Question

【題目】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.

This is where my kids grew up

For years now, I’ve been wanting to sell our home, the place where my husband and I raised our kids. But to me, this house is more than just a building. In the front room, there’s a wall that has hundreds of pencil lines. Every growth stage 【1】(mark) in pencils, with each child’s name and the date.

Of all the objects and all the memories, it’s this one thing in a home that’s 【2】(hard) to leave behind. Our kids grow in so many ways, but the wall is physical evidence of their progress. Friends I know have visited their previous home only 【3】(discover) their wall of heights has been freshly painted over. Over the years, I’ve talked about how much I would hate leaving that wall behind when I moved, 【4】 the last marks were made 10 years ago when my kids stopped growing. So one day, while I was at work, my children decided to do 【5】 about it.

They hired Jacquie Manning, a professional photographer 【6】 work is about capturing the beautiful things in life. She came to our house while I was at work, and over several hours, 【7】(take) photos of the hundreds of drawings and lines, little grey fingerprints, and old marks. Somehow, she managed to photograph 【8】 we had experienced in all those years. Afterwards, she put all the photos together into one image, 【9】(transform) them into a beautiful history of my family.

Three weeks later, my children’s wonderful gift made its way to me —【10】 life-size photo of the pencil lines and fingerprints that represents entire lifetimes of love and growth.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】is marked

【2】the hardest

【3】to discover

【4】even though/ even if

【5】something

【6】whose

【7】took

【8】what

【9】transforming

【10】a

【解析】

這是一篇記敘文。作者講述了家里有孩子成長的印記，所以舍不得搬家，后來孩子把墻上的痕跡拍照合成了圖像留作紀念。

【1】考查時態(tài)和語態(tài)。根據(jù)語境可知，本句描述的是現(xiàn)在的情況，用一般現(xiàn)在時，主語Every growth stage（單三形式）與動詞mark之間是被動關系，用is marked。故填is marked。

【2】考查形容詞。根據(jù)上文的Of all the objects and all the memories可知，此處是指所有物品和記憶里面，墻上的鉛筆線條是最難割舍的，因此，此處用形容詞的最高級。故填the hardest。

【3】考查非謂語動詞。句意：我認識的朋友拜訪過他們以前的家，發(fā)現(xiàn)他們的高墻上剛剛粉刷過。分析句式可知，此處要用非謂語動詞作結果狀語，根據(jù)句意和語境可知，發(fā)現(xiàn)墻剛刷過是讓作者意外的結果，用不定式做結果狀語。故填to discover。

【4】考查連詞。上一句句意：這么多年來，我一直在說我搬家的時候會多么不愿意離開那堵墻；后一句句意：最后的標記是10年前我的孩子停止成長時留下的。結合前后兩句的句意可知，是讓步關系，用even though/ even if 引導。故填even though/ even if。

【5】考查代詞。根據(jù)下文作者的孩子請了專業(yè)的攝影師去家里拍照可知，此處是指孩子們決定做一些事情。故填something。

【6】考查定語從句。這是個定語從句，先行詞是a professional photographer，指人，關系詞在從句中作定語，用whose引導。故填whose。

【7】考查時態(tài)。根據(jù)上文的So one day, 可知，敘述的是過去的事情，用一般過去式。故填took。

【8】考查賓語從句。句意：不管怎樣，她設法拍下了那些年我們經(jīng)歷的一切。這是個賓語從句，從句缺少賓語，連接詞做experience的賓語，結合句意，故填what。

【9】考查非謂語動詞。設空處做前面句子的狀語，所給動詞用其非謂語形式，邏輯主語she與transform之間是主動關系，用現(xiàn)在分詞作狀語。故填transforming。

【10】考查冠詞。根據(jù)后面的名詞photo是個可數(shù)名詞單數(shù)可知，此處需用冠詞a修飾，表示“一個”。故填a。