Question

综合填空：阅读下面短文，根据短文内容用方框内所给词语的适当形式填空，使短文在结构和意义上完整。（请你一定要注意个别词语的形式变化！）（10分，每题1分）

to be honest ,    no longer ,    clear out ,    part with,    give up ,

My children are growing up fast. As they get bigger, our house seems to get smaller . So we want to sell some of our things in a yard sale and give the money to a children’s home.

We have already 1. _________   a lot of things from our bedrooms. We have decided to each sell five things that we   2.______  use. My son was quite sad at first. Although he has not played with his old toys for a long time, he still wanted to keep them. For example, he has owned a train and railway set since his fourth birthday, and he played with it almost every week until he was about seven. And he did not want to lose his toy monkey, either. He slept next to the monkey every night when he was a child. My daughter was more understanding, although she also felt sad to3. _____    certain toys.

As for me, I did not want to 4.  _____  my football shirts, but, 5._______     , I have not played for a while now. I am getting older, too!

Answer

1.cleared out

2.no longer

3.part with

4.give up

5.to be honest

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：我的孩子们成长得很快，他们长大了，显得我们的房子变得更小了。所以我们希望能卖掉一些我们的东西并将所得的钱捐给一个儿童之家。

1.cleared out 句意：我们已经从卧室里清理出许多东西。根据上下文的语境，可以推测出这里是“清理”的意思，故选clear out。前面加了助动词have，说明句子用的是现在完成时态，动词用过去分词，故填：cleared out。

2.2】no longer句意：我们决定每人卖掉我们不再使用的东西。因为我们在做庭院大甩卖，所以可以推测出是些我们不再使用的东西，故填：no longer。

3.3】part with句意：虽然与某些玩具分开她也感到难过。由感到难过，可以推测出“分开，分离”，故选填：part with。

4.4】give up句意：至于我，我不想放弃我的足球衫。从上下文可以推测出是“不想不要”，故选填：give up(放弃，不要).

5.5】to be honest句意：但是，说老实话，我现在有段时间没有踢足球了。与前面的不舍，形成语义转折，好久没有踢球了，故在中间加入插入语：to be honest（说实在的，说老实话）。

考点：考查故事类短文阅读。