Question

【題目】 Fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當(dāng)?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順，每空格限填一詞， 首字母已給）

Do you remember when you wrote a letter last time? If the answer is “not recently”, don’t worry. You are not a 【1】 .

A survey of 1,000 teenagers around the world done by a French company BIC found that a third of today’s teenagers had never written a letter, half had not written a thank-you letter, and a quarter had not even written a birthday or Christmas card. In fact, 58 percent of teenagers c【2】 that handwriting was “too slow” and 17 percent believed it was “outdated”.

These results have caused w【3】that the art of handwriting may one day die out.

“Hand-writing” is one of the most c【4】 art forms we have and should be given the same importance as other art form such as painting, or photography,” Jonathan Skyrme, general manager at BIC UK & Ireland, told the Daily Mail.

The New York Times once explained that a handwritten letter sends a message in a way that o【5】messages can never do. “When you get an email, you can never be sure that you are the o 【6】 person to have received it -- or even that it was written by the person who sent it,” said the newspaper.

As US author Simon Garfield once wrote, “Emails are a poke（蜻蜓點(diǎn)水）, but letters are a loving touch.” So imagine the powerful message you send when you actually write out your thought by hand, buy a stamp, take it to a mailbox, and wait days for your special s【7】to receive it.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】alone

【2】complained

【3】worries

【4】creative

【5】online

【6】only

【7】stranger

【解析】

作者通過這篇文章向我們介紹了關(guān)于青少年是否寫信的調(diào)查，事實(shí)顯示如今大多數(shù)青少年都沒寫過信，并比較了電子郵件與寫信的各自的優(yōu)點(diǎn)。

【1】句意：你還記得你上一次寫信是什么時(shí)候嗎？如果答案是：“不是最近”，沒關(guān)系，并不是只有你。

空格前are是系動(dòng)詞，后接形容詞，作表語。根據(jù)下文“A survey of 1,000 teenagers around the world done by a French company BIC found that a third of today’s teenagers had never written a letter”，通過調(diào)查可知，大部分的青少年都從未寫過一封信，根據(jù)提示字母，可推測(cè)空格處要表述你并不孤單。故答案為alone。

【2】句意：事實(shí)上，58%的青少年抱怨手寫信太慢了，17%的青少年認(rèn)為它已經(jīng)過時(shí)了。

根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)，that引導(dǎo)的是一個(gè)賓語從句，空格處是謂語動(dòng)詞，從句中was是一般過去時(shí)，所以主句的謂語動(dòng)詞也用一般過去時(shí)。根據(jù)句意，空格后表述的內(nèi)容是手寫信的不好一面，結(jié)合空格處所給的字母，用動(dòng)詞complainted表示抱怨。故答案為complainted.

【3】句意：這些結(jié)果讓人們擔(dān)心，手寫藝術(shù)可能有一天將會(huì)消失。

根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)為一個(gè)賓語從句，主語謂語動(dòng)詞cause，后面接名詞。根據(jù)“the art of handwriting may one day die out”闡述了作者的擔(dān)憂，所以空格用worry表示擔(dān)憂，是可數(shù)名詞，空格前沒有不定冠詞修飾，所以要用名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式。故答案為worries。

【4】句意：手寫是最有創(chuàng)造力的藝術(shù)之一，應(yīng)該跟其他類似噴繪，攝影等藝術(shù)給予同樣的重視程度。

最高級(jí)的固定用法one+of+the+形容詞最高級(jí)+名詞復(fù)數(shù)，表示最…之一�？崭裉幍男稳菰~是修飾art，結(jié)合語境，和空格處所給的首字母，可推測(cè)是最有創(chuàng)造力藝術(shù)形式之一。故答案為creative。

【5】句意：紐約時(shí)報(bào)曾經(jīng)抱怨，一個(gè)手寫信在某種程度上傳遞了一種信息，這是在線消息永遠(yuǎn)做不到的。

空格處后messages是可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，前用形容詞修飾。根據(jù)下文When you get an email，email屬于在線的消息，根據(jù)首字母提示，空格處用online。故答案為online。

【6】句意：當(dāng)你收到一封郵件時(shí)，你永遠(yuǎn)不會(huì)確定你是唯一一個(gè)收到它的人，甚至你也不知道是誰寫的。

空格處后person是可數(shù)名詞，前用形容詞修飾�？崭裉幍木渥邮窃诿枋鲈诰�消息的弊端，結(jié)合句意，當(dāng)你收到郵件時(shí)，是無法確定你是唯一的收件人，結(jié)合首字母提示，空格處填only。故答案為only。

【7】句意：所以，想象一下你所傳遞的強(qiáng)大信息，當(dāng)你用手寫出你內(nèi)心的感受，買一張郵票，把它放到郵箱里，等待著特別的人收到它。

空格前special是形容詞，所以空格處是名詞。根據(jù)前文“Emails are a poke, but letters are a loving touch”，可知，我們是把信寄給對(duì)我們特別的人。結(jié)合首字母，填寫stranger。故答案為stranger。