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【題目】Have you ever picked strawberries yourself? The sweet fruit looks nice, but light pressure can make them out of shape, so you have to be very 【1】 when picking them. Nowadays, there are many young people who are just like strawberries. They 【2】 (easy) break down when they face difficulties. There is a name for them--- strawberry kids.

【3】 are many children so easy to break down? Because many students are the only child in their daily life. Their 【4】 [pernts] do almost everything for them in their life. They 【5】 ever get criticized(批評(píng)) at home and always feel good about themselves. If these students are criticized strictly by teachers, they will feel upset and begin to doubt their own 【6】 (ability). Many schools care more about students' grade instead of 【7】 (develop) their personality. As a result, students get satisfying grades while they are not mentally strong enough.

Young people should learn how to make 【8】 [mselvz] mentally strong. An expert said, whenever you are in trouble, don't ask for help too quickly. You should try to deal with problem 【9】 (one) by yourself.

Growing up is not just a happy process. 【10】 [penz] also go along. The most important thing is to face them bravely and learn from mistakes.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 careful

【2】 easily

【3】 why

【4】 parents

【5】 hardly

【6】 abilities

【7】 developing

【8】 themselves

【9】 first

【10】 Pains

【解析】

本文作者以草莓作比喻，引出現(xiàn)在孩子心理的脆弱。告訴我們獨(dú)立解決問題并勇敢吸取教訓(xùn)對(duì)成長(zhǎng)的重要意義。

【1】句意：這種甜甜的水果看起來很好，但是輕微的壓力就會(huì)讓它們變形，所以在挑選它們時(shí)必須非常小心。very非常，副詞修飾形容詞；這里是說要小心采摘，故填形容詞“小心的”careful。

【2】句意：當(dāng)他們遇到困難時(shí)，他們很容易崩潰。break down是動(dòng)詞短語，需用副詞修飾；這里是將一些人比作草莓，容易崩潰，故填副詞“容易地”easily。

【3】句意：為什么許多孩子容易崩潰呢？后句說了原因“因?yàn)楹芏鄬W(xué)生是在他們?nèi)粘Ｉ�活中唯一的孩子”，所以前句是在發(fā)問原因，故填疑問詞“為什么” why。

【4】句意：他們的父母在日常生活中幾乎為他們做了一切。這里的音標(biāo)表示的單詞是“父母”parents，故填parents。

【5】句意：他們幾乎在家里不受到批評(píng)，總是對(duì)自己感覺良好。前句說父母不批評(píng)他們，所以他們幾乎不會(huì)受到批評(píng)，故填頻度副詞“幾乎不”hardly。

【6】句意：如果這些學(xué)生受到老師的嚴(yán)格批評(píng)，他們會(huì)感到不安并開始懷疑自己的能力。這里指懷疑自己的很多能力，用可數(shù)名詞ability“能力”的復(fù)數(shù)abilities。

【7】句意：許多學(xué)校關(guān)心學(xué)生的成績(jī)而不是發(fā)展他們的個(gè)性。instead of（是…）而不是…，后加動(dòng)詞的ing形式，故填動(dòng)詞develop“發(fā)展”的ing形式developing。

【8】句意：年輕人應(yīng)該學(xué)會(huì)如何讓自己變得精神強(qiáng)大。這里的音標(biāo)指的是themselves“他們自己”，故填themselves。

【9】句意：你應(yīng)該先自己解決問題。try to do努力做某事；deal with處理（某事）；這里是說要首先自己來盡力解決問題，故填first。

【10】句意：痛苦也伴隨左右。這里的音標(biāo)對(duì)應(yīng)的單詞是pains“痛苦”，故填Pains。

短文填空題，要求根據(jù)句意語境和首字母、漢語或單詞提示，用單詞的正確形式填空，主要考查單詞形式，包括名詞的單復(fù)數(shù)和所有格、動(dòng)詞的三單形式、非謂語動(dòng)詞、基數(shù)詞或序數(shù)詞、主格代詞/賓格代詞和物主代詞（形容詞性物主代詞/名詞性物主代詞）等。這類題目難度不大，重點(diǎn)是掌握文意和句意，在理解的基礎(chǔ)上把握句子時(shí)態(tài)，從而判斷所給單詞的正確形式。