Question

阅读下面短文，根据以下提示：1）汉语提示；2）首字母提示；3）语境提示，在每个空格内填入一个适当的英语单词，并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词要求意义准确、拼写正确。

Thirty years ago, communication wasn’t so convenient. And my grandparents wrote letters to their friends and 1. __________（亲戚）. They wrote to each2. __________ because Grandpa worked in the city and Grandma lived in the country. It 3.__________（花费）about one week to deliver a letter. When Grandma asked questions in her letter, she had to wait more than two weeks to get the answers! If they had anything 4.u______ and to deliver immediately, they had to send telegrams.

The telephone became popular in the early 1990s. But not until 1998 did my dad’s family 5. h_________ a telephone. Although it was much 6. f than writing letters, it was still inconvenient. Once Dad arrived home late because he helped a granny 7. __________ his way. My grandparents were very worried because they couldn’t get in 8. with him. Then my dad bought his first mobile phone in 2002.

My favorite communication tool is the mobile phone. I have used it since my sixteenth birthday. My parents and friends can find me 9.w I am. It’s very convenient, but at the same time it is easy to get bothered, especially when I want to stay alone. Sometimes I have headaches after 10.______（谈话）on the mobile phone for a long time.

Answer 1

1.relatives

2.other

3.took/cost

4.urgent

5.have

6.faster

7.on

8.touch

9.where

10.talking

【解析】

试题分析：本文主要介绍了通信工具的变化。作者的祖父母通过书信联系，而作者的父辈们通过电话联系，到了作者这一代人，人们都是通过手机联系。手机联系非常便捷但是同时也有不好的地方。

1.relatives 考查名词。根据上文的friends以及所提供的中文可知，此次填relatives。句意为：我的祖父母写信给他们的朋友和亲戚。

2.other 考查代词。根据上文的each可知此次填other，构成短语each other，表示彼此。句意为：他们彼此间写信联系，因为爷爷在城里工作而奶奶住在乡村。

3.took/cost 考查动词。根据所给中文以及前面的It可知，此处可以用take或者cost，表示花费，同时根据上下文的时态，推断此处用一般过去时，故填took/cost。

4.urgent 考查形容词。根据下文的deliver immediately可知此处表示紧急情况，再根据提供的首字母可知填urgent，表示紧急的、紧迫的。

5.have 考查动词。根据句意可知，在20世纪90年代初期，电话变得普及，而直到1998年，父亲家才有了一个电话机。故填have，注意前文出现倒装，故此处填原形即可。

6.faster 考查形容词比较级。根据下文的writing letters以及常识可知，电话比写信要快。再根据提供的首字母可判断填fast，注意下文的than，此处填其比较级，填faster。

7.on 考查介词。本句考查固定短语，on one’s way，意为在路上。句意为：有一次，我的父亲回家晚了，因为他在路上帮助了一位老奶奶。

8.touch 考查动词。本句考查固定短语 get in touch with，意为：和……取得联系。故填touch。句意为：我的祖父母非常担心，因为他们无法和他取得联系。

9.where 考查状语从句的连接词。根据下文可知手机很方便，但是当我想一个独处时，也很容易被打扰。故此处填where，表示我的父母和朋友可以找到我在哪。

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