Question

Americans thinks travel is good for people. Some even think it can help one of the country’s

w   1.    problems---crime.

Crime w  2.    a lot of people. Every year, the n   3.    of crimes goes up and up. They often come from sad homes, with only one parent or no parents at all. There are problems with drugs.

There are many young criminals in prison. But prison doesn’t change them---60 to 70 percent will go b  4.   to crime when they come out of prison.

One man, Bob Burton, t  5.   of a new idea. In the old days, young men had to live a hard life on the road. They learned to be strong and b  6.  , and to help their friends in time of danger. This helped them grow into men. So Bob started “Vision Quest(幻想探究)”.

He takes young criminals on a long, long j  7.   with horses and wagons(馬車) 3,000 miles through 7 states. They are on the road for more than one year. The young people on Vision Quest all have bad problems.  Most of them have already spent time in prison.  This is their last c     8.  .

It’s hard work on the work. The day starts before the sun comes up. The boys and girls have to feed the horses. Some of them have never loved anyone before, b  9.   they can love their horses. That love can help them to start a new life.

Not all young people in Vision Quest will leave crime behind them. 30 or 40 percent will one day be in prison a  10.  . But that’s a lot better than 60 or 70 percent. Bob is right. Travel can be good for them.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.worst

2.worries

3.number

4.back

5.thought

6.brave

7.journey

8.chance

9.but

10.again

【解析】

試題分析：這篇短文介紹了旅行的另一種作用，就是幫助改造罪犯，讓他們體會到生活的意義，開始新的生活。

1.聯(lián)系下文crime ，可知此處指的是最壞的問題。結(jié)合語境及首字母可知填bad的最高級worst，最壞的，作定語。

2.結(jié)合語境可知犯罪讓人們很擔(dān)心。結(jié)合語境可知本句描述的是客觀性動作，故用一般現(xiàn)在時態(tài)。主語crime表示抽象含義，不可數(shù)，故謂語動詞用單數(shù)，根據(jù)首字母可知填worries使……擔(dān)心。

3.結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是犯罪的數(shù)字一升再升。根據(jù)首字母可知填單數(shù)名詞number，數(shù)字，數(shù)目。

4.聯(lián)系上下文可知此處指的是他們會重新犯罪。結(jié)合語境及首字母可知填副詞back，向后。

5.結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是他相處了一個新的主意。結(jié)合語境可知本句描述是過去發(fā)生的動作，故用一般過去時態(tài)。結(jié)合首字母可知填過去式動詞thought，思考，認(rèn)為，想出。

6.聯(lián)系后一句描述，可知此處指的是他們學(xué)會了要堅強(qiáng)勇敢，結(jié)合語境及首字母可知填形容詞brave勇敢的。

7.結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是很長的行程。根據(jù)首字母可知填單數(shù)名詞journey旅程，行程。

8.結(jié)合語境可知此處指的是，這是他們最后的機(jī)會。根據(jù)首字母可知填單數(shù)名詞chance ，機(jī)會。

9.聯(lián)系上下文，可知前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，根據(jù)首字母可知填轉(zhuǎn)折連詞but，但是。

10.聯(lián)系上下文描述，可知此處指的是他們會再次進(jìn)入監(jiān)獄。結(jié)合語境及首字母，可知填副詞again，又一次，再。

考點：短文中詞匯短語的運(yùn)用能力

點評：首字母一直是英語考試中的難點，得分率比較低。解答此類題型的方法一般就是根據(jù)文章前后句子之間意思推斷出詞義，并結(jié)合首字母推斷出所缺單詞，然后根據(jù)該單詞在句子中的句子成分，所起作用，確定單詞詞形，進(jìn)行適當(dāng)詞形變化。