Question

    Alice Mak is a shy artist in Hong Kong. As a child, she1.（especial）liked drawing.

In college, Mak decided to study illustration（插画）. At that time, there were few illustrators in Hong Kong. Mak, however, was2.（luck）. Her teacher introduced her to lots of world-famous illustrators. Mak wrote letters to3.（they）to ask about their opinions about her work. The young4.（art）learned a lot from these famous illustrators.

Over the years, Mak has5.（create）lots of interesting characters. Some of them, like McDull（麦兜）, brought great success to her. The artist, however, is not interested in her popularity.

She doesn't like giving speeches. She doesn't like talking to6.（stranger）, either. Most of the time, she refuses to be interviewed. As a result, some people describe her as an unfriendly person.

Instead of7.（prepare）for interviews, Mak spends most of her time drawing. “To me, drawing is like a language,” says Mak. “If I don't know how to say something to you, I will draw it.”

Answer

1.especially

2.lucky

3.them

4.artist

5.created

6.strangers

7.preparing

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了香港插画家麦家碧对画画的兴趣及创作经历。

1.句意：作为一个孩子，她尤其喜欢画画。

空格后面是动词，副词修饰动词，especial是形容词，副词形式为especially。故答案为especially。

2.句意：然而，麦家碧很幸运。

根据后一句“她的老师把她介绍给了许多世界知名的插画家们”可知，麦家碧是很幸运的。luck是名词，系动词后面跟形容词构成系表结构，故答案为lucky。

3.句意：麦家碧给他们写了许多信件征求他们对自己作品的意见。

to是介词，后面跟人称代词宾格形式，故答案为them。

4.句意：这位年轻的艺术家从这些著名的插画家那里学到了很多知识。

这里指的是麦家碧，art 意为“艺术”，“艺术家”为artist。故答案为artist。

5.句意：经过多年的努力，麦家碧创造了许多有趣的角色。

has是助动词，后面跟动词的过去分词构成现在完成时，故答案为created。

6.句意：她也不喜欢和陌生人交谈。

talk to sb. 表示“对某人说话”，这里泛指所有的陌生人，故用复数形式。故答案为 strangers。

7.句意：麦家碧用大量时间画画而不是去准备采访。

instead of是介词短语，后面跟动名词形式，故答案为preparing。