Question

Dear Isabel.

First, I have to say that I just love your name. When my teacher was assigning（分配）pen friends. I hoped I would get you, and I did.

I am Lucy. I am the only one in the third grade with red hair. Mum says it's e_______ to spot（认出）me in the third-grade choir.

I have a mother, a father and a little brother. My dad p_______ houses for people. Sometimes he works at his office, and sometimes he works at home. Mum takes care of us. She also paints things, like flower pots and little signs for people's gardens and sells them. My little brother plays with trucks. That's pretty much all he does.

The nearest thing we did this summer was going to the beach. It was my first t________to the ocean. We drove all day from West Virginia to South Carolina（南卡罗莱纳州）and stayed in a hotel not too far from the beach. I loved the sand! We w________all along the seaside and found pretty stones and little sea animals that I had not seen before. I'll not forget the. sound of the waves as they rolled and rolled into the beach.

Do you think it's possible that you and I have touched the same water? My teacher says that waves in the ocean keep m________ all the time. Maybe the water on the beach in South Carolina comes from Canada.

I know that's kind of silly idea, but it helps me to think that we're not very far. I hope you can write back soon. I want to hear all about you and your family.

Your pen friend,

Lucy

1.e____________

2.p____________

3.t_____________

4.w_________

5.m_____________

Answer

1.easy

2.plans

3.trip

4.walked

5.moving

【解析】

这是露西写给笔友的一封信，信中介绍了自己的情况和一次去海边旅游的情况。

1.句意：妈妈说在三年级的合唱团里很容易认出我。

根据spot（认出）me in the third-grade choir. 可知这里是容易认出我。It’s+形容词+to do sth.表示做某事是容易的。Easy形容词，意思是根据句意，故选easy。

2.句意：我爸爸为人们设计房子。

根据文中Sometimes he works at his office, and sometimes he works at home.可知这里是说我爸爸为人们设计房子。Plan动词，设计，这里是一般现在时态，主语是第三人称单数，谓语动词变第三人称单数。根据题意，故选plans，

3.句意：这是我第一次到大海是旅行。

根据上文The nearest thing we did this summer was going to the beach.可知下文是说第一次旅行。trip名词，旅行。根据句意，故选trip。

4.句意：我们沿着海边散步，发现了一些我以前没见过的漂亮的石头和小海生动物。

根据下文and found pretty stones and little sea animals that I had not seen before.可知这里是说沿着海边散步。Walk along the seaside表示沿着海边走，下文是一般过去时态，这里动词walk也用一般过去时态。Walk的过去式是walked。根据退役，故选walked。

5.句意：我的老师说海洋中的波浪一直在移动。

根据下文Maybe the water on the beach in South Carolina comes from Canada. 也许南卡罗来纳州海滩上的水来自加拿大。可知上文是说海洋中的波浪一直在移动，短语keep doing sth.表示一直在做某事。根据句意，故选moving。