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【題目】How long does it take to build a new house?It usually takes about six months or more．B【1】each year，thousands of people work together to build new homes in just four months!Who does this w【2】work？Habitat for Humanity．

Habitat for Humanity is a group that builds homes for families in n【3】．It has branches(分部)in different states around the country．

This group works all over the world，too．Volunteers help build the homes．They are unpaid workers who do all the work for f【4】．Volunteers can be builders and painters．They can be teachers or Some are students．Habitat for Humanity has built more than 300，000 houses．More than l．5million people l【5】in these houses．

Building a home is hard work．Volunteers learn h【6】to put up walls．They use many m【7】and tools.These selfless(無私的)volunteers work with the family that will live in the house．Everyone works together to make the family’s d【8】come true．

Suruchi Srikanth has worked with Habitat for Humanity for four years．She b【9】

volunteering in high school.She has built many homes with other volunteers．She takes her responsibilities(責(zé)任)seriously．Volunteers know i【10】they don’t help，homes may not get built．They are good citizens who care about other people．

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】But

【2】wonderful

【3】need

【4】free

【5】live

【6】how

【7】machines/ materials

【8】dream(s)

【9】began

【10】if

【解析】本文介紹了仁愛之家，是一群志愿者組成的團(tuán)隊(duì)。他們?yōu)?/span>那些急需房子的家庭建造家園。他們是不要報(bào)酬的工人，他們免費(fèi)做所有的工作。

【1】But

句意：但是每年，成千上萬的人們合作只在四個(gè)月內(nèi)建造新家。前一句表示一般建一座房子需要六個(gè)月，后一句表示只用四個(gè)月就建造一個(gè)新家，前后表示轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，故用連詞but。

【2】wonderful

句意：誰做了這么精彩的工作？根據(jù)前文的thousands of people work together to build new homes in just four months!可知四個(gè)月就能把應(yīng)需要六個(gè)月建造的房子建好，這是一個(gè)精彩的事，故為wonderful。

【3】need

句意：仁愛之家是一個(gè)團(tuán)隊(duì)，能為那些急需房子的家庭建造家園。in need需要的，故此處為need。

【4】free

句意：他們是不要報(bào)酬的工人，他們免費(fèi)做所有的工作。根據(jù)前半句的unpaid可知此處表示不要錢，for free免費(fèi)的。故此處為free。

【5】live

句意：150多萬人住在這些房子里。live in“居住”，主語More than l．5million people是復(fù)數(shù)形式，故謂語動(dòng)詞用復(fù)數(shù)形式，故為live。

【6】how

句意：志愿者學(xué)會(huì)如何建墻。根據(jù)前一句的Building a home is hard work．可知建造一個(gè)家園是辛苦的工作，此處應(yīng)學(xué)會(huì)如何建造房子。故用how。

【7】machines/materials

句意：他們使用許多機(jī)器和工具。根據(jù)與tools并列，故表示建房子需要材料或機(jī)器，有many修飾，故用復(fù)數(shù)名詞，故為machines或materials。

【8】dream(s)

句意：每個(gè)人共同工作來使家庭夢想成真。根據(jù)come true可知此處表示夢想成真。故為dream或dreams。

【9】began

句意：她在中學(xué)時(shí)就開始成為志愿者。begin doing sth開始做某事，根據(jù)in high school.可知在她上中學(xué)時(shí)，此處應(yīng)用一般過去時(shí)，故為began。

【10】if

句意：志愿者知道如果他們不幫助，家園可能無法被建成。此處表示假設(shè)，如果志愿者不幫助，那些需要家園的人無法建造房子，故此處為if。