题目内容
阅读短文，根据括号中的汉语意思填入单词，使短文意思完整、通顺。每空一词。
I remember when I was young, my parents used to focus on（关注）everything I did. I liked wearing bright red c 1., but they said the colour was too sharp. I loved listening to rock and roll, but they said it was too n 2.. I hated eating vegetables, but they said they were good for my h 3..
Later, I studied at a boy’s school. My parents always asked me to study hard. I felt stressed. Every night, I asked myself, “What’s wrong with me?” My parents always tells me that the things I do are b 4..I gave up many things I liked doing. My life was not as c 5. as my friends’ lives.
I studied psychology（心理学）when I was at university. I got very good marks, b 6. I still did not understand why my parents were so strict.
Then I got married and had two c 7.. I heard myself tell them, “Don’t talk on the phone so much! You should focus on your school work. Use your f 8. time to read…” I began to understand my p 9.. They told me what to do because they cared, just as I told my children what to do because I cared.
Young people, behind all the a 10. your parents give you, what they are really saying is, “We care about you and we love you.”
1.clothes
2.noisy
3.heath
4.bad
5.colourful
6.but
7.children
8.free
9.parents
10.advice
【解析】
试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要讲述了自己小时候不理解父母的各种教导，直到自己成为父母之后，才明白那些各种教导和要求都是父母对自己关心和爱的表现。
1.结合语境可知此处指的是，我喜欢穿红色的衣服。根据首字母及语境，可知填复数名词clothes，衣服。
2.联系前一句描述，可知此处指的是摇滚乐太吵。根据首字母可知填形容词noisy，吵闹的，做表语。
3.联系前文描述，可知此处指的是对我的健康有好处。根据首字母可知填名词heath，健康，做介词宾语。
4.联系前文描述，可知此处指的是，我的父母总是告诉我，我做的一些事情是不好的。根据首字母可知填形容词bad，坏的，不好的，做表语。
5.结合语境可知此处指的是，我的生活不像我的同学们那样多姿多彩。根据首字母可知填形容词colourful，鲜艳的，丰富多彩的。
6.联系上下文，可知前后是转折关系，根据首字母可知填转折连词but，但是我仍旧不明白我的父亲为何如此严厉。
7.联系上下文，可知此处指的是我有了两个孩子。根据首字母可知填复数名词children，孩子们。
8.结合语境可知此处指的是利用空闲时间来读书。根据首字母可知填形容词free，空闲的。
9.联系后一句描述，可知此处指的是我开始理解我的父母了。根据首字母及语境，可知填复数名词parents，父母。
10.联系上下文描述，可知此处指的是父母给你的建议。结合语境及首字母可知填名词advice，建议，抽象名词不可数，故用原形即可。
考点：短文中词汇短语的运用能力
点评：首字母一直是英语考试中的难点，得分率比较低。解答此类题型的方法一般就是根据文章前后句子之间意思推断出词义，并结合首字母推断出所缺单词，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。注意动词，名词等一般要有词形变化，注意主谓语数的一致问题。而介词则没有词形变化。在叙事性短文中，谓语动词多为一般过去时态及现在完成时态，说明性短文中谓语动词多为一般现在时态。
