Question

词汇应用

阅读下面的短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，必要时可以加助动词。

I have lived in Beijing all my life. I will tell you about my life today and in the past. My family lived in a tiny house in the past. There 1._____(be) no electric lights, only candles. My father was a postman, and he often 2._______(work) twelve hours a day outside in the winter cold or in the summer heat. My mum was a farm girl before she met my father. She was a kind and loving mother. She 3.______(not go ) out to work. There were five 4._____ (child) in my family and looking after us was more than a full-time job.

I remember the family meals. The food was simple. We could only eat meat5._____(one) or twice a year. I 6._______ (not send) to school because my family couldn’t afford it, and what’s more, because I was a girl.

Today, life7.______(change). Families have got 8.________(small) than they were in the past. Most people only have one child! The role of women has changed too. My daughter is

Really 9._____ (luck) .She has a good education, and she goes to work even after getting 10._______(marry). I’m happy to see she’s busy 11._______(work) every day, but sometimes I feel lonely because she can’t come12._______(see) me often.

Answer

1.were

2.worked

3.didn’t go

4.children

5.once

6.wasn’t sent

7.has changed

8.smaller

9.lucky

10.married

11.working

12.to see

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：该文作者在北京住了一辈子。本文中他告诉读者他的过去和今天的生活。过去住着小房子，没有电灯，只有蜡烛。今天生活发生了很大变化。现在的家庭小了，妇女的角色也发生了改变。

1.根据上句中的in the past 可知该用一般过去时，句中主语electric lights 是复数，所以填写were。

2.根据并列句My father was a postman 可知本句该用一般过去时，所以填写worked。

3.她不能外出工作。联系上下文可知本句该用一般过去时，而谓语动词是实意动词，所以填写didn’t go。

4.在我的家有五个孩子。所填名词被基数词five 修饰，所以该用复数名词，故填写children。

5.一年我们只能吃肉一两次。根据并列词twice 可知该填写副词once。

6.不能送我去上学，因为我的家庭负担不起学费。根据语境可知本句主语I 是动词send的承受者，该用被动语态，所以填写wasn’t sent。

7.现在生活已经改变了。联系下句Families have got ________(small) than they were in the past.可知该用现在完成时，而本句主语是life，所以填写has changed。

8.家庭比过去小。由than 可知该用比较级，所以填写smaller。

9.句意：我的女儿真的幸运。所填词被副词really修饰该用形容词，所以填写lucky。

10.她甚至结婚后还去工作。get married结婚，是一个固定短语，所以填写married。

11.我很高兴看到她每天忙于工作。Be busy doing sth忙于做某事，所以填写working。

12.但是有时我感到孤独，因为她不能常来看我。此处表示来的目的，该用动词不定式，所以填写to see。

考点：单词填空。