Question

短文综合填空。

   Do you have a pen friend? Do you still remember the time 1._______you began to write to each other? Are you still writing to each other now? Let’s read a 2. _______of a pair of pen friends.

   Audrey Sims and Norma Frati are pen friends. Sims is from Australia, and Frati is from America. They 3._______to write to each other over 70 years ago, because their teachers4. _______them to write a letter as part of a pen friend program in school. They wrote more than 3,0005.______in the past years, 6._______Sims and her friend Frati had never met each other until 2013. Sims was 83 years old and Frati was 87. Last year Sims came to America to visit her old pen friend for the 7._______time.

  “I think we are 8._______to each other. We’re both married and divorced(离婚)and married again, and it’s almost the same,” said Sims. 9._______Sims and Frati love flowers and they planned to visit some gardens together in America. And the two women said that when Sims went back to 10._______, they would keep on writing.

Answer

1.when

2.story

3.started/began

4.asked

5.letters

6.but

7.first

8.similar

9.Both

10.Australia

【解析】

试题分析：此篇文章介绍的是一对笔友坚持写信的情况。

1.1】句意：你还能想起来你们开始互相写信的时候吗？此题考查定语从句，根据句意，故填when。

2.2】句意：让我们读一个有关一对笔友的故事。此题考查名词，根据句意，故填story。

3.3】句意：他们开始写信是在七十多年前。此题考查动词，根据句意，故填started/began。

4.4】句意：70年前，他们开始互相写信给对方，因为他们的老师要求他们在学校里给笔友写一封信。此题考查动词，根据句意，故填asked。

5.5】句意：在过去的几年里，他们写了3000多封信。此题考查名词，根据句意，故填letters。

6.6】句意：但是Sims和她的朋友直到2013年才见了面。此题考查连词，根据句意，故填but。

7.7】句意：去年，Sims第一次来到美国，第一次拜访她的老笔友。此题考查序数词，根据句意，故填first。

8.8】句意：我想我们是彼此相似的。此题考查形容词，根据句意，故填similar。

9.9】句意：西姆斯和Frati都爱花，他们计划一起去美国去参观一些花园。此题考查both…and两者都，根据句意，故填Both。

10.10】句意：这两个女人说，当Sims回到澳大利亚，他们会继续写信。此题考查名词，根据句意，故填Australia。

考点：考查短文填空。