Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式(每空至多3词)。

When an important holiday comes, I usually think of what gifts to buy or prepare for my family members. It is the act itself rather than the thing you buy that 1.(matter). Either a small present, a text message or a phone call can mean a lot to the receivers. 2., I had never got anything from my son, who is a university student. Parents never forget to celebrate their children’s birthday, but their children seem to be very 3. (forget). They seldom do something in return.

Life is unpredictable, and you never know what will happen tomorrow. When my son came back during the summer vacation, my wife and I, as usual, 4. (meet) him at the station.   5.arriving home, much to my surprise, my son took out a wrist watch and gave it to me, 6. (say) it was a birthday gift for me. It is a very fashionable watch, 7. shows not only hours, minutes and seconds but days as well. You can imagine how surprised and excited I was at that moment.

Some people say children get too much care and love from their parents and just take them for granted. It is natural for people to have such concerns and 8.(worry), but things may not turn out as badly as9. (expect). We need to look more at the positive side of life, as a famous writer once said, “Life is 10.best classroom one can never get.”

Answer

1.matters

2.However

3.forgetful

4.met

5.On/Upon

6.saying

7.which

8.worries

9.expected

10.the

【解析】

这是一篇夹叙夹议文。作者最开始认为父母对孩子的爱从来都没有回报，但通过儿子暑假回来送给他一块手表作为生日礼物这件事改变了作者的看法。

1.考查主谓一致及时态。句意：重要的是行为本身而不是你买的东西。此处描述的客观事实，应使用一般现在时；同时这里用了强调句“It is +强调部分+that...”，强调句的特点是去掉It is 和that剩余句子成分还能构成完整句子，matter是动词“重要”的意思，陈述句是The act itself rather than the thing you buy matters。故填matters。

2.考查副词。根据文章第一句“When an important holiday comes, I usually think of what gifts to buy or prepare for my family members.”每当重要的节日到来，我通常会考虑给家人买或准备什么礼物和第四句“I had never got anything from my son,”我从未收到我儿子的任何东西，可知，前后有转折关系，再加上空格后面有逗号，应使用转折副词however。故填However.

3.考查形容词。句意：父母永远不会忘记庆祝他们孩子的生日。固定用法seem to be“好像是...”后面加形容词或名词，这里可以判断是形容词“健忘的”。故填forgetful。

4.考查时态。句意：像往常一样我太太和我去车站接他。根据“When my son came back during the summer vacation,”这个时间状语从句可以判断主句“my wife and I, as usual, ___4___ (meet) him at the station.”中的meet也用过去式。故填met。

5.考查介词。句意：让我们大为吃惊的是，一到家我儿子就拿出一块表送给我。介词后面加名词、代词、动名词，arriving 是动名词，根据句意可以判断用on/upon表示“一...就”。故填On/Upon。

6.考查动词。句意：让我们大为吃惊的是，一到家我儿子就拿出一块表送给我，说是给我的生日礼物。动词say和前面句子没有连词连接说明say不能和谓语动词took out 同等地位，即say 是非谓语动词，它和逻辑主语my son是主动关系，应使用现在分词saying。故填saying。

7.考查定语从句。句意：它是块非常时尚的手表，不但有时针、分针和秒针还有日期。空格处缺少主语，前面先行词a very fashionable watch是物做后面从句主语，有逗号隔开是非限制性定语从句，应使用关系代词which。故填which。

8.考查名词。句意：人们关心和担忧是很自然的。并列连词and前面是可数名词复数concerns“关心的事情”，可以判断worry在这里是可数名词“担忧的事情”，也应使用复数形式。故填worries。

9.考查动词。句意：事情不会和预期的一样糟糕。as+形容词/副词+as和...一样，引导比较状语从句，as badly as后面完整句子应该是things are expected，在状语从句中当主句的主语和从句的主语是同一个，可以省去从句主语和系动词，只保留动词，这里expect应为被动，所以用过去分词expected。故填expected.

10.考查冠词。句意：生活是人们能够得到的最好课堂。这里best是形容词good的最高级修饰后面名词classroom, 形容词最高级要加定冠词the。故填the。