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【題目】請(qǐng)根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，在短文空格處填上一個(gè)恰當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使短文完整、通暢。

Mahalya is a student in Grade 8 at Lamberton Middle School in Pennsylvania, the United States. Every afternoon at two o’clock, she runs to a store at her school. She is not running there to buy any snacks. 【1】, she works as the storekeeper and helps count change for customers.

“I didn’t know that it took so much work. I didn’t do anything 【2】 this,” Mahalya told the Sentinel, a local newspaper.

In fact, she and 【3】 11 students work as the storekeepers at Bison Bargains, the school’s first student-run store. It started on February 22, and it opens each school day during break time from 2:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. It mainly 【4】 stationery（文具）and snacks.

Through this, students see what doing 【5】 is like. Christian, a 14-year-old student , was really surprised by how hard it was not to 【6】 mistakes and do the transactions（交易）. “It’s kind of a challenge to learn all the information on the stock（供應(yīng)物）lists and remember all the 【7】 of the products,” Christian told the newspaper.

To help them learn about business they took a class. The class taught students how to use money and some simple business rules.

The school did a survey on what products students would buy from a school store. In the future, they plan to sell things made by the students 【8】. For example, students can sell their homemade pencil boxes and phone cases.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 Instead

【2】 like

【3】 another

【4】 sells

【5】 business

【6】 make

【7】 prices

【8】 themselves

【解析】

文章大意：本文主要介紹了美國(guó)賓夕法尼亞蘭伯頓中學(xué)的學(xué)生午后去學(xué)校開的商店去幫忙，讓學(xué)生了解生意是什么樣的，同時(shí)他們計(jì)劃將來(lái)出售學(xué)生自己制作的東西。

【1】句意：相反，她是店主，幫助客戶計(jì)算零錢。根據(jù)上文She is not running there to buy any snacks.以及后面的she works as the storekeeper and helps count change for customers.可知這里的意思是“相反、反而”，英文表達(dá)是instead，因其位于句首，所以第一個(gè)字母要大寫，故答案填Instead。

【2】句意：我沒有做過這樣的事情。根據(jù)上文I didn’t know that it took so much work.可推知此處句意為“我沒有做過這樣的事情。” like this像這樣地，故答案填like。

【3】句意：她和另外11名學(xué)生在野牛特價(jià)店當(dāng)?shù)曛�。根�?jù)后面的11 students，可知此處是說她和“另外的”11名學(xué)生，“另外的”another，故答案填another。

【4】句意：主要銷售文具和小吃。由后面的stationery and snacks，可知商店主要是“銷售”文具和小吃，“銷售、賣”sell，文章時(shí)態(tài)是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，主語(yǔ)是it第三人稱單數(shù)形式，所以謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞也用三單式sells，故答案填sells。

【5】句意：學(xué)生們看到做生意是什么樣子。由Through this,聯(lián)系上文語(yǔ)境，可知是學(xué)生們通過經(jīng)營(yíng)學(xué)校的商店，看到做生意是什么樣子，“做生意”do business，故答案填business。

【6】句意：不犯錯(cuò)誤和做交易有多難。根據(jù)前面的really surprised by how hard可知，Christian對(duì)于不犯錯(cuò)誤和做交易是多么困難，真的感到驚訝，make mistakes固定詞組，“犯錯(cuò)誤”，前面有介詞to，所以這里應(yīng)用動(dòng)詞原形，故答案填make。

【7】句意：要了解貨物清單上的所有信息并記住所有產(chǎn)品的價(jià)格是一種挑戰(zhàn)。根據(jù)It’s kind of a challenge to learn all the information on the stock（供應(yīng)物）lists and remember all the ___7___ of the products.可知，句意為“要了解貨物清單上的所有信息并記住所有產(chǎn)品的價(jià)格是一種挑戰(zhàn)。”“價(jià)格”price，由前面的all可知此處應(yīng)用其復(fù)數(shù)形式，故答案填prices。

【8】句意：將來(lái)，他們打算賣學(xué)生們自己做的東西。根據(jù)下文For example, students can sell their homemade pencil boxes and phone cases.可知，此處句意為“將來(lái)，他們打算賣學(xué)生自己做的東西�！薄皩W(xué)生們自己”the students themselves，故答案填themselves。

本題為短文填空，首先要快速瀏覽全文，理解短文的大致意思，再精讀短文注意所填的詞在句中的詞性、時(shí)態(tài)等等。然后根據(jù)句意、上下文聯(lián)系、語(yǔ)境填寫合適的詞語(yǔ)。如，第3小題，根據(jù)后面的11 students，可知此處是說她和“另外的”11名學(xué)生，“另外的”another，故答案填another。第4小題，由后面的stationery and snacks，可知商店主要是“銷售”文具和小吃，“銷售、賣”sell，文章時(shí)態(tài)是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，主語(yǔ)是it第三人稱單數(shù)形式，所以謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞也用三單式sells，故答案填sells。