Question

 

My children are1. up fast. My daughter is 16 and my boy is already in junior high school. As they get bigger our house seems to get2. . So we want to sell some of our things in a yard sale and give the money to a3. home.

We have already cleared out a lot of things from our bedrooms. We have 4. to each sell five things that we no longer use. My son was quite 5. at first. Although he has not played with his old toys for a long time, he still wanted to keep them. For example, he has owned a train and railway set since his6. birthday, and he played with it almost every week until he was about seven. And he did not want to lose his toy monkey, either.

He 7. next to the monkey every night when he was a child. My daughter was more understanding, although she also felt sad to part with8. toys.

As for 9. , I did not want to give up my football shirts, but, to be10. , I have not played for a while now. I am getting older, too!

 

Answer 1

1.growing

2.smaller

3.children’s

4.decided

5.sad

6.fourth

7.slept

8.certain

9.me

10.honest

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述慈善活动。文章介绍，由于孩子们的长大，卧室逐渐变小，需要拍卖一些物品以免占据空间。文章还介绍了作者一家在庭院拍卖活动中对各自拍卖物品的情感态度。

1.下文My daughter is 16 and my boy is already in junior high school. As they get bigger---的描述可知，这里指的是孩子们长得很块。结合所给词汇，可知应填growing，grow up：长大。

2.根据语境，这里指的是随着孩子们的逐渐长大，卧室视乎变得越来越小了。结合所给词汇，可知应填smaller。

3.根据语境并结合所给词汇可知，这里指的是作者他们想把拍卖得来的钱捐给儿童之家。故填children’s，children’s home：儿童之家。

4.根据语境，这里指的是作者一家决定拍卖5件他们不再需要的东西。结合所给词汇可知，这里应填decide的过去分词形式decided，表示现在完成时。

5.下文Although he has not played with his old toys for a long time, he still wanted to keep them的描述可知，这里指的是作者的儿子对自己的玩具很有感情，不想拍卖，所以显得非常伤心。故填sad。

6.根据语境并结合所给词汇可知，这里指的是“四岁生日”。表示几岁生日应用序数词，故应填four的序数词形式fourth，。

7.根据下文的“every night”，并结合所给词汇可知，这里指的是作者的儿子每晚都伴着玩具猴一起入睡。由于这是叙述过去的事情，应用一般过去时，故应填slept。

8.根据语境，这里指的是作者的女儿对放弃某些玩具也感到伤心。结合所给词汇可知应填certain，表示某种不确切的东西。

9.根据下文I did not want to give up my football shirts的描述可知，这里是针对作者自己的情感描述。结合所给词汇可知应填me，as for me：对我来说。

10.根据语境，这里是表达个人观点，“说实话”之意，故应填honest，to be honest是习惯用法，有“实话实说”、“诚实地说”之意。

考点：词汇填空。