Question

C用所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯(每个单词限用一次) 。(20分) 

  

                 on,       first,  give,    change,   it ,

                 letter,   while,  because, cheap,    fast

 The British love sending text messages. They send more than 2. 5 billion every month. And most people now understand the language of text,with its numbers and missing 1 .In fact,when a student at a Scottish school wrote the whole article “in txt”，his teacher 2 him “C+4 f4t”(“C + for effort”) .

  Although texting (发短信) is a 3 way of staying in touch with your friends,it can also bring problems. In 2005,a British teenager became the 4 person in the world to receive treatment for an addiction (沉溺) to text messaging. In one year,the nineteen-year-old spent about £4,500 5 texts.

  For some people,text messaging has 6 their lives. For example,James Trusler from Sussex in England travels around the world taking part in texting competitions and TV shows. He’s the world’s 7 texter and recently set a new world record 8 he was appearing on Australian TV. He texted：“The razor?toothed piranhas of the genera Serraslmus and Pygocentrus are the most ferocious freshwater fish in the world. In reality they seldom attack a  human.”   9 took him 67 seconds. James sends a lot of text messages—about 2,500 a month. But he doesn’t get big bills 10 he works for a large mobile phone company.

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 6.          7.           8.           9.           10.      

Answer 1

1. letters     (句意:现在大多数人都明白由数字和缺少的字母组成 的短信语言。根据句意及and前面的numbers可知，空格处需 要填写letter复数形式letters。) 

2.gave         (句意:事实上，当苏格兰学校的一位学生用短信语言写了一整篇文章时，他的老师给他评了“C+4 f4t”。根据从句的 时态及固定句型give sb. sth.可知，空格处应填gave。) 3.cheap        (句意:虽然发短信是和朋友保持联系的一种比较便宜的方式，但是它也会带来一些问题。根据句意及空格前面的冠 词和后面的名词可知，空格处应填形容词cheap。)

4.first       (句意:在2005年，一名英国少年成为世界上第一个因沉溺于发短信而接受治疗的人。根据句意及定冠词the可知，空格处应填序数词first。) 

5.on           (句意:一年内，这个19岁的少年发短信花费了4500英镑。根据句意可知，考查固定搭配sPend+钱+on+物，所以空格处应填on.) 

6.changed      (句意:对有些人来说，短信改变了他们的生活。根据句意及助动词has可知，空格处应填changed。) 

7.fastest      (句意:他是世界上发短信最快的人。根据句意及the world’s可知，表示多人相比较，应使用最高级形式，所以空格处应填fastest。)

8. while       (句意:他出现在澳大利亚的电视台时，创造了一项新的世界纪录。根据句意及空格前后两句为主从复合句，所以空格处应填连词while。)

9. It         (句意:这花费他67秒的时间。It takes sb_ some time“某事花费某人多长时间”为固定句型，所以空格处应填It. )

10. because    (句意:但是他并没有花很多钱，因为他在一家大型手机公司工作。根据句意可知，前后两句为因果关系，所以空格处应填because。)