Question

短文填空。（每空2分，共16分）

根据下列短文内容，在短文后的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

Many people think that Americans love their cars almost more than __1.__ else. When young people are fourteen years old， they want to have their _2._cars. They don’t ask  _3.___ a car from their4._. So many of them work in spare time during their last year of high school to buy a car. Learning to5.and getting a driver’s license may be one of the most exciting things in a young person’s life.

　　Some people almost6.go to a doctor when they are ill. But they will take their cars to a garage as soon as they think there is a7.. On Saturdays or Sundays some people may 85 most of their time washing and repairing their cars.

Answer

1.anything

2.own

3.for

4.parents

5.drive

6.never

7.problem

8.spend

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了美国人爱车胜过其他事物的故事，美国的青少年一般不向父母要车，而是靠自己来买车。

1.联系上下文可知此处指的是美国人爱他们的汽车胜过任何其它事物。故填不定代词anything，任何事。

2.结合语境可知他们想有自己的汽车，故填形容词own，自己的，作定语。

3.考查短语ask for请求，要求。故填介词for，为了。

4.联系下文，可知他们不向父母要车。结合语境可知他们应该有多个父母，故填复数名词parents，父母。

5.联系下文得到驾照，可知此处指的是学习驾驶，本句中to是不定式符号，后面用动词原形，故填原形动词drive，驾驶。

6.联系下文，可知一些人生病后几乎从不去看医生，故填副词never，从来不，作状语。

7.联系上文，可知此处指的是汽车有了毛病，结合前文不定冠词a，可知填单数名词problem，问题，毛病。

8.联系上下文，可知考查动词spend。spend用于sb spend...on sth或者sb spend...in doing sth（in可以省略），spend的主语必须是人，可以指花费时间、也可以指花费金钱；

考点：短文中词汇短语的运用能力