Question

【題目】閱讀下面短文，在空白處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，或填入括號(hào)中所給單詞的正確形式(每空不多于3個(gè)單詞)。

My name is Peter. I am a school boy. I am fifteen years old now. I have an 【1】(old) sister. Her name is Amy. She is eighteen years old now. She has 【2】(change) a lot in the past few years. My parents often say she has grown up.

She used to be afraid of 【3】 (fly) in a plane. When we used to travel to somewhere far away, she didn't want to go there by plane. She preferred to take the train even 【4】 the train was much slower. But now she doesn't mind 【5】 (take) the plane. She used to be afraid of the dark. She went to sleep with her bedroom light 【6】 every night. She was also afraid of the insects like spiders. She even would cry 【7】 she saw the spiders. She used to like to eat candy every day. But now she isn't afraid of the dark or spiders any 【8】. She never eats candy. She pays attention 【9】 her health very much.

My mother often asks me 【10】 (learn) from her.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 elder

【2】 changed

【3】 flying

【4】 though

【5】 taking

【6】 on

【7】 when

【8】 more/longer

【9】 to

【10】 to learn

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要講的是Peter的姐姐Amy最近幾年里改變了很多，她過(guò)去害怕坐飛機(jī)，害怕黑暗和蜘蛛，并且很喜歡吃糖，可現(xiàn)在再也不吃糖了，也不怕黑了。媽媽讓Peter向姐姐學(xué)習(xí)。

【1】句意：我有一個(gè)姐姐。根據(jù)I am fifteen years old now.以及She is eighteen years old now.可知這里為“年長(zhǎng)的”，答案為elder。

【2】句意：在過(guò)去的幾年里，她改變了很多。根據(jù)in the past few years可知本句為現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，空前有has，空處為過(guò)去分詞，答案為changed。

【3】句意：她以前害怕坐飛機(jī)。be afraid of doing sth.害怕做某事。答案為flying。

【4】句意：盡管火車更慢一些，她還是喜歡坐火車。even though雖然，即使。結(jié)合句意可知，答案為though。

【5】句意：但現(xiàn)在她不介意坐飛機(jī)。mind doing sth.介意做某事。故答案為taking。

【6】句意：她每晚開(kāi)著臥室的燈睡覺(jué)。with light on中的on是形容詞，修飾light表“燈開(kāi)著”的狀態(tài)。答案為on。

【7】句意：她看到蜘蛛時(shí)甚至?xí)�哭。結(jié)合句意可知，答案為when。

【8】句意：但現(xiàn)在她不再害怕黑暗和蜘蛛了。not any more/longer不再。故答案為more/longer。

【9】句意：她非常注意她的健康。pay attention to注意。結(jié)合句意可知，答案為to。

【10】句意：我媽媽經(jīng)常讓我向她學(xué)習(xí)。ask sb. to do sth.要求某人做某事。故答案為to learn。