Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容或括号内单词的正确形式。
It seems recently that more and more of my friends are facing some seemingly unbeatable challenges in their lives. Some have lost their jobs and some have __ 【小题1】___ (fail) marriages. All too many have health problems.
I don’t know if it is desperation __【小题2】___ causes them to turn to me for advice or whether they have come to value our friendship. But __【小题3】___ is difficult to offer words of hope when all they feel is hopeless. They expect answers to get them back __【小题4】___ their feet again.
I have often struggled with what to say,  ___【小题5】___ (most) because I have faced many of the same challenges in my own life. I remember how empty I felt after someone cheerfully offered words like “Things will get better!”
Now , being thought of __【小题6】___ a source of hope or a good example of what to do through printed words, I have even __【小题7】___ (many) people contacting me.
So what do I say? “Begin again.”
It sounds too simple, __【小题8】___ it is indeed the answer. All life __【小题9】___(challenge) bring about an ending and the chance for __【小题10】___(begin).

Answer 1

【小题1】failed           
【小题2】that
【小题3】it
【小题4】on
【小题5】mostly      
【小题6】as
【小题7】more
【小题8】but
【小题9】challenges
【小题10】beginning

解析试题分析: 如今，似乎越来越多的人们在生活中面临着不可战胜的挑战。有些人失业，有些人婚姻失败，还有很多人都存在着健康问题。不管他们出于什么原因来求助于我，当他们无望的时候，我只是说“一切重新开始“，这简单的语言其实是最真实的答案。
【小题1】failed 。根据语境判断此处缺少marriages的定语，failed形容词“失败的”，故答案填failed。句意：有些人婚姻失败。              
【小题2】that 。从结构判断此处是 强调句式it is ......that......，判断方法是去掉it is ......that......后句子成立， 所以填that。
【小题3】it 。此处是固定句型it is adj +to do 结构，it是形式主语，真正的主语为to offer words of hope)，所以填it。
【小题4】on。 固定短语：on one’s feet站立，引申为“跌倒后再爬起来”。
【小题5】mostly。此处是修饰句子，所以用副词，mostly意思是“主要是”，相当于mainly。          
【小题6】as 。固定短语think of sb as ......,“认为某人是.....”，所以填as。
【小题7】more 。前面的even表“更加”，用来修饰比较级，many的比较级是more。
【小题8】but。根据句意可知前后句子内容之间是转折关系，所以填but。
【小题9】challenges。根据后面的谓语动词bring可以判断做主语的名词应该用复数形式，填challenges。
【小题10】beginning。介词for后面跟名词或动名词，故答案填beginning。
考点：考查学生对语法知识及语境的理解。