Question

Mother: Hi,honey. Do you have anything exciting 1 . (report) today?

Mary: The big news is that George won. He actually 2. (come) in first in the spelling bee today.

Mother: Well,that's quite 3. achievement,and he should be proud 4. himself.

So,what was the winning word?

Miary: Mayonnaise(蛋黄酱) .Can you believe it? I guess it's a lot 5. (hard) to spell than you think.

Mother: M-A-Y-O-N …Is it one “n” or two?

Mary: See what I mean?

Mother: You know,I can remember when George’s parents and his teachers were really 6. (worry) about his spelling.That was just a couple of years ago. He sure has come a long way. So what happens next?

Mary: There is a play-off against the 7.(win) from Central High next week,and then the districts,and after that the state. Who knows,maybe we 8. (be) neighbours to the next national champ.

Mother: Maybe. 9. (speak) of mayonnaise,could you get me the jar from the fridge?

Mary: Only if you can spell it 10. (correct) .

Answer 1

1. to report。考查不定式作定语的用 法。you与report之间是逻辑上的 主谓关系，且report表示的是将要 发生的动作，故填to report。

2. came。考查一般过去时。由 George won可知come所表不的动作发生在过去，故填came。

3. an。考查不定冠词。“quite a (n) +名 词”意为“了不起的……”。

4. of。考查介词。be proud of意为 “为……感到自豪”。

5. harder。考查形容词的比较级。由 than可知，设空处应填hard的比较 级。

6. wcjrried。考查形容词作表语的用 法。be worried about 意为“担心”。

7. winners) 。考查名词。由语境可 知，设空处意为“优胜者”，故填 winner (s) 。

8. will be。考查一般将来时。由上句 的next week可知，设空处表不的是 将来的状态，故填will be。

9. Speaking。考查动词-ing形式作状 语的用条。speaking of意为“说到， 说起”。

10. correctly。考查副词。设空处修 饰动词 spell ,故填 correctly。