Question

任务型阅读。阅读下面的材料，根据其内容填空，完成后面的表格。

Life is like the four seasons. Now I am very old, and I am not busy any more. I have time to look back on it.

When I was young, it was the spring of my life. I was born. I played a lot, and then I started school. I learned many new things. Like a flower, I grew bigger every day. There were happy days and sad days: some days the sun shone, and some days it didn’t.

In my twenties, I started to work to make money. I was strong and happy. Then I married (结婚) and had a child. In those days, I didn’t have much time to think. Every day I was busy and worked very hard. The summer of my life passed quickly.

Then the days got shorter. Leaves fell from the trees. My child was a college student, and then an engineer. I started walking more slowly. One day I didn’t work any more. I had more time. I understood this was my autumn, a beautiful time when the trees change colour and give us delicious fruits.

But the days kept getting shorter and colder. Winter has come. I am older and not as strong as before. I know I do not have many days left, but I will enjoy them to the end and try to make my winter a warm one.

The four seasons of my life

Spring	I was like a flower and1. bigger every day. I played and learned a lot. And there were both happy days and 2.days.
Summer	I began making money and had my family in my twenties. I had 3. time to think. Time passed4..
Autumn	My child became a(n) 5. after leaving college. I walked slowly and 6. working. I knew it was my 7..
Winter	I am older and not as8. as before. I will 9. my days to the end and make my life 10..

Answer

1.grew

2.sad

3.less

4.quickly

5.engineer

6.stopped

7.autumn

8.strong

9.enjoy

10.warm

【解析】这篇短文的作者把人生比作四个季节来进行说明，分别介绍了人生每个季节的一些特点。

1.句意：我就像一朵花，每天都在长大。根据第2段第5句Like a flower, I grew bigger every day.（像一朵花，我一天天长大。）结合句意可知填grew。

2.句意：既有快乐的日子也有悲伤的日子。根据第2段第6句There were happy days and sad days:（有快乐的日子和悲伤的日子：）结合句意可知填sad。

3.句意：我没有时间思考了。根据第三段第4句In those days, I didn’t have much time to think.（在那些日子里，我没有多少时间思考。）结合句意可知填less 。

4.句意：时间过得很快。根据第三段最后一句The summer of my life passed quickly.（我生命的夏天很快就过去了。）结合句意可知填quickly。

5.句意：我的孩子毕业后成了一名工程师。根据第4段第3句My child was a college student, and then an engineer.（我的孩子是大学生，后来当了一名工程师。）结合句意可知填engineer。

6.句意：我走路走得很慢，而且停止了工作。根据第4段第4/5句I started walking more slowly. One day I didn’t work any more.（我开始走得更慢。有一天我不再工作。）结合句意可知填stopped。

7.句意：我知道那是我的秋天。根据第4段第6句I understood this was my autumn, a beautiful time when the trees change colour and give us delicious fruits.（我明白这是我的秋天，这是一个美丽的时刻，树木改变颜色，给我们美味的水果。）结合句意可知填autumn。

8.句意：我年纪大了，没有以前那么强壮了。根据第5段第3句I am older and not as strong as before.（我年纪大了，没有以前那么强壮了。）结合句意可知填strong。

9.句意：我将享受我生命中的每一天，让我的生活温暖起来。根据第5段最后一句I know I do not have many days left, but I will enjoy them to the end and try to make my winter a warm one.（我知道我剩下的日子不多了，但我会尽情享受，努力使我的冬天变得温暖。）结合句意可知填enjoy。

10.句意：我将享受我生命中的每一天，让我的生活温暖起来。根据第5段最后一句I know I do not have many days left, but I will enjoy them to the end and try to make my winter a warm one.（我知道我剩下的日子不多了，但我会尽情享受，努力使我的冬天变得温暖。）结合句意可知填warm。