Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

She looks like any other schoolgirl, fresh-faced and full of life. Sarah Thomas is looking forward to the challenge of her new A-level course. But unlike her school friends, 16-year-old Sarah is not spending half-term 1 (rest). Instead, she is earning 6500 a day as 2 model in New York.

Sarah 3 (tell) that she could be Britain’s new supermodel earning a million dollars in the next year. Her father Peter, 44, wants her to give up school to model full-time. But Sarah, 4 has taken part in shows along with top models, wants 5 (prove) that she has brains as well as beauty. She is determined to carry on with her 6 (educate).

She has turned down several 7 (invitation) to star at shows in order to concentrate on her studies. After school she plans to take a year off to model full-time before going to university to get a degree 8 engineering or architecture.

Sarah says, ＂My dad thinks I should take the offer now. But at the moment, school 9 (come) first. I don’t want to get too absorbed in modeling. It is 10 (certain) fun but the lifestyle is a little unreal. I don’t want to have nothing else to fall back on when I can’t model any more.＂

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】resting

【2】a

【3】was told / has been told

【4】who

【5】to prove

【6】education

【7】invitations

【8】in

【9】comes

【10】certainly

【解析】

【1】考查非谓语动词。 固定短语：spend time doing sth花费时间做某事。

【2】考查冠词。model是可数名词，前面没有限定词，而此处泛指 ＂一个＂，故填a。

【3】考查动词的时态和语态。根据语境可判断出谓语动词应该用一般过去时或现在完成时的被动形式，又因主语Sarah是第三人称单数，故填was told / has been told。

【4】考查定语从句。非限制性定语从句中缺少主语，且先行词为Sarah，指人，要用who。

【5】考查非谓语动词。want to do sth.想要做某事。

【6】考查词形转换。形容词性物主代词后面应该接名词形式。

【7】考查名词单复数。several修饰可数名词复数形式，故填invitations。

【8】考查介词。in表示＂在某方面＂，获得某项学位 ＂get a degree in…＂。

【9】考查动词。根据语境可知Sarah认为当下应该是学业第一，说明现在的情况应该用一般现在时。

【10】考查副词。修饰动词应该用副词形式，故填certainly。