Question

短文填空

从方框中选择恰当的词，并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、通顺，每个词限用一次。

they, time, problem, way, have, health, many, breakfast, smoke, parent

How often do you have dinner with your family?

Studies show that family dinner hour is an important part of 1. ________ living. When family members eat together, they are more likely (可能的) to eat2.________ fruit and vegetables and less junk food. When younger kids often eat dinner with 3.______ family, they are less likely to be overweight (超重的).

In the US, about one in five children aged 6—19 are overweight. That puts them at higher risk of many health4.________ later in life.

“One of the simplest ways for parents to understand their teenagers better is by 5. ________ family dinners often,” said Joseph Califano Jr., an expert from Columbia University.

Joseph did a national phone survey (调查) of 1,000 teenagers and 829 6._______ of teenagers. The survey results show that eating dinner as a family helped kids in many7._______. It helped them get better grades, and kept them away from bad habits like8.________, drinking and taking drugs.

In fact, it’s not the family dinner that’s important; it’s the 9.________ together. It doesn’t have to be dinner. It could be lunch or10.________. The point (重点) is not being in the same space at the same time while eating. The point is sharing and communication.

Answer

1.healthy

2.more

3.their

4.problems

5.having

6.parents

7.ways

8.smoking

9.time

10.breakfast

【解析】

试题分析：你多长时间和家人在一起吃饭，研究表明家庭聚餐是健康生活重要的一部分。在一起吃饭的时候会倾向于多吃蔬菜和水果，少吃些垃圾食品。家庭成员一起吃饭也能帮助父母更好的了解他们的孩子，帮助孩子健康成长，远离不好的习惯。

1.句意：研究表明家庭聚餐时间是健康生活的重要的一部分。healthy是名词health的形容词形式，意为健康的，健全的，有益健康的。根据下文可知家庭聚餐有益健康，所以选healthy。在本句中修饰名词living生活 ，作定语。

2.句意：当家庭成员一起吃饭时，他们更可能多吃一些水果和蔬菜而少吃垃圾食品。more这里是形容词，many的比较级，意为更多的，和后面的less更少的相对。

3.句意：当小孩子经常和家人一起吃饭，他们更不容易超重。their他们的 them的形容词性物主代词，在本句中修饰family。由句意很容易选出这个单词，需要注意的只是改变格式。

4.句意：在美国六到十九岁的儿童中，大约有五分之一超重，这使他们在以后的人生中面临许多的健康问题的风险。problem n.问题，难题。因为前面有many 所以这里要用名词的复数形式problems 。

5.句意：父母了解他们青少年孩子的最简单的方式之一就是经常家庭聚餐。have dinner吃饭，因为是跟在介词by 后面的宾语所以动词要用现在分词形式having。

6.句意：约瑟夫对本国的1000名青少年和829名青少年的父母做了一个电话调查。parent父母亲，这里要用复数parents 。

7.句意：调查结果显示，作为一个家庭一起吃饭，会在很多方面对青少年有很大的帮助。way方式，方法。in way 在……方面。因为前面有many修饰所以用复数ways

8.句意：这帮助他们取得更好的成绩，让他们远离不好的习惯，如吸烟、喝酒和吸毒。smoke 烟，吸烟，keep away from…远离……介词后面的动词要用动名词形式smoking。

9.句意：实际上，重要的不是家庭聚餐而是在一起的时间。time n.时间，time together 在一起的时间，together作为补语跟在名词后面进行修饰。

10.句意：这也没有必要一定是晚餐，也可以是午餐或者早餐。breakfast n.早餐，早饭。这里的breakfast和前面的lunch并列。

考点：短文填空