Question

【题目】请根据短文内容，在短文空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通畅。

Mahalya is a student in Grade 8 at Lamberton Middle School in Pennsylvania, the United States. Every afternoon at two o’clock, she runs to a store at her school. She is not running there to buy any snacks. 【1】, she works as the storekeeper and helps count change for customers.

“I didn’t know that it took so much work. I didn’t do anything 【2】 this,” Mahalya told the Sentinel, a local newspaper.

In fact, she and 【3】 11 students work as the storekeepers at Bison Bargains, the school’s first student-run store. It started on February 22, and it opens each school day during break time from 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. It mainly 【4】 stationery（文具）and snacks.

Through this, students see what doing 【5】 is like. Christian, a 14-year-old student , was really surprised by how hard it was not to 【6】 mistakes and do the transactions（交易）. “It’s kind of a challenge to learn all the information on the stock（供应物）lists and remember all the 【7】 of the products,” Christian told the newspaper.

To help them learn about business they took a class. The class taught students how to use money and some simple business rules.

The school did a survey on what products students would buy from a school store. In the future, they plan to sell things made by the students 【8】. For example, students can sell their homemade pencil boxes and phone cases.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 Instead

【2】 like

【3】 another

【4】 sells

【5】 business

【6】 make

【7】 prices

【8】 themselves

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要介绍了美国宾夕法尼亚兰伯顿中学的学生午后去学校开的商店去帮忙，让学生了解生意是什么样的，同时他们计划将来出售学生自己制作的东西。

【1】句意：相反，她是店主，帮助客户计算零钱。根据上文She is not running there to buy any snacks.以及后面的she works as the storekeeper and helps count change for customers.可知这里的意思是“相反、反而”，英文表达是instead，因其位于句首，所以第一个字母要大写，故答案填Instead。

【2】句意：我没有做过这样的事情。根据上文I didn’t know that it took so much work.可推知此处句意为“我没有做过这样的事情。” like this像这样地，故答案填like。

【3】句意：她和另外11名学生在野牛特价店当店主。根据后面的11 students，可知此处是说她和“另外的”11名学生，“另外的”another，故答案填another。

【4】句意：主要销售文具和小吃。由后面的stationery and snacks，可知商店主要是“销售”文具和小吃，“销售、卖”sell，文章时态是一般现在时，主语是it第三人称单数形式，所以谓语动词也用三单式sells，故答案填sells。

【5】句意：学生们看到做生意是什么样子。由Through this,联系上文语境，可知是学生们通过经营学校的商店，看到做生意是什么样子，“做生意”do business，故答案填business。

【6】句意：不犯错误和做交易有多难。根据前面的really surprised by how hard可知，Christian对于不犯错误和做交易是多么困难，真的感到惊讶，make mistakes固定词组，“犯错误”，前面有介词to，所以这里应用动词原形，故答案填make。

【7】句意：要了解货物清单上的所有信息并记住所有产品的价格是一种挑战。根据It’s kind of a challenge to learn all the information on the stock（供应物）lists and remember all the ___7___ of the products.可知，句意为“要了解货物清单上的所有信息并记住所有产品的价格是一种挑战。”“价格”price，由前面的all可知此处应用其复数形式，故答案填prices。

【8】句意：将来，他们打算卖学生们自己做的东西。根据下文For example, students can sell their homemade pencil boxes and phone cases.可知，此处句意为“将来，他们打算卖学生自己做的东西。”“学生们自己”the students themselves，故答案填themselves。

本题为短文填空，首先要快速浏览全文，理解短文的大致意思，再精读短文注意所填的词在句中的词性、时态等等。然后根据句意、上下文联系、语境填写合适的词语。如，第3小题，根据后面的11 students，可知此处是说她和“另外的”11名学生，“另外的”another，故答案填another。第4小题，由后面的stationery and snacks，可知商店主要是“销售”文具和小吃，“销售、卖”sell，文章时态是一般现在时，主语是it第三人称单数形式，所以谓语动词也用三单式sells，故答案填sells。