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【题目】About six years ago I was having lunch in New York City【1】a woman and a young boy sat down at the next table.I couldn't help【2】(overhear) parts of their conversation.At one point the woman asked,"So,how have you been?"And the boy who could not have been more than seven or eight years old replied."【3】(frank),I've been feeling a little depressed lately."

This incident【4】(impress) me most because it confirmed my growing【5】(believe) that children are changing. As far as I can remember,my friends and I didn't find out we were "depressed"【6】we were in high school.

Undoubtedly,【7】change in children has increased steadily in recent years.Children don't seem childlike any more.Children speak,dress and behave more like adults【8】they used to.

【9】this is good or bad is difficult to say,but it certainly is different.Childhood as it once was no longer【10】 (exist).

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】when

【2】overhearing

【3】Frankly

【4】impressed

【5】belief

【6】until

【7】a

【8】than

【9】Whether

【10】exists

【解析】这篇文章主要讲了这样的一个社会现象，与过去的孩子相比，现在的孩子在言语，穿着和表现方面更像成年人。

【1】句意：六年以前，我在纽约市吃午餐，就在那时，一位女士带着一个小男孩坐在我隔壁的桌子旁。所以填when。

【2】Could not help doing是固定用法，意思是情不自禁做某事。

【3】位于句首，且有逗号与句子分隔，所以需要使用副词形式。

【4】发生在过去的事情，所以用一般过去时。

【5】用名词作宾语。

【6】句意：我和我的朋友们没有发现自己很沮丧，直到读高中。所以填until。

【7】泛指一种变化，所以用不定冠词。

【8】与过去的孩子相比，现在的孩子在言语，穿着和表现方面更像成年人。所以填than。

【9】这里含有一个主语从句，引导词从句中不作任何成分，但有实际意义，表示是否，所以填whether。

【10】在一般现在时中，主语是第三人称单数，所以谓语动词用单数。