Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，在空白处按要求填入适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Bill Bird is a shoemaker in London. He makes shoes for people with feet of unusual (size): very large, very small, very fat or very thin. The shoes are as beautiful as those found in shopping centres. His shop is so popular that he feels he can't make shoes fast enough (介词) his growing number of customers.
Mr Bird says, "My problem is that I need more (worker) and I can't find them. people all went (work) with computers these day I'm afraid shoemaking will become （冠词）lost art because there are fewer and fewer shoemaker now. I am 45, and now I want to teach young people everything I know about (make) shoes. It's a good job, and a lot of people want to buy beautiful shoes specially made for them."
Mr Bird (start) making shoes 19 years ago and now he employs (雇用) three people. "Our customers come (连词) they want to wear comfortable shoes which are the right size," he says. His customers pay about ￥500 for (they) first pair of shoes. Extra (额外) pairs of shoes are between ￥320 and ￥450. They are never cheap, as it (take) one employee about a week to make just one shoe.

Answer 1

【答案】sizes；for；workers；to work；a；making；started；because；their；takes
【解析】本文介绍鞋匠比尔伯德的故事。
⑴句意：比尔伯德是伦敦的一个鞋匠。他为有异常尺码的脚的人做鞋子。由people、feet和后面的very large, very small, very fat or very thin可知此处用复数名词，所以答案是sizes。
⑵句意：他的店是如此受欢迎以至于他感到他不能足够快地位不断增长的顾客做鞋子。表示“为了”，所以答案是for。
⑶句意：我的问题是我需要更多的工人，但是我找不到。more是many或much的比较级，worker是可数名词，所以此处more是many的比较级，所以worker用复数形式，所以答案是workers。
⑷句意：人们都去从事电脑方面的工作了，，恐怕做鞋将成为一门失传的艺术。表示目的，所以用不定式，所以答案是to work。
⑸句意：一门失传的艺术。所以用不定冠词，所以答案是a。
⑹句意：我现在45岁了，我想把我知道的关于做鞋的一切教给年轻人。about是介词，后跟名词或动名词，所以答案是making。
⑺句意：伯德先生19年前开始做鞋。ago是一般过去时的标志，所以答案是started。
⑻句意：我们的顾客来这里，因为他们想要穿合适的尺码的舒服的鞋子。前后表示因果关系，所以答案是because。
⑼句意：他的顾客为他们的第一双鞋子支付大约500元。此处作定语修饰名词，所以用形容词性物主代词，所以答案是their。
⑽句意：它们绝不便宜，因为要花费一个雇员大约一个星期做一只鞋。根据are可知用一般现在时，主语it是第三人称单数，所以答案是takes。