Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

The first foreign language I studied was French, and I learnt it at a secondary school between the ages of 11 and 18. It was a compulsory subject for the first three years and I 1. (choose) to continue studying it afterwards because I enjoyed it, found it 2. (interest) and was quite good at it. Outside class I practiced 3. (listen) to the French language radio and reading French books.

Before going to university, I spent three months working on 4. farm in southern France. This helped me become pretty fluent5. French and acquire a rich farming-related vocabulary.

My French has also been 6. (help) on holiday on Morocco and Portugal. French 7. (use) as a second language in Morocco and in other countries quite a few people speak French in places 8. a lot of tourists visit.

In September 2009 I joined a couple of French conversation 9. (group) in Bangor and I have been going to them ever since. It has resulted in my 10. (improve) in my spoken French.

Now I can still speak French fluently and can also read it well, but my written French is not so good.

Answer

1.chose

2.interesting

3.listening

4.a

5.in

6.helpful

7.is used

8.which/that

9.groups

10.improvement

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。主要讲述了作者学习法语的经历。

1.考查时态。本文叙述的是作者学习法语的经历，是过去的事情，选择继续学习法语是过去的动作，故填chose。

2.考查形容词。句意：我喜欢它，并发现它非常有趣。此处是用形容词作find的宾语补足语，故填interesting。

3.考查固定用法：practice doing sth练习做某事，故填listening。

4.考查冠词。句意：上大学之前，我花了三个月的时间在法国南部的一个农场工作。farm是可数名词，此处用a表泛指，“一”的意思，故填a。

5.考查介词。句意：这使我能用更流利的法语，并获得了与农业相关的丰富的词汇。根据句意可知，此处指的是“用法语”in French，故填in。

6.考查形容词。句意：我的法语对我在摩洛哥和葡萄牙的度假也很有帮助。根据句意可知，此处需要用形容词做表语，故填helpful。

7.考查语态。句意：法语在摩洛哥是作为第二语言被使用。根据句意，此处要用被动语态，被使用be used，主语是单三，故填is used。

8.考查定语从句。此空所在的句子是个定语从句，先行词是places，指物，关系词在从句中做主语，故填that/which。

9.考查名词。该空前有a couple of（几个）修饰，名词要用复数形式，故填groups。

10.考查名词。句意：它使我的法语口语水平提高了。空前有形容词性物主代词my，其后要用名词形式，故填improvement。