Question

【题目】Fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格内填入适当的词，使其内容通顺，每空格限填一词，首字母已给）

Henry Bond was about 10 years old when his father died. His mother found it difficult to provide for a large family. Still, she decided to send her oldest child Henry to school and buy him the books he needed.

At one time, Henry wanted a grammar book in order to join a class. But the book was so expensive that his mother couldn’t a【1】 it. He was very upset about this and went to bed with a h【2】 heart, thinking about what could be done to get the book. As soon as he woke in the morning, he found that a heavy snow had fallen and the cold wind was blowing h【3】.

“ Ah,” he said, “every problem brings a s【4】 for some people.” He rose, ran to his neighbor’s house and offered to clean the snow from their sidewalk（人行道）. His offer was accepted. After he completed this work and received his pay, he went to a【5】 neighbor and offered the same service.

Then he went to several other houses u【6】 he had enough money to buy the grammar book. When school began, Henry was in his seat, the happiest boy there, ready to begin studying with his new book.

From that time on, Henry always did well in all of his classes. Because where he had the w【7】, he always found a way.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】afford

【2】heavy

【3】hard

【4】solution

【5】another

【6】until

【7】will

【解析】

本文讲述了Henry Bond家里很穷，一次他需要买一本语法书，但家里没钱，这时大雪下起来，雪积了很深，他为别人扫雪来获取一些报酬。直到有足够的钱买语法书。从此，他的学业很好，因为只要有意志，就能找到解决问题的方法。

【1】句意：但这本书太贵了，他妈妈买不起。

根据the book was so expensive that his mother couldn’t…，可知这本书太贵了，他妈妈买不起，由首字母提示可知，afford买得起; 担负得起，couldn’t后面用动词原形，故答案为afford。

【2】句意：他对此感到非常不安，带着沉重的心情上床睡觉，想着可以做些什么来得到这本书。

根据He was very upset about this，可知他感到非常不安，心情很沉重，由首字母提示，可知用形容词heavy修饰名词heart。故答案为heavy。

【3】句意：早晨一醒来，他发现下了一场大雪，寒风刮得很猛烈。

根据the cold wind was blowing，可知寒风吹得很猛烈，由首字母提示，可知用副词hard“猛力地”修饰动词blow“吹”，故答案为hard。

【4】句意：每一个问题都会给一些人带来解决办法。

根据下文offered to clean the snow from their sidewalk（人行道）. His offer was accepted. After he completed this work and received his pay…清理人行道上的积雪。他的提议被接受了。他完成这项工作并拿到工资，可知他找到了挣钱的办法，由首字母提示，可知用solution“方法”，根据空前冠词a，可知此处用名词单数形式，故答案为 solution。

【5】句意：在他完成这项工作并得到他的工资后，他去了另一个邻居家，并提供同样的服务。

根据下文Then he went to several other houses可知干完一家，又去另一家扫雪，根据首字母提示，可知用another“另一个”，故答案为another。

【6】句意：然后他去了其他几家房子，直到他有足够的钱买语法书。

根据he had enough money to buy the grammar book，可知他一家接一家的扫雪，直到挣够买语法的钱，由首字母提示，可知用until“直到”，故答案为 until。

【7】句意：因为只要有意志，他总是能找到办法。

本文主要讲作者为买一本书，想办法挣钱。可知只要有意志，总能想出办法来，根据首字母提示，可知用will“意志，意愿”，故答案为will。