Question

【题目】 Choose 10 out of 12 words from the box and fill in the blanks with their proper forms.

Most people like to make a good impression (给…留下好印象) on other people. This is true when they look 【1】 a job, when they go to a party, or when they go out 【2】 their friends. Dressing well is one of the ways of 【3】 a good impression.

Different countries have different ideas of dressing well. In the United States, people think that dressing well means dressing simply and suitably(适合地，适宜地). For example, fancy clothes are not suitable for school or for work. They do not wear 【4】 clothes in the winter, or heavy clothes in the summer, nor would it be comfortable.

Dressing with too 【5】 colors or ornaments (装饰品) is not in good taste. Too much of anything is extreme. Simple clothes are easy to find and they can be bought 【6】, too. They are always in style and in good taste.

Simple and suitable clothes are worth (值得) having for children, too. A little girl does not feel comfortable when she is wearing a party dress and all the other girls in school are wearing 【7】 clothes. A little boy is not happy when he is the only boy in his class without a tie. 【8】“different” is never comfortable for a child.

There is an old saying which reads, “When in Rome, do as the 【9】do.” When you live in the United States, you will be much 【10】 if you learn to dress simply and suitably.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 for

【2】 to meet

【3】 making

【4】 light

【5】 many

【6】 cheaply

【7】 casual

【8】 Feeling

【9】 Romans

【10】 happier

【解析】

这篇短文主要讲述了每个人都希望给别人留下好印象，关于穿着方面不同国家有不同的观点。

【1】句意：当他们找工作的时候，当他们去参加聚会时，或者当他们出去见朋友的时候，这是真的。短语look for a job,表示找工作；根据题意，故填for。

【2】句意：当他们找工作的时候，当他们去参加聚会时，或者当他们出去见朋友的时候，这是真的。这里用动词不定式作目的状语，go out to meet their friends.表示出去见他们的朋友。根据题意，故填to meet。

【3】句意：穿着得体是给人留下好印象的方法之一。短语make a good impression表示留下一个好印象；介词of+doing的形式。根据句意，故填making。

【4】句意：冬天他们不穿轻便的衣服，夏天不穿厚重的衣服，它也是不舒服的。根据下文or heavy clothes in the summer可知，这里是轻的衣服，light的意思是“轻的”，根据句意，故填light。

【5】句意：用太多的颜色或装饰品来装饰是不合口味的。too many+可数名词的复数。根据句意，故填many。

【6】句意：简单的衣服很容易找到，而且买起来也很便宜。他们总是很时髦，品味很好。这里是副词修饰动词，这里用cheap的副词，cheaply的意思是“便宜的”，根据句意，故填cheaply。

【7】句意：一个小女孩穿着聚会礼服，在学校里所有其他女孩都穿着休闲服，感到不舒服。casual的意思是“休闲服”，根据句意，故填casual。

【8】句意：当小男孩是班上唯一一个没有领带的男孩时，他不高兴。对孩子来说，感觉“不同”永远不会感到舒服。这里是动名词做主语。这里用feel的动名词feeling。根据句意，首字母大写。故填Feeling。

【9】句意：有一句言语：“入乡随俗”。Roman表示罗马人，这里用名词的复数，根据题意，故填Romans。

【10】句意：当你住在美国时，如果你学会穿得简单和合适，你将会更快乐。根据题意可知用形容词的比较级，这里用happy的比较级happier。根据句意，故填happier。