Question

閱讀短文，根據短文內容和已給出的首字母，在空白處填入適當的單詞。
Tom is a student of Hongqi Middle school. He u______小題1:to be interested in comics about insects. He often borrowed some because he couldn’t a_______小題2:to buy too many comics. Every day he wasted most of his time on these comics and was not patient with h _______小題3:in his study.
One day Tom caught an insect at school and c_______小題4:lots of trouble. To his s_______小題5:, the insect died half an hour later. That night, Tom had a bad dream. He was so t________小題6: of it. Then he went to sleep with his bedroom light o________小題7:.
Tom knew it was the insect’s d_______小題8: that terrified him. Also, Tom found it was necessary for him to p______小題9: attention to his daily studies. Only in this way could he forget that insect. In the e______小題10:, Tom made a decision to change himself.
Now Tom has become one of the best students in his class.

Answer 1

小題1:used
小題2:afford
小題3:himself
小題4:caused
小題5:surprise
小題6:terrified
小題7:on
小題8:death
小題9:pay
小題10:end

試題分析：
小題1:根據下文描述可知句意為他過去常常對關于昆蟲的漫畫感興趣。結合首字母可知填used。
小題2:根據上文他常常借，可知他買不起，結合首字母可知填afford。
小題3:聯(lián)系前文可知句意為：在學習上他對自己沒有耐心，結合首字母可知填himself。
小題4:聯(lián)系下文可知引起了麻煩，結合首字母可知填caused。
小題5:聯(lián)系下文insect died half an hour later 可知他很吃驚，結合首字母可知填surprise。
小題6:聯(lián)系上文That night, Tom had a bad dream.及下文描述，可知他做了個噩夢，結合首字母可知填terrified，他是如此害怕。
小題7:結合語境可知句意為：然后他就開著燈睡覺了，結合首字母可知填on。
小題8:結合上文可知是這只蟲子的死嚇壞了他，結合前文名詞所有格及首字母可知填名詞death。
小題9:聯(lián)系下文可知考查短語pay attention to 注意，重視，結合首字母可知填pay。
小題10:聯(lián)系語境可知考查短語in the end終于，最后。結合首字母可知填end。
點評 ：首字母填空一直是英語考試中的難點，得分率比較低。其解題原則首先要根據句子中上下文等信息判斷出句意。然后根據該單詞在句子中的句子成分，所起作用，確定單詞詞形，進行適當詞形變化。