Question

根据首字母提示填空，每空一词（本题有10小题，每小题1分，共10分）
Experts say that students usually need eight or ten hours’ sleep at night, but most Chinese students don’t get e       小题1: sleep. Some Chinese parents are usually glad to see their children s       小题2: late. They will think their children work hard. But not all parents are happy about this. Once a mother t      小题3: us that every morning her ten-year-old boy put up one finger w       小题4: his eyes still closed, begging （乞求） for one minute to sleep. Like thousands of “early birds” in China, he has to get up b      小题5: six every morning.
A report s       小题6: that without a good night’s sleep, students seem to be weaker t     小题7: they should be. Many students have fallen asleep during class at one time or another. Too much homework is not the only reason w       小题8: students stay up late. Watching TV or playing computer games late into night is a       小题9: a reason.
Experts have ever said that students should have good study habits. So some clever students n       小题10: study late, they are able to work well in class.

Answer 1

小题1:enough
小题2:sleep
小题3:told
小题4:when
小题5:before
小题6:shows
小题7:than
小题8:why
小题9:also
小题10:never

试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了中国孩子的睡眠问题，并针对这一现象提出了合理的建议。
小题1:联系上下文可知大部分中国学生得不到足够的睡眠。结合首字母可知填enough，足够的。
小题2:联系下文可知父母喜欢看到孩子睡得很晚，结合首字母可知填sleep，睡觉。
小题3:联系下文可知是一位母亲告诉我们，结合语境可知本句描述的是过去的动作，结合首字母可知填故去时态动词told，告诉。
小题4:联系下文可知句意为：当他的眼睛仍旧闭着时，结合首字母可知填when当……时。
小题5:联系上下文可知他不得不在六点以前起床，结合首字母可知填before在……以前。
小题6:联系上下文可知句意为：一个报告显示，根据语境可知本句叙述的是客观性动作，主语为单数第三人称，谓语动词用单数形式。结合首字母可知填shows，显示。
小题7:联系上文be weaker 可知后面为比较对象，结合首字母可知填than，比……。
小题8:考察定语从句。根据先行词the only reason 可知引导词用why，为什么。
小题9:联系上文可知这同样也是一个原因，结合首字母可知填also，也。
小题10:结合语境可知句意为：因此一些聪明的学生从来不学习到很晚，结合首字母可知填never，从来不。
点评：首字母一直是英语考试中的难点，得分率比较低。解答此类题型的方法一般就是根据文章前后句子之间意思推断出词义，并结合首字母推断出所缺单词，然后根据该单词在句子中的句子成分，所起作用，确定单词词形，进行适当词形变化。