Question

【题目】Choose 10 from the 12 words in the box to complete the passage with their proper forms. Each word can be used only once.

something actual believe decide come happily young finally

old interested bored happen

Sata Claus (圣诞老人) is always a mystery to lots of children. I remember 【1】in Santa when I was very young. However, time passed quickly and when I got 【2】 , I began to ask if there was really a Santa . Then I tested (检测)a few times【3】 if Santa was real. The first test 【4】 when I was 5 years old. I thought that if I stayed up all night on Christmas Eve,I could see if Santa really【5】 . But I fell asleep. When I got up, I found a nice present under the tree.

At the age of 7,I had my 【6】 test, which was the end to my task to discover the existence(存在) of Santa. That year, I didn't send out my Christmas letter to Santa On Christmas Eve, my mother took me to a supermarket to shop. I didn't say【7】 but I looked at one 【8】toy car a few times. I thought that Santa couldn't know what to get me because he couldn't read my mind. But Mom knew everything. The next morning, I found the toy car and knew that Santa was 【9】Mom.

The magic and mystery of Santa made Christmas a【10】 time for me. In the future, I want it to be part of my children's childhood as well.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】believing

【2】older

【3】to decide

【4】happened

【5】came

【6】final

【7】anything

【8】interesting

【9】actually

【10】happy

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述了圣诞老人对很多孩子来说总是个谜。文中讲述了作者是怎样知道真正的圣诞老人的。

【1】句意：我记得我很小的时候就相信圣诞老人。

短语remember doing sth.表示记着去做某事；短语believe in sb.相信某人。根据题意，故答案为believing。

【2】句意：然而，时间过得很快，当我长大了，我开始问是否真的有圣诞老人。

根据上文“However, time passed quickly“可知，这里是说当我变得更大。这里用old的比较级older。根据题意，故答案为older。

【3】句意：然后我做了几次检测来确定圣诞老人是否是真的。

根据下文“if Santa was real.“可知上文是说检测的目的是决定是否圣诞老人是真的。decide动词，决定。动词不定式作目的状语，根据题意，故答案为to decide。

【4】句意：第一次测试发生在我5岁的时候。

根据“when I was 5 years old.”可知，这里是说发生在什么时候，这里用一般过去时态，happen的过去式是happened，根据题意，故答案为happened。

【5】句意：我能看是否圣诞老人真的来了。但我睡着了。

根据下文“But I fell asleep.”可知，这里是说看圣诞老人是否真得来，这里用一般过去时态，come来，过去式是came。根据题意，故答案为came。

【6】句意：在我7岁的时候，我做了最后的测试，这是我的任务的终点，去发现圣诞老人的存在。

根据下文“which was the end to my task to discover the existence(存在) of Santa.”可知，这里是最终的测试。形容词作后置定语。final形容词，最后的。根据题意，故答案为final。

【7】句意：我什么也没说，只是看了几眼一辆有趣的玩具车。

根据下文“but I looked at one ____8____toy car a few times.”可知这里是说什么都没有说，在否定句中用不定代词anything，任何东西。根据题意，故答案为anything。

【8】句意：我什么也没说，只是看了几眼一辆有趣的玩具车。

这里是形容词作定语，这里是有趣的玩具车。interesting形容词，有趣的。根据题意，故答案为interesting。

【9】句意：第二天早上，我发现了玩具车，知道圣诞老人实际上是妈妈。

根据上文“I thought that Santa couldn't know what to get me because he couldn't read my mind. But Mom knew everything.”可知，这里是说实际上是妈妈。actually副词，实际上。根据题意，故答案为actually。

【10】句意：圣诞老人的神奇和神秘使我度过了一个快乐的圣诞节。

根据“The magic and mystery of Santa”可知，这里是说一个快乐的时光。这里是形容词作定语，happy形容词，高兴的。根据题意，故答案为happy。