Question

【题目】Most Americans don’t like to get advice from members of their family. They get advice from “strangers”. When they need advice, they 【1】 (rare) go to people they know. Instead, many of【2】 write letters to newspapers and magazines 【3】give advice on many different subjects 【4】 (include) family problems, the use of language, health, cooking, child care, clothes, and even on how to buy a house or a car.

Most newspapers regularly print letters from readers with problems. Along with the letters there are answers written by people who 【5】 (suppose) to know how to solve such problems. Some of these writers are doctors, and others are lawyers or 【6】 (educate). Among the writers, two women are famous. 【7】 they have no special training for this kind of work, they can give the readers suitable advice because they are rich 【8】 life experience and good at communicating with others. A survey was done last year about why people 【9】 (turn) to strangers for help and why the two women were wellreceived. Most people interviewed in 【10】 survey said this way could help protect their privacy and the advice from the women was practical and effective.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】rarely

【2】them

【3】which/that

【4】including

【5】are supposed

【6】educators

【7】Although/Though/While

【8】in

【9】turned

【10】the

【解析】本文是一篇说明文，讲述了美国人采取建议的方法。美国人为了保护隐私以及得到更有效更实际有用的解决办法，他们倾向于向报纸或杂志写信求助以及附上解决方法。

【1】考查词形转换。由“Most Americans don’t like to get advice from members of their family.”可知，美国人很少听取自己亲近的人的意见。此处缺少副词，rarely很少地，符合题意。故填rarely。

【2】考查人称代词用法。此处缺少主语，结合上文知讲述美国人的例子，故填them。

【3】考查定语从句。此处为定语从句句式，缺乏主语修饰，又因先行词为名词，且有不定代词修饰，故填which。

【4】考查词形转换。Include，包括，动词。该处缺少连词，且前面出现了谓语动词，故该处不能用动词原形。而including为后置定语，修饰subjects，故填including。

【5】考查词形转换。suppose假设，料想；be supposed to应该。由文章内容知此处指应该知道如何解决问题的人，故填are supposed。

【6】考查词形转换。educate教育；educator教育者。由整句知此处指不同身份的人，又为复数形式，故填educators。

【7】考查连词。此处讲即使没有经过特殊的训练，也能给出合适的建议。句意为让步转折语气，故填Although,Though,While均可。

【8】考查介词。句意为在有着丰富的生活经验。in表示在某方面，符合题意，故填in。

【9】考查时态。由“A survey was done last year .”可知事情发生在过去，应用一般过去式，故填turned。

【10】考查冠词。survey 为可数具体名词，要用冠词修饰，又因此处特指上文提到的事物，故填the修饰。