Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
She looks like any other schoolgirl, fresh-faced and full of life. Sarah Thomas is looking forward to the challenge of her new A-level course . But unlike school friends ,16-year-old Sarah is not spending half-term (rest). Instead, she is earning $6500 a day as model in New York.
Sarah (tell) that she could be Britain's new supermodel， earning a million dollars in the new year. Her father Peter44,want her to give up school to model fulltime. But Sarah, has taken part in shows along with top models， wants (prove) that she has brains as well as beauty. She is determined to carry on with her(educate).
She has turned down several (invitation) to star at shows in order to concentrate on her studies. After school she plans to take a year off to model full time before going to university to get a degree engineering or architecture.
Sarah says, "My dad thinks I should take the offer now. But at the moment, school (come) first. I don't want to get too absorbed in modeling. It is(certain) fun but the lifestyle is a little unreal. I don't want to have nothing else to fall back on when I can't model my more."

Answer 1

【答案】resting；a；has been told/was told；who；to prove；education；invitations；in；comes；certainly
【解析】
⑴句意：她看起来跟其他女生一样，满脸稚气，活泼可爱。莎拉托马斯在盼望她的新的高等程度考试课程的挑战。但是不像其他的同学那样，16岁的莎拉没有没有在期中假休息。搭配：spend time doing sth花时间做某事。故填resting。
⑵句意：然而，她在纽约当模特一天挣6500美元。model是可数名词，故用不定冠词a，表泛指。
⑶句意：有人告诉莎拉说她有可能成为英国的新的超模，在明年可能挣一百万美元。由句意可知Sarah与tell构成被动关系，描述已经发生的事应该用过去式，故填was told。此处也可以用现在完成时表示对现在造成的影响，故可以用现在完成时have been told。
⑷句意：她44岁的父亲想让她放弃学业做专职的模特。但和顶级模特一起参加演出的莎拉，想证明她既有有美貌也有智慧。这是一个定语从句，先行词是Sarah，故用who。
⑸固定搭配：want to do sth想做某事，故填to prove。
⑹句意：她决定继续她的教育。her是形容词性物主代词，后跟形容词，故填education。
⑺句意：她已经拒绝了几个请她当主角的邀请，为了把精力集中在她的学习上。several几个，后跟复数名词，故填invitations。
⑻句意：高中毕业后，她打算在上大学攻读工程或建筑学位前休假一年去当专职模特。搭配：a degree in…………方面的学位。故填in。
⑼句意：莎拉说，"我父亲认为我应该接受这个工作，但是现在，学业是第一位的。主语是school，故填comes。
⑽句意：我不想专注于模特，那当然很有趣，但是这种生活方式有点虚无。此处修饰fun，故用副词certainly。