Question

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整。（每空一词）

At last, the mid-term exams are over. You’ve done the hard work, b 1. you can’t relax. You have to prepare for the next exams. Do you hate exams? If you do, you’re not alone. Students in o 2. countries hate them as well.

Luckily for them, British students have f 3.  exams than Chinese students. And they o 4. have them once a year. Every summer they take a test in each subject. Each test lasts about an hour. These exams don’t count for much. Even if a student does really b 5. they still progress to the next year. When the results come out they are then placed in an end-of-year report. The report is sent to the child’s p 6. . It describes how the student studied at school.

This report is private（私密的）, so only the teacher, the student and his or her parents see it. This m 7.  that the students don’t know how other students scored in the test. Some students choose to tell each other, but others keep it s 8. .

Parents’ meetings are held t 9. a year, at the end of the winter term and then at the end of the summer term. Children go to meet their teachers w 10.  their parents and discuss their performance at school.

Answer

1.but

2.other

3.fewer

4.only

5.badly

6.parents

7.means

8.secret

9.twice

10.with

【解析】

试题分析：

1.联系上下文可知前后是转折关系，结合首字母可知填连词but，但是。

2.根据下文描述可知此处指的是其它国家，结合首字母可知填other，其它的。

3.联系下文可知英国学生比中国学生考试少，根据介词than，结合首字母可知填比较级fewer，更少的。

4.结合语境可知句意为：他们一年只靠一次，结合首字母可知填only，仅仅，只。

5.联系下文可知意思为真的考的很不好，结合首字母可知填副词badly坏地，恶劣的地。

6.结合语境可知这个报告送到父母手中，结合首字母可知填parents，父母。

7.联系下文可知句意为：这意味着这些学生不知道其他学生在考试中考的怎么样。结合语境可知句子是一般现在时态，主语this为单数第三人称，故谓语动词用单数形式。结合首字母可知填means，意味着。

8.联系上文一些学生选择告诉彼此，但是其他人选择保密。本句中keep是系动词，后面用形容词作表语。结合首字母可知填secret，秘密的。

9.联系语境可知句意为：家长会一年举行两次，结合首字母可知填twice，两次。

10.联系上下文可知意思是和他们的父母，故填介词with，和。

考点：短文中词汇语法的应用能力

点评 ：首字母填空一直是英语考试中的难点，得分率比较低。其解题原则首先要根据句子中上下文等信息判断出句意，结合首字母确定所需单词。然后根据该单词在句子中的句子成分，所起作用，确定单词词形，进行适当词形变化。