Question

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.

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 is4.(相似的) to a marathon, but people walk5.(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 can8.(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.Plenty

4.similar

5.instead

6.simply/easily

7.period

8.enter

9.held/had

10.popular/welcome

【解析】本文介绍了马拉松比赛，它是长距离长跑比赛，但是现在的马拉松比赛不仅是一场竞赛，

也是一些人为慈善筹钱的一种方式。然而，并不是每个人都能跑，所以美国人想到了用马拉松的方式筹集资金的其他方法为慈善筹款，像马拉松健走，马拉松阅读，马拉松保龄球等。

1.句意：马拉松选手让朋友，家人和其他人支持他们。短语get sb. to do sth.：让某人做某事，使某人做某事；结合句意、汉语提示和语境可知填support。

2.句意：例如，如果运动员跑一千米，供应商给运动员1美元做慈善。one，一…，后面的名词用单数形式；结合句意、汉语提示和语境可知填kilometer /kilometer 。

3.句意：用这种方式，许多钱能筹集起来。短语a lot of：大量的，充足的，许多的；结合句意、汉语提示和语境可知填lot。

4.句意：马拉松健走比赛和马拉松类似，但是人们步行代替了跑步。短语be similar to：与…类似；结合句意、汉语提示和语境可知填similar 。

5.句意：马拉松健走比赛和马拉松类似，但是人们步行代替了跑步。短语instead of：代替，替代，而不是，介词短语，后面跟名词，代词或动名词；结合句意、汉语提示和语境可知填instead。

6.句意：学生能容易地获得适合于他们阅读书的数量的钱。副词修饰动词，结合句意、汉语提示和语境可知填simply/easily。

7.句意：他们可能被给予一特的一段时间来阅读。短语a period of 一段时间，一个…时期；结合句意、汉语提示和语境可知填period。

8.句意：小孩能参见阅读比赛，是根据他们阅读的页数。can情态动词，后面跟动词原形；短语enter the competition： 进入比赛，参赛；结合句意、汉语提示和语境可知填enter。

9.句意：举行马拉松阅读比赛不仅是为了筹集钱也是为了鼓励青少年阅读。短语hold the read-a-thons：举行马拉松阅读比赛。本句是被动语态，被动语态构成：be + 动词的过去分词；结合句意、汉语提示和语境可知填held。

10.句意：保龄球是美国很流行的（受欢迎的）运动。受欢迎的：popular/welcome；结合句意、汉语提示和语境可知填popular/welcome。