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【题目】 Sally was fourteen．She studied in a middle school．She liked dancing and singing and s __【1】____ a lot of time on them．But she hated math and even decided to give it up．Her father was w __【2】_ about it．

It was Sunday．Sally’s father gave a call to his sister who t __【3】___ math in another school．He hoped she would come and tell his daughter how to learn math．The woman came and said, “ You are a clever girl, Sally．I’m sure you will soon learn math well if you do your b _【4】____．’’

“ I’m afraid I can’t , Aunt,” said Sally．“ G __【5】____ can’t be good at math ．”

“ I don’t think so,” said the woman．“ I was good at it when was a girl．You must do more e _【6】____ and try different ways to practice d __【7】__ math problems until you work them out or at least understand them better．Here is a math problem．Please think it o ___【8】___ and see if you can work it out．”

“ Ok,” said the girl．“ Let me try．”

About an hour later Sally took the exercise book to her aunt and said, “ I’ve t 【9】____ several times and worked out the problem at last!”

“ Well done !” her aunt looked at her answer and said h__【10】___, “ Now you see, math is not as difficult as you thought．”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】spent

【2】worried

【3】taught

【4】best

【5】Girls

【6】exercises

【7】doing

【8】over

【9】tried

【10】happily

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文中萨利认为数学很难，自己不可能学好，最后在自己的姑姑的帮助下，终于克服了这个困难，树立起了学习数学的信心。

【1】根据语境可知，这里指的是萨利花很多时间在唱歌跳舞上。由于这是叙述过去的事实，应用一般过去时。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：spent。

【2】根据语境可知，这里指的是萨利的父亲担心她放弃数学。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：worried，be worried about：担心。

【3】根据下文的描述可知，萨利的姑姑在另一所学校教数学。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：taught。

【4】根据语境可知，这里指的是萨利的姑姑相信如果萨利尽自己最大努力，一定能够学好数学。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：best，do one’s best：尽某人最大努力。

【5】根据下文“I was good at it when was a girl”的描述可知，这里指的是萨利认为女孩不可能学好数学。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：Girls。

【6】根据语境可知，这里指的是多做练习。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：exercises。

【7】根据语境可知，这里指的是尝试练习做数学题的不同方式。practice doing sth是固定搭配，结合所给首字母提示可知应填：doing。

【8】根据语境可知，这里指的是萨利的姑姑请她仔细思考看是否能够做出这道数学题。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：over，think over：思考。

【9】根据前文“ Let me try．”的描述可知，这里指的是萨利已经尝试了好几次。由于这里是现在完成时，动词应用过去分词。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：tried。

【10】根据语境可知，这里指的是姑姑看着她的答案高兴地对她说。这里应用副词修饰动词said。结合所给首字母提示可知应填：happily。