Question

根据短文内容和首字母提示，在下文空格处填入适当的词使短文完整。（每空一词）
Operation Smile was s  【小题1】  up by a doctor and his wife, a nurse. In 1982 they travelled to the Philippines with a g  【小题2】of volunteers to help children who had p  【小题3】 with their faces. These children had holes in their lips or inside their mouths. It was very d  【小题4】  for these children to eat.
They helped many children in the Philippines, but they were sad because they didn’t have enough
m  【小题5】  to help all the children They decided to start a charity so that they could help them. They called it Operation Smile.
Now Operation Smile helps children in more than twenty d  【小题6】  countries and has c  【小题7】    about ten thousand children. Operation Smile has won many prizes for its work and in 1999.another s  【小题8】   activity was started. Which was called “The World Journey of Hope”. During this activity, more than five thousand children with holes in their mouths and lips were cured in eighteen different countries around the world.
Operation Smile also t  【小题9】   doctors in developing countries so that they can continue to help children even after the Operation Smile team has left the country. Children with serious problems are brought to the USA for t  【小题10】  . AII of this costs a lot. so please give as much as possible. Many thanks from the children who can now smile.

Answer 1

【小题1】set
【小题2】group
【小题3】problems
【小题4】difficult
【小题5】money
【小题6】developing/different
【小题7】cured
【小题8】special
【小题9】trains
【小题10】treatment

解析试题分析：这篇短文主要介绍了世界上一个著名的慈善组织，微笑行动的产生过程以及它在世界上进行的救助活动。号召我们为他们提供帮助。
【小题1】联系下文，可知此处指的是微笑行动是一个医生和他的妻子建立的。结合语境可知本句主语是动作对象，故用被动语态。根据首字母可知填过去分词set，树立，建立。注意set过去分词和原形动词词性一致。
【小题2】联系下文描述，可知此处指的是和一组志愿者们。根据首字母可知填单数名词group，组，团体。
【小题3】联系后一句描述，可知此处指的是脸上有问题的孩子们。结合语境及首字母可知填复数名词problems，问题，难题。
【小题4】联系前一句描述，可知这些孩子们吃饭很困难。结合语境及首字母可知填形容词difficult，困难的。
【小题5】联系后一句描述，可知此处指的是他们没有足够的资金，根据首字母可知填名词money，金钱，资金。抽象名词不可数，故用原形即可。
【小题6】结合语境及首字母可知此处指的是超过二十个发展中国家，或者二十个不同的国家。故填形容词developing/different，发展中的/不同的，作定语。
【小题7】联系下文描述，可知此处指的是治愈了超过一万名儿童。结合语境可知本句描述的是过去发生的动作，故用一般过去时态。根据首字母可知填过去式动词cured，治愈了。
【小题8】联系后一句描述，可知此处指的是另一个专门的活动开始了，根据首字母可知填形容词special，专门的，特殊的，作定语。
【小题9】联系下文，可知此处指的是，这个行动组织也培训医生。结合语境可知本句描述的是客观性动作，故用一般现在时态。主语Operation Smile 表示单数含义，故谓语动词用单数。根据首字母可知填trains，培训。
【小题10】结合语境可知此处指的是被带到美国进行治疗。本句中for是介词，后面接名词作宾语。根据首字母可知填名词treatment，治疗，处理。抽象名词不可数，故用原形即可。
考点：短文中词汇短语的运用能力
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。注意动词，名词等一般要有词形变化，注意主谓语数的一致问题。而介词则没有词形变化。在叙事性短文中，谓语动词多为一般过去时态及现在完成时态，说明性短文中谓语动词多为一般现在时态。