Question

二、选词填空。

know; lucky; proud; problem; good; decide; he; work; child; interest

Martin Murray is a school boy and he is fifteen years old. He used to be a “problem child”. He used to give his mother many 1. However, after his father’s death, Martin’s life became much more difficult. His mother couldn’t afford to pay for her 2. education. She had to work, and so was often not at home.

His mother tried her best to look after him. Unfortunately, Martin still caused trouble. He was not 3. in studying and he often got into trouble with the police. 4., his mother was very patient and didn’t give up trying to help him. In the end, she made a difficult 5. to send him to a boy’s boarding school. Martin hated it and caused a lot of trouble. One day, he told his teacher he wanted to leave the school. Even the teacher agreed that Martin was wasting his time.

The head teacher said it was necessary for Martin to talk with his mother. Martin called his mother, but to his surprise, this conversation changed his life. “It was exactly what I needed, he said. “I 6. how much my mother had given me. She also told me that even though my father was not with us, he was watching me and would always take 7. in everything good I do. That’s when I decided to change.”

Now Martin has really changed. He 8. hard and gets “A’s” in all subjects. He is now one of the 9. students in his class. His mother helps him to feel good about 10., and as he says, “It’s very important for parents to be there for their children.”

Answer

1.problems

2.child’s

3.interested

4.Luckily

5.decision

6.know

7.pride

8.works

9.best

10.himself

【解析】Martin以前是一个问题学生，他总是给他的妈妈带来很多麻烦。他的父亲去世了，Martin的妈妈从来没有放弃帮助他，把他送到了一个寄宿学校，可是Martin依然没有改变。后来的一次跟妈妈的谈话，让Martin知道了妈妈的不容易，也知道了虽然他的爸爸去世了，但是他仍然在关注着他。从那以后，Martin改变了，变成了一个好学生。

1.句意：他过去经常给他的妈妈带来很多问题。problem问题，是一个名词。根据短文上句话He used to be a problem child可知，Martin是一个问题男孩，因此他总是带来很多问题，空前面有many，故填名词的复数problems。

2.句意：他的妈妈不能支付她的孩子的教育。child孩子，名词。根据文意可知，Martin是她妈妈的孩子，并且空后面education是一个名词，需要用名词所有格形式做定语来修饰，因此这里填child’s。

3.句意：他对学习不感兴趣，经常陷入到跟警察的麻烦中。interest兴趣，可以做名词或者动词。这句话中使用的是短语be interested in…对…感兴趣，后面跟名词或者动名词形式，故这里应填形容词形式interested。

4.句意：幸运的是，她的妈妈很有耐心，没有放弃努力的帮助他。luck运气，是一个名词。这个单词位于句子的开头，对整句话进行修饰，因此应该用副词形式，故填Luckily，第一个字母要大写。

5.句意：最后她做了一个困难的决定：把他送到一个男孩的寄宿学校。decide决定，是一个动词。这里make a decision是固定短语，做决定，difficult是形容词，修饰名词decision，表示做了一个困难的决定。

6.句意：我知道我的妈妈为我付出了多少。know知道，了解，是一个动词。这篇短文使用的是一般过去时态，讲述的是过去发生的事情。但是这个单词是放在了Martin所说的话当中，并用引号引起来，因此这句话应使用一般现在时态，主语是I，故填动词的原形know。

7.句意：她还告诉我虽然我的爸爸不和我们在一起，但是他一直在看着我，并且会为我做的每一件好事感到骄傲。proud骄傲的，自豪的，是一个形容词，常用于短语be proud of…，为…感到自豪或骄傲。但是这里空前使用的是动词take，因此它考查的是take pride in这个短语，pride是proud的名词形式。

8.句意：他努力学习，在他的所有科目上都得了A。work工作，学习，是一个动词。这一段讲述的是现在的Martin，时态变成了一般现在时态，主语He是第三人称单数形式，故谓语动词填works。

9.句意：他现在是他的班上最好的学生之一。best是good的最高级形式，表示最好的。这句话中使用的句型是one of +the +形容词最高级+名词的复数，表示最…的之一。根据文意可知，现在的Martin改变了，成为了一个好学生，故填best。

10.句意：他的妈妈帮助他对自己的感觉非常好。he他，是人称代词主格形式。根据句意可知，Martin的妈妈帮助他让他对自己的感觉很好，因此这里应使用反身代词，故填himself。

点睛：这是一篇选词填空，根据所给单词和短文的意思，填充正确的单词。做这样的题时，我们应首先了解短文的大意，初步确定应填哪个单词。然后逐词填空，先确定容易的，自己比较有把握的，剩下稍微难一些的，仔细考虑，并联系空前后的搭配及文意，确定答案。在填词的时候，我们还应注意变化正确的形式，如名词的单复数、所有格、动词的时态和语态、形容词和副词的比较等级等等。例如第1题考查名词的复数形式、第4题考查副词形式，因此填Luckily，还有第8 题，考查动词的第三人称单数形式等等，对这些知识点和语法我们要运用熟练。另外我们还需要积累固定短语和句型，例如第3题中的be interested in、第5题中的make a decision、第7题里的take pride in、和第9题里的one of +the +形容词最高级+名词复数等。