【正文】 lies enjoy family dinners. They support and love each other just ________ Chinese families do. The ________（different） e from culture, however. Many Chinese students are surprised to learn that American teenagers are ________（allow） to make many decisions ________ their own, and the parents want their children to leave home at eighteen. In most American families, children are encouraged to make their own ________（choose） at a young age. They start with small choices and gradually larger ones until they graduate from high school. That is when they face ________（big） decision of their lives: what to do next. Parents and family will help with the choice, but the children themselves make the ________（finally） decision. Americans seldom move back into family homes ________ they get older. ________, they prefer to have their own lives for as long as possible. It is important to remember that these are cultural differences, and that Americans see this as part of the culture. 【答案】 the；as；differences；allowed；on；choices；the biggest；final；when；Instead 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了美國家庭和中國家庭的不同。 （1）句意： 在某些方面，美國家庭與中國家庭非常不同，而在其他方面，他們是一樣的。be the same，固定搭配，相同，故填the。 （2）句意： 他們互相支持和愛，就像中國家庭一樣。just as引導(dǎo)方式狀語從句，像……一樣，故填as。 （3）句意：然而又有文化的不同。the定冠詞后是名詞，根據(jù)謂語是動詞原形e，可知主語是名詞復(fù)數(shù)，different是形容詞，difference是名詞，故填differences。 （4）句意： 許多中國學(xué)生驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)，美國青少年允許自己做很多決定，父母希望他們的孩子在18歲離開家。be allowed to do，固定搭配，允許做某事，故填allowed。 （5）句意：許多中國學(xué)生驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)，美國青少年允許自己做很多決定，父母希望他們的孩子在18歲離開家。make decisions on sth，固定搭配，做關(guān)于……的決定，故填on。 （6）句意： 在大多數(shù)美國家庭中，孩子們被鼓勵(lì)在年幼時(shí)做出自己的選擇。their形容詞性物主代詞后是名詞，此處表示泛指用名詞復(fù)數(shù)，choose是動詞，choice是名詞，故填choices。 （7）句意：那是他們面臨人生最大的決定：下一步該做什么。根據(jù) of their lives 可知是最高級的比較范圍，big是形容詞，最高級前要有the定冠詞，故填the biggest。 （8）句意： 父母和家人會幫助他們做出選擇，但是孩子自己會做出最后的決定。 decision是名詞其前是形容詞，finally是副詞，final是形容詞，故填final。 （9）句意： 美國人很少在他們長大后搬回家里。根據(jù) move back into family homes 和they get older 可知此處是時(shí)間狀語從句，故表示當(dāng)……的時(shí)候，故是連詞when，故填when。 （10）句意： 相反他們更喜歡盡可能長久地?fù)碛凶约旱纳?。此處是副詞位于句首， move back into family homes 搬回家和prefer to have their own lives 擁有自己的生活，表示相反的兩種結(jié)果，故填I(lǐng)nstead。 【點(diǎn)評】考查語法填空，注意非謂語動詞，詞性，連詞搭配等多種用法10．閱讀下面的短文，在空白處填入一個(gè)適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，或填入括號中所給單詞的正確形式。 A wealthy old man lived alone in a big house. He was growing ________（weak） day by day. Since he was unable to look after ________（him）, he decided to hire （雇傭） a nurse to take care ________him. One day, the old man interviewed two ________（nurse）—Anthony and Peter. Anthony was a handsome young man while Peter looked quite ordinary. The old man asked Anthony to make tea for him. After Anthony left, the old man turned to Peter and said, Anthony has ________（give） me a very bad account of you. He said you are rude and untrustworthy. Is this correct? Peter thought for a minute and said, ________Anthony has a bad opinion of me, there must be something wrong with me. I should take some time to change these things. The old man was very impressed by Peter39。s words. At the same time, Anthony came back with ________cup of tea for the old man. The old man sent Peter to make breakfast for him. He then returned to Anthony and told him. Peter spoke very poorly of you while you were gone. ________do you think about this? After hearing this, Anthony shouted ________（angry）. In the end, Peter ________（choose）. Peter looked quite mon, but he had impressive inner beauty.【答案】 weaker；himself；of；nurses；given；If；a；What；angrily；was chosen 【解析】【分析】本文介紹了一個(gè)老人在錄用護(hù)士時(shí)，故意挑起對方的矛盾，通過兩人截然不同的反應(yīng)，從而判斷誰適合。 （1）句意： 他一天比一天虛弱。weak是形容詞，形容詞修飾系動詞grow，根據(jù)day by day可知是比較級weaker，故填 weaker。 （2）句意： 因?yàn)樗荒苷疹欁约?，他決定雇一個(gè)護(hù)士來照顧他。look after oneself，照顧自己，主語是he，故反身代詞是himself，故填 himself。 （3）句意：因?yàn)樗荒苷疹欁约?，他決定雇一個(gè)護(hù)士來照顧他。take care of，固定搭配，照顧，故填of 。 （4）句意：一天，老人面試兩個(gè)護(hù)士—— Anthony and Peter 。two后是可數(shù)名詞復(fù)習(xí)，nurse，是可數(shù)名詞，故填nurses。 （5）句意： 安東尼對你的評價(jià)很差。根據(jù)助動詞has可知此處是現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，故填過去分詞，give的過去分詞是given，故填given 。 （6）句意：如果安東尼對我有看法，我一定有什么問題。此處是條件狀語從句，故是引導(dǎo)詞if，如果，故填I(lǐng)f。 （7）句意：同時(shí)，安東尼給老人端了杯茶回來。cup是名詞單數(shù)，以輔音音素開頭，故用不定冠詞a表示泛指，a cup of，固定搭配，一杯……，故填a。 （8）句意：你對此怎么想？此處是特殊疑問句，think后缺少賓語，故用what提問，故填What。 （9）句意：聽到這，安東尼生氣地大喊。副詞修飾動詞shouted，angrily，是副詞，生氣地，故填angrily。 （10）句意：最后，Peter被錄用。根據(jù) Peter looked quite mon ， 可知時(shí)態(tài)是一般過去時(shí)，choose與主語Peter是被動關(guān)系，故用一般過去時(shí)的被動語態(tài)，主語是第三人稱單數(shù)，故助動詞是was，choose的過去分詞是chosen，故填 was chosen 。 【點(diǎn)評】考查語法填空，注意調(diào)整詞性，時(shí)態(tài)，主謂一致和名詞的數(shù)等。