一只手指，因此finger要使用复数形式，故填fingers。
【24题详解】
考查反身代词。句意：她为自己感到自豪，一直谈论到睡觉。侄女对“自己”感到很自豪，因此使用反身代词，故填herself。
