Question

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式(最多限填3个单词)。

Years ago, I lived in an apartment in a large city. The house next door was only a few meters away from 1.(my). Through the window, I could often see a woman reading in the house every afternoon.

Several 2.(month) went by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was not very clear through the dirty window. I wondered 3. the woman didn't wash her window. It 4.(real) looked terrible.

One bright morning, I decided 5.(clean) my house, including washing the window inside. Late in the afternoon when I 6.(finish) all the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee. 7. surprising! I found that the woman's window was so clean 8. she could be seen clearly sitting by the window.

That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at others through my 9. shortcomings(缺点)?

Since then, I have always been thinking more 10. before and trying to clean the dirty window, in this way, I may see the world around me more clearly.

Answer

1. mine

2. months

3. why

4. really

5. to clean

6. finished

7. How

8. that

9. own

10. than

【解析】

本文讲述了作者看不清楚邻居家的窗户，认为邻居家的窗户是脏的，后来发现是自己的窗户脏了。这个故事告诉我们，经常用自己的缺点去看别人，以为别人有错。

1.mine

句意：隔壁的房子离我的只有几米远。此处表示我的房子，故用my的名词性物主代词，故为mine。

2.months

句意：几个月过去了，我开始注意到她的窗户是脏的。有several修饰，故用复数名词，故为months。

3.why

句意：我想知道为什么那位妇女不擦窗户。根据wonder可知此处接的宾语从句用疑问句，表示她不擦窗户的原因，故用疑问词why。

4.really

句意：它看起来真糟糕。修饰动词look故用real的副词形式，故为really。

5.to clean

句意：一个亮丽的早上，我决定打扫我的房子，包括擦洗里面的窗户。decide to do sth决定做某事，故用动词不定式to clean。

6.finished

句意：下午晚些时候，当我打扫完所有的房间时，我坐在窗边喝咖啡。根据sat down可知此处用一般过去时，故为finished。

7.How

句意：多么令人惊讶啊！修饰形容词surprising的感叹句，故用How。

8.that

句意：我认为那位妇女的窗户是如此的干净，以至于她能清楚地被看见坐在窗户边。so+形容词/副词+that+从句，表示“如此……以至于…….”，故为that。

9.own

句意：我多久用自己的缺点来看其他人一次？此处表示我自己的缺点，修饰名词shortcomings故用形容词own。

10.than

句意：自从那时起，我比以前想得更多，努力擦干净脏的窗户，用这种方法，我可以更清楚地看到我周围的世界。根据more可知此处用比较级，故用介词than。