Question

【题目】从方框中选择适当的单词，并用其适当的形式完成短文，每词只能用一次，每空一词。

reply beautiful make neighbor ring full invite on sad wait

Until last year, the saddest thing of my life was that my wife Alice and I couldn't have any children. So we always all the children in our street to our house for Christmas breakfast.
Last year, Alice died. I was very and decided not to invite the children for Christmas breakfast. But Kathy and Pete, my next door , asked me to join them for dinner Christmas Eve.
As soon as I arrived and took off my coat, Kathy asked me, “Do you have any milk at your house?”
“Yes,” I . “If you need some, I'll go and get it right away.”
“Oh, that's all right. Come and sit down. The kids have been for you. Just give Peter your keys and let him do it.”
After a happy dinner with them, I went home. When I opened my door, I found my house had been decorated by Peter! It was just as as each Christmas before. At that moment, I wished that I could still serve the Christmas breakfast, but I had no preparations (准备) . Early the next morning, a little boy with a bag of candies my bell. Before I could ask him what was happening, he was joining by two of his friends. Within fifteen minuets, my house was of children, and I had all the food I needed for the usual Christmas breakfast. I had a happy breakfast with the children again.

Answer 1

【答案】invited；sad；neighbors；on；replied；waiting；beautiful；made；rang；full
【解析】文章大意：这篇短文讲述的是作者夫妇俩没有孩子，每逢圣诞节他们都会邀请街上的孩子到家里来吃圣诞早饭。去年，妻子去世了，作者决定不再邀请孩子来吃圣诞早饭。然而，邻居家的孩子邀请作者到他们家共进圣诞晚餐，进门后，孩子们略施小计，骗走了作者家的钥匙。晚饭后作者回到家中，发现家中被装饰得和往年圣诞节一样。第二天早上，出乎作者意料之外，家中挤满了孩子，和作者一起共进圣诞早饭。
（1）根据语境可知，这里指的是作者夫妇俩总是邀请街上的孩子们到家里来共进圣诞早饭。invited sb to do sth：邀请某人做某事。结合所给词汇提示可知，应填：invited。
（2）根据前文“Last year, Alice died”可知，这里指的是作者很伤心。结合所给词汇提示可知，应填：sad。
（3）根据语境并结合所给词汇提示可知，这里指的是隔壁邻居。故填：neighbors。
（4）根据语境可知，这里指的是隔壁邻居邀请作者与他们一起共进圣诞晚餐。结合所给词汇提示可知，在表示具体某一天时间前应用介词on，应填：on。
（5）联系上下文的描述可知，这里指的是作者回答道。结合所给词汇提示可知，应填：replied。
（6）根据语境可知，这里指的是孩子们一直在等你，你就把钥匙交给peter让他去帮你拿吧。结合所给词汇提示可知，应填：waiting。
（7）根据语境可知，这里指的是作者的家中被装饰得和以前的每一个圣诞节一样漂亮。结合所给词汇提示可知，应填：beautiful。
（8）根据语境可知，这里指的是作者没有做任何准备。结合所给词汇提示可知，make preparations：做准备，应填：made。
（9）根据语境可知，这里指的是第二天一早一个小男孩带着一包糖果按响了我的门铃。结合所给词汇提示可知，应填：rang。
（10）根据语境可知，这里指的是作者的家中挤满了孩子们。结合所给词汇提示可知，be full of：充满，应填：full。