Question

根据短文内容和所给中文提示，在空白处写出单词的正确形式。每空限填一词。

All About “A-thons”

A marathon(马拉松) is a long-distance running race. Now it is not only a competition, but some people organize marathons for charity(慈善). Runners get friends, families and other people to

   1. (支持) them. They promise to provide a certain amount of money for every race. For example, if the runner runs one     2. (千米), the providers each give the runner $1 for the charity.

A    3. (充足) of money can be raised this way. However, not everyone can run, so people in the USA have thought of other ways to raise money, using the idea of a marathon.

Walk-a-thons  A walk-a-thon is   4.    (相似的) to a marathon, but people walk 5.      (代替) of running. This is a common  way  for people to raise money.

Read-a-thons Many schools organize read-a-thons to raise money. Students can get money

   6.  (简单地) for the number of books they read . They might be given a certain    7.  (阶段) of time to read.Little kids can   8.  (进入) the reading competition according to the  number of pages they read. The read-a-thons are 9. (举行) not only to raise money, but also to encourage teenagers to read.

Bowl-a-thons Bowling is a 10.  (受欢迎的) sport in the USA. In a bowl-a-thon, people raise money for every point they get in the game. The higher the score is, the more money they make for the charity.

Answer

1.support

2.kilometer/kilometre

3.lot

4.instead

5.popular/welcome

6.simply/easily

7.ten

8.pages

9.held

10.interesting/enjoyable

【解析】

试题分析：马拉松比赛现在不仅是一场比赛也是一些人为慈善筹钱的一种方式。根据这种想法，人们还想出了其他的比赛方式为慈善机构筹集钱。

1.马拉松选手使朋友，家人和其他人支持他们。get sb to do sth促使某人做某事，故填, support

2.例如，如果运动员跑一千米，供应商为慈善给运动员一美元。结合句意，故填kilometer/kilometre

3.用这种方式，许多钱能筹集起来。 a lot of 许多，结合句意，故填lot

4.walk-a-thon 和马拉松类似，但是人们步行代替了跑步。instead of代替，故填instead

5.这是人们最受欢迎的筹集钱的方式之一。结合句意，故填popular/welcome

6.学生能容易地获得钱因为他们在给出时间内读书的数目。结合句意，故填simply/easily

7.他们可能有十周时间阅读。结合句意，故填ten

8.小孩子也能通过他们读了多少页书获得钱。结合句意，故填pages

9.举行read-a-thons不仅是为了筹集钱也是为了鼓励青少年阅读。结合句意，故填held

10.interesting/enjoyable

考点：日常生活类短文。