Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
Dear Abby,
I'm a helpless mother. My son is 15 years old. I find that the (old) lie grows，the less we talk. I feel very worried and I (real) need help.
My first problem is about his hobbies. He seems to spend too much time computer games. As soon he gets home, he always turns on the computer, closes the door and locks others out. Tm getting worried about (he), especially when his English (teach) told me he always failed in the English exams.
Second, it seems that he is crazy about the new technology. However, to be (honesty), I don't have enough money and I can't afford all the (thing) he wants.
Recently, I (find) that he is always alone. I've never seen him talking to his friends on the phone or going out with anyone on weekends. That is last problem I have.
Do all the boys behave this way? What should I do to help him?
A helpless mother

Answer 1

【答案】older；really；on；as；him；teacher；honest；things；have found；the
【解析】这是一篇倾诉烦恼寻求建议类的语法短文。
①考查比较级句型“the+比较级，the+比较级 （译为：越……越……）”，后面有提醒the less，故old要变为比较级older，句意是：他年纪越大，我们的交流就越少。
②考查形容词与副词的转变。real 形容词，本空需要填副词 really。句意：我真的需要帮助。语法填空中，real与really可相互转化。
③考查spend的用法。sb spend ...on sth./ spend...doing sth.译为“某人花了……在某事上/做某事”，这是非常重要的两种结构，故此处填on。另外注意sb pay money for sth译为“某人花了多少钱买某东西”;sth cost sb money译为“某东西花了某人多少钱”; it takes some time to do sth译为“做某事花了某人多少时间”,动词的主语不一样。
④考查固定短语。句意：他一到家就打开电脑。短语as soon as...译为“ 一……就……”。
⑤考查代词。我很担心他，此处的he是作宾语，故改为him。
⑥考查动词变名词。when his English (teach) told me he always failed in the English exams，当他的英语……告诉我他英语考试不及格时，所以此处应该填人，teach变成teacher才符合句意。
⑦考查honesty的词性转变。be动词后一般接形容词表示怎么样，故此处应将honesty变为形容词honest， to be honest 译为“老实说”。
⑧考查名词的单复数。all 后面接名词复数。故答案是things。
⑨考查谓语动词的时态。一是recently提示词，二是后面句子 I've never seen... ，所以此处应用现在完成时，而现在完成时的结构是have（has）
done，原句主语是I，故填have found。
⑩考查冠词。句意：那是我最后一个问题。定冠词the 用于特指，限定的，不定冠词a/an用于泛指，不确定的名词前，最后一个是限定的，故填the。