Question

Around the year 1000 A.D., some people from Northwest India began to travel westward. Nobody knows why.1. they left their homes, they didn't settle down any more, but spent their lives 2.(move) from one to another. Their later generations were called the Romany people of Gypsies (吉普赛人). There're Gypsies all over the world, many of 3. are still traveling with no fixed homes. There are about 8,000,000 of them, including 3,000,000 in the Eastern Europe. Gypsies sometimes have 4. hard time in foreign countries because they are different. People may be afraid of them, look down 5. them, or think that they are criminals(罪犯). The Nazis treated the Gypsies 6.(cruel), like the Jews, and nobody knows how many of them 7.(die) in Hitler's death camps. Gypsies have 8. own language, Romany. They like music and dancing. Traveling is of great importance to them, and many Gypsies are unhappy when they have to stay in one place. Because of this, it is difficult 9. Gypsy children to go to school, so Gypsies are often unable to read and write. In some places, the educational authorities try to arrange special traveling schools for Gypsy children, so that they can get the same education 10. other children.

Answer

1.After

2.moving

3.whom

4.a

5.on/upon

6.cruelly

7.died

8.their

9.for

10.as

【解析】本文介绍吉普赛人的悲惨命运。

1.句意:他们离开之后,他们没有在定居。根据句意可知此处是after引导的时间状语从句，答案为After。注意大写开头。

2.固定搭配：spend---doing sth.花费时间做---，句意：从一个地方到另一个地方移动。可知答案为moving。

3.Gypsies在此处是先行词，指人，在后面的非限制性定语从中做介词of的宾语，可知答案为whom。

4.句意：吉普赛人有时在国外很难，因为他们是不同的。have a hard time有一个艰难的时刻，可知填a。

5.句意：人们害怕他们，轻视他们或者认为他们是罪犯。Look down on/upon轻视，可知答案为on/upon。

6.纳粹党人残酷地对待吉普赛人。副词修饰动词，可知答案为cruelly。

7.句意：没有人知道他们当中有多少人死在希特勒的死亡营里。句子用一般过去时态，答案为died。

8.句意：吉普赛人有他们自己的语言。可知答案为their。

9.句意：吉普赛人的孩子去上学是很难的。for sb. to do sth.某人做某事，这是动词不定式的复合结构。答案为for。

10.句意：结果他们能得到与其他孩子相同的教育。the same---as---，同样地，可知答案为as。