Question

【题目】四、任务型阅读：先通读下面的短文，然后根据短文内容和表格，在空格内填入一个适当的单词，使意思完整。

A group of high school students from the United States has planted hope by cleaning up an empty lot(一块地) in their neighborhood.

The students are from Buchtel High School in Akron, Ohio. The empty lot, which is owned by a 1ocal bank, was filled with grass and poison ivy(毒葛). As a project for the school’s biohealth(生物健康) class, eight students decided to turn the empty lot into a space that will improve the mental(心里的) and emotional(情感的) health of people who live near it.

They first came up with a design, did research and created 3D models of their plans. Ideas were then presented and the school leaders picked the winning plans. Finally, the students brought those plans to life.

Now when you walk into the lot, you can see a wood walkway leading to a purple iron bench. A few beautiful plants are already in the ground. There is also a hopscotch(跳房子游戏) board that is painted bright blue. A wall painting with the words “Love” and “Peace” has taken shape on a back fence, decorated with the students’ handprints. The rest of the fence was painted grey to cover plain wood.

The students said they painted the bench purple because they found that purple has a comforting feeling for people. They thought kids could go there and sit together, communicate with each other in peac and stay out of trouble.

As for the hopscotch board, it was set up for a group of eight to ten school-age kids who lived in the neighborhood but had nowhere to play.

It gives the neighborhood a little hope and a little beauty, “said Lyle Jenkins, a member of the Neighborhood Network.” A lot of people love the neighborhood and have great hopes for things getting better.

Lots of love and hope planted by students
Introduction	A group of American high school students did a project to plant hope by by cleaning up an empty lot, and its【1】is a local bank.
The process (过程)	Eight students made their【2】to turn the lot into a space to improve people’s health. They did a lot to【3】their plans to life
【4】they have made	A wood walkway leads to a purple iron bench. A hopscotch board is painted bright blue. A wall painting has taken shape on a back fence. The rest of the fence was painted grey.
Reasons for their changes	Purple can create a comfortable feeling for people. The hopscotch board helps kids get along with each other【5】. A little hope and a little beauty make people live a hopeful life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】owner

【2】decisions

【3】bring

【4】Changes

【5】peacefully

【解析】

本篇文章难度适中，主要讲述一块空地在一群学生的改造下成为附近的人喜欢的地方。

【1】根据The empty lot, which is owned by a 1ocal bank可知，银行拥有这块地，所以这块地的主人是一个当地的银行。owner主人，且根据空后is可知，空处用可数名词单数，故填owner。

【2】根据As a project for the school’s biohealth(生物健康) class, eight students decided to turn the empty lot into a space that will improve the mental(心里的) and emotional(情感的) health of people who live near it可知，八名学生决定将这块空地变成一个空间，以改善附近居民的心理和情感健康，所以表示“做决定”，decision决定，且根据空前their可知，空处用复数，故填decisions。

【3】根据Finally, the students brought those plants to life可知，他们将计划变成现实。bring plans to life“将计划变为现实”，且根据空前to可知，空处用原形，故填bring。

【4】根据Now when you walk into the lot, you can see a wood walkway leading to a purple iron bench. A few beautiful plants are already in the ground. There is also a hopscotch(跳房子游戏) board that is painted bright blue. A wall painting with the words “Love” and “Peace” has taken shape on a back fence, decorated with the students’ handprints. The rest of the fence was painted grey to cover plain wood可知，表示他们所做的改变，change改变，且根据句意可知，用复数，空位于句首，故填Changes。

【5】根据The students said they painted the bench purple because they found that purple has a comforting feeling for people. They thought kids could go there and sit together, communicate with each other in peace and stay out of trouble可知，帮助孩子们和平共处，空处修饰get along with，用副词，故填peacefully。