Question

My children are【小題1】   up fast. My daughter is 16 and my boy is already in junior high school. As they get bigger our house seems to get【小題2】  . So we want to sell some of our things in a yard sale and give the money to a【小題3】     home.
We have already cleared out a lot of things from our bedrooms. We have 【小題4】   to each sell five things that we no longer use. My son was quite 【小題5】   at first. Although he has not played with his old toys for a long time, he still wanted to keep them. For example, he has owned a train and railway set since his【小題6】   birthday, and he played with it almost every week until he was about seven. And he did not want to lose his toy monkey, either.
He 【小題7】    next to the monkey every night when he was a child. My daughter was more understanding, although she also felt sad to part with【小題8】    toys.
As for 【小題9】   , I did not want to give up my football shirts, but, to be【小題10】   , I have not played for a while now. I am getting older, too!

Answer 1

【小題1】growing
【小題2】smaller
【小題3】children’s
【小題4】decided
【小題5】sad
【小題6】fourth
【小題7】slept
【小題8】certain
【小題9】me
【小題10】honest

解析試題分析：這篇短文主要講述慈善活動。文章介紹，由于孩子們的長大，臥室逐漸變小，需要拍賣一些物品以免占據(jù)空間。文章還介紹了作者一家在庭院拍賣活動中對各自拍賣物品的情感態(tài)度。
【小題1】根據(jù)下文My daughter is 16 and my boy is already in junior high school. As they get bigger---的描述可知，這里指的是孩子們長得很塊。結(jié)合所給詞匯，可知應(yīng)填growing，grow up：長大。
【小題2】根據(jù)語境，這里指的是隨著孩子們的逐漸長大，臥室視乎變得越來越小了。結(jié)合所給詞匯，可知應(yīng)填smaller。
【小題3】根據(jù)語境并結(jié)合所給詞匯可知，這里指的是作者他們想把拍賣得來的錢捐給兒童之家。故填children’s，children’s home：兒童之家。
【小題4】根據(jù)語境，這里指的是作者一家決定拍賣5件他們不再需要的東西。結(jié)合所給詞匯可知，這里應(yīng)填decide的過去分詞形式decided，表示現(xiàn)在完成時。
【小題5】聯(lián)系下文Although he has not played with his old toys for a long time, he still wanted to keep them的描述可知，這里指的是作者的兒子對自己的玩具很有感情，不想拍賣，所以顯得非常傷心。故填sad。
【小題6】根據(jù)語境并結(jié)合所給詞匯可知，這里指的是“四歲生日”。表示幾歲生日應(yīng)用序數(shù)詞，故應(yīng)填four的序數(shù)詞形式fourth，。
【小題7】根據(jù)下文的“every night”，并結(jié)合所給詞匯可知，這里指的是作者的兒子每晚都伴著玩具猴一起入睡。由于這是敘述過去的事情，應(yīng)用一般過去時，故應(yīng)填slept。
【小題8】根據(jù)語境，這里指的是作者的女兒對放棄某些玩具也感到傷心。結(jié)合所給詞匯可知應(yīng)填certain，表示某種不確切的東西。
【小題9】根據(jù)下文I did not want to give up my football shirts的描述可知，這里是針對作者自己的情感描述。結(jié)合所給詞匯可知應(yīng)填me，as for me：對我來說。
【小題10】根據(jù)語境，這里是表達個人觀點，“說實話”之意，故應(yīng)填honest，to be honest是習(xí)慣用法，有“實話實說”、“誠實地說”之意。
考點：詞匯填空。