Question

阅读短文，根据短文内容和已给出的首字母，在空白处填入适当的单词。
Tom is a student of Hongqi Middle school. He u______小题1:to be interested in comics about insects. He often borrowed some because he couldn’t a_______小题2:to buy too many comics. Every day he wasted most of his time on these comics and was not patient with h _______小题3:in his study.
One day Tom caught an insect at school and c_______小题4:lots of trouble. To his s_______小题5:, the insect died half an hour later. That night, Tom had a bad dream. He was so t________小题6: of it. Then he went to sleep with his bedroom light o________小题7:.
Tom knew it was the insect’s d_______小题8: that terrified him. Also, Tom found it was necessary for him to p______小题9: attention to his daily studies. Only in this way could he forget that insect. In the e______小题10:, Tom made a decision to change himself.
Now Tom has become one of the best students in his class.

Answer 1

小题1:used
小题2:afford
小题3:himself
小题4:caused
小题5:surprise
小题6:terrified
小题7:on
小题8:death
小题9:pay
小题10:end

试题分析：
小题1:根据下文描述可知句意为他过去常常对关于昆虫的漫画感兴趣。结合首字母可知填used。
小题2:根据上文他常常借，可知他买不起，结合首字母可知填afford。
小题3:联系前文可知句意为：在学习上他对自己没有耐心，结合首字母可知填himself。
小题4:联系下文可知引起了麻烦，结合首字母可知填caused。
小题5:联系下文insect died half an hour later 可知他很吃惊，结合首字母可知填surprise。
小题6:联系上文That night, Tom had a bad dream.及下文描述，可知他做了个噩梦，结合首字母可知填terrified，他是如此害怕。
小题7:结合语境可知句意为：然后他就开着灯睡觉了，结合首字母可知填on。
小题8:结合上文可知是这只虫子的死吓坏了他，结合前文名词所有格及首字母可知填名词death。
小题9:联系下文可知考查短语pay attention to 注意，重视，结合首字母可知填pay。
小题10:联系语境可知考查短语in the end终于，最后。结合首字母可知填end。
点评 ：首字母填空一直是英语考试中的难点，得分率比较低。其解题原则首先要根据句子中上下文等信息判断出句意。然后根据该单词在句子中的句子成分，所起作用，确定单词词形，进行适当词形变化。