Question

【题目】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.

This is where my kids grew up

For years now, I’ve been wanting to sell our home, the place where my husband and I raised our kids. But to me, this house is more than just a building. In the front room, there’s a wall that has hundreds of pencil lines. Every growth stage 【1】(mark) in pencils, with each child’s name and the date.

Of all the objects and all the memories, it’s this one thing in a home that’s 【2】(hard) to leave behind. Our kids grow in so many ways, but the wall is physical evidence of their progress. Friends I know have visited their previous home only 【3】(discover) their wall of heights has been freshly painted over. Over the years, I’ve talked about how much I would hate leaving that wall behind when I moved, 【4】 the last marks were made 10 years ago when my kids stopped growing. So one day, while I was at work, my children decided to do 【5】 about it.

They hired Jacquie Manning, a professional photographer 【6】 work is about capturing the beautiful things in life. She came to our house while I was at work, and over several hours, 【7】(take) photos of the hundreds of drawings and lines, little grey fingerprints, and old marks. Somehow, she managed to photograph 【8】 we had experienced in all those years. Afterwards, she put all the photos together into one image, 【9】(transform) them into a beautiful history of my family.

Three weeks later, my children’s wonderful gift made its way to me —【10】 life-size photo of the pencil lines and fingerprints that represents entire lifetimes of love and growth.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】is marked

【2】the hardest

【3】to discover

【4】even though/ even if

【5】something

【6】whose

【7】took

【8】what

【9】transforming

【10】a

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了家里有孩子成长的印记，所以舍不得搬家，后来孩子把墙上的痕迹拍照合成了图像留作纪念。

【1】考查时态和语态。根据语境可知，本句描述的是现在的情况，用一般现在时，主语Every growth stage（单三形式）与动词mark之间是被动关系，用is marked。故填is marked。

【2】考查形容词。根据上文的Of all the objects and all the memories可知，此处是指所有物品和记忆里面，墙上的铅笔线条是最难割舍的，因此，此处用形容词的最高级。故填the hardest。

【3】考查非谓语动词。句意：我认识的朋友拜访过他们以前的家，发现他们的高墙上刚刚粉刷过。分析句式可知，此处要用非谓语动词作结果状语，根据句意和语境可知，发现墙刚刷过是让作者意外的结果，用不定式做结果状语。故填to discover。

【4】考查连词。上一句句意：这么多年来，我一直在说我搬家的时候会多么不愿意离开那堵墙；后一句句意：最后的标记是10年前我的孩子停止成长时留下的。结合前后两句的句意可知，是让步关系，用even though/ even if 引导。故填even though/ even if。

【5】考查代词。根据下文作者的孩子请了专业的摄影师去家里拍照可知，此处是指孩子们决定做一些事情。故填something。

【6】考查定语从句。这是个定语从句，先行词是a professional photographer，指人，关系词在从句中作定语，用whose引导。故填whose。

【7】考查时态。根据上文的So one day, 可知，叙述的是过去的事情，用一般过去式。故填took。

【8】考查宾语从句。句意：不管怎样，她设法拍下了那些年我们经历的一切。这是个宾语从句，从句缺少宾语，连接词做experience的宾语，结合句意，故填what。

【9】考查非谓语动词。设空处做前面句子的状语，所给动词用其非谓语形式，逻辑主语she与transform之间是主动关系，用现在分词作状语。故填transforming。

【10】考查冠词。根据后面的名词photo是个可数名词单数可知，此处需用冠词a修饰，表示“一个”。故填a。