Question

【题目】 根据下面短文内容，在短文的空格处填上一个恰当的词，使短文完整、通顺。

We often believe our parents are always there for us, but this is not true for “left-behind” children. They can see their parents usually once a year. Parents have to ask the 【1】 to look after the young, leave them behind in the countryside, and go to big cities to work.

In China, there are about 21 million children from the countryside, and one third of them are left behind. At the end of each year, these parents will go 【2】 home to stay with their kids for a few days.

In fact, these children will have many 【3】 with schoolwork and health. For example, the old may not be able to help them with homework or look after them well .This will make these children lose parents’ love and keep themselves away 【4】 other people.

The government (政府) is now trying their best to take good care of the left-behind children, such as sending volunteers to the countryside. They will report to the government 【5】 they find something wrong with any left-behind child. However, the best way to solve the problems is to bring parents and children back together. The government tried to ask these parents to go back to hometowns to 【6】 for work and business. 【7】 way is to make it easier for the children to go to school in big cities. Then their parents can both work and see them every day.

Many governments showed great improvement in 【8】 the problems. Thanks to them, the number of left-behind children has decreased by (减少了) 22.7 percent according to the latest report.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】old

【2】back

【3】problems

【4】from

【5】if

【6】look

【7】another

【8】solving

【解析】

本文主要介绍了中国目前面临的最大社会问题——留守儿童问题。

【1】句意：父母必须让老人照看孩子。

根据下文the old may not be able to help them with homework or look after them well老年人可能不能帮助他们做家庭作业，也不能很好地照顾他们。可知是留下老人the old 照顾孩子the young。the+形容词表示一类人，the old老人，故答案为old。

【2】句意：在每一年的年末，这些父母将回家去和孩子们呆几天。

根据stay with their kids for a few days. 和孩子们呆几天，可知外出打工的父母年底返回家了，back“往回”副词，go back“回去”，故答案为back。

【3】句意：事实上，这些孩子在学校功课和健康方面会有许多问题。

根据下句For example, the old may not be able to help then with homework or look after them well例如，老年人可能无法帮助他们做家庭作业或照顾好他们。可知孩子在学校功课和健康方面会有许多问题。问题problem，可数名词，根据空前many许多，可知这里用复数形式 problems，故答案为problems。

【4】句意：这将使这些孩子失去父母的爱，使自己远离他人。

根据常识，孩子没有父母陪伴，性格会变得内向，不自信，总是远离别人，固定搭配keep away from 远离…，故答案为from。

【5】句意：如果他们发现任何留守儿童有问题，他们会向政府报告。

根据They will report to the government ____5____ they find something wrong with any left-behind child.可知如果发现问题就向政府报告，所以两句之间属于条件关系，if“如果”，本句也符合“主将从现”结构，故答案为if。

【6】句意：政府试图要求这些父母回到家乡去找工作和生意。

根据ask these parents to go back to hometowns to ____6____ for work and business.可知为了解决留守儿童问题，政府要求这些父母回到自己家乡找工作和生意，look for“寻找”，故答案为look。

【7】句意：另一种方法是让孩子们更容易在大城市上学。

针对于前面提到的方法The government tried to ask these parents to go back to hometowns to ____6____ for work and business政府试图要求这些父母回到家乡去找工作和生意。可知让孩子们更容易在大城市上学是另一种解决问题的方法，another“另一个”，故答案为another。

【8】句意：许多政府在解决这些问题方面表现出了很大的进步。

根据上文the best way to solve the problems is to bring parents and children back together. 可知政府解决这些问题的最好办法是让父母和孩子在一起。，政府也在解决这些问题方面有了很大进步，动词词组solve the problems“解决问题”，放在介词in后面，需要用solve的动名词形式solving，故答案为solving。