Question

Sally was fourteen．She studied in a middle school．She liked dancing and singing and s _1.__ a lot of time on them．But she hated math and even decided to give it up．Her father was w __2.____ about it．

It was Sunday．Sally’s father gave a call to his sister who t _3.___ math in another school．He hoped she would come and tell his daughter how to learn math．The woman came and said, “ You are a clever girl, Sally．I’m sure you will soon learn math well if you do your b __4.___．”

“ I’m afraid I can’t , Aunt,” said Sally．“ G _5.____ can’t be good at math ．”

“ I don’t think so,” said the woman．“ I was good at it when was a girl．You must do more e 6.____ and try different ways to practice d ___7.___ math problems until you work them out or at least understand them better．Here is a math problem．Please think it o ___8.___ and see if you can work it out．”

“ Ok,” said the girl．“ Let me try．”

About an hour later Sally took the exercise book to her aunt and said, “ I’ve t 9.___ several times and worked out the problem at last!”

“ Well done !” her aunt looked at her answer and said h_10.____, “ Now you see, math is not as difficult as you thought．”

Answer

1.spent

2.worried

3.taught

4.best

5.Girls

6.exercises

7.doing

8.over

9.tried

10.happily

【解析】

试题分析：

1.句意：她喜欢跳舞和唱歌，而且花很多时间在上面。Spend花费，动词，句中用过去式spent。

2.句意：她父亲很担心。短语be worried about担心……。

3.句意：Sally的父亲给他在另一所学校教数学的姐姐打了个电话。Teach教，过去式是taught。

4.句意：我确定你会学好数学的，如果你尽你的努力。短语do one’s best尽最大努力，故填best。

5.句意：女孩是不可能学好数学的。Girl女孩，可数名词，句中用复数girls.

6.句意：你必须多做习题。Exercises练习题，注意用复数形式。

7.句意：用不同的方法来练习做数学题目，直到你做出来。Practice doing sth.练习做某事。

8.句意：请认真思考，看你能否解决。短语think over仔细思考。

9.句意：我试了很多次，终于解答了这个题目。Try尝试，句中用现在完成时，try用过去分词tried。

10.她姑姑看着她的答案高兴地说。Happily高兴地，副词，用来修饰动词。

考点：短文填空。