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【題目】 Fill in the blanks with proper words （在短文的空格內(nèi)填入適當?shù)脑~，使其內(nèi)容通順，每空格限填一詞， 首字母已給）

Do you remember when you wrote a letter last time? If the answer is “not recently”, don’t worry. You are not a 【1】 .

A survey of 1,000 teenagers around the world done by a French company BIC found that a third of today’s teenagers had never written a letter, half had not written a thank-you letter, and a quarter had not even written a birthday or Christmas card. In fact, 58 percent of teenagers c【2】 that handwriting was “too slow” and 17 percent believed it was “outdated”.

These results have caused w【3】that the art of handwriting may one day die out.

“Hand-writing” is one of the most c【4】 art forms we have and should be given the same importance as other art form such as painting, or photography,” Jonathan Skyrme, general manager at BIC UK & Ireland, told the Daily Mail.

The New York Times once explained that a handwritten letter sends a message in a way that o【5】messages can never do. “When you get an email, you can never be sure that you are the o 【6】 person to have received it -- or even that it was written by the person who sent it,” said the newspaper.

As US author Simon Garfield once wrote, “Emails are a poke（蜻蜓點水）, but letters are a loving touch.” So imagine the powerful message you send when you actually write out your thought by hand, buy a stamp, take it to a mailbox, and wait days for your special s【7】to receive it.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】alone

【2】complained

【3】worries

【4】creative

【5】online

【6】only

【7】stranger

【解析】

作者通過這篇文章向我們介紹了關于青少年是否寫信的調(diào)查，事實顯示如今大多數(shù)青少年都沒寫過信，并比較了電子郵件與寫信的各自的優(yōu)點。

【1】句意：你還記得你上一次寫信是什么時候嗎？如果答案是：“不是最近”，沒關系，并不是只有你。

空格前are是系動詞，后接形容詞，作表語。根據(jù)下文“A survey of 1,000 teenagers around the world done by a French company BIC found that a third of today’s teenagers had never written a letter”，通過調(diào)查可知，大部分的青少年都從未寫過一封信，根據(jù)提示字母，可推測空格處要表述你并不孤單。故答案為alone。

【2】句意：事實上，58%的青少年抱怨手寫信太慢了，17%的青少年認為它已經(jīng)過時了。

根據(jù)句子結(jié)構，that引導的是一個賓語從句，空格處是謂語動詞，從句中was是一般過去時，所以主句的謂語動詞也用一般過去時。根據(jù)句意，空格后表述的內(nèi)容是手寫信的不好一面，結(jié)合空格處所給的字母，用動詞complainted表示抱怨。故答案為complainted.

【3】句意：這些結(jié)果讓人們擔心，手寫藝術可能有一天將會消失。

根據(jù)句子結(jié)構為一個賓語從句，主語謂語動詞cause，后面接名詞。根據(jù)“the art of handwriting may one day die out”闡述了作者的擔憂，所以空格用worry表示擔憂，是可數(shù)名詞，空格前沒有不定冠詞修飾，所以要用名詞復數(shù)形式。故答案為worries。

【4】句意：手寫是最有創(chuàng)造力的藝術之一，應該跟其他類似噴繪，攝影等藝術給予同樣的重視程度。

最高級的固定用法one+of+the+形容詞最高級+名詞復數(shù)，表示最…之一。空格處的形容詞是修飾art，結(jié)合語境，和空格處所給的首字母，可推測是最有創(chuàng)造力藝術形式之一。故答案為creative。

【5】句意：紐約時報曾經(jīng)抱怨，一個手寫信在某種程度上傳遞了一種信息，這是在線消息永遠做不到的。

空格處后messages是可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)，前用形容詞修飾。根據(jù)下文When you get an email，email屬于在線的消息，根據(jù)首字母提示，空格處用online。故答案為online。

【6】句意：當你收到一封郵件時，你永遠不會確定你是唯一一個收到它的人，甚至你也不知道是誰寫的。

空格處后person是可數(shù)名詞，前用形容詞修飾�？崭裉幍木渥邮窃诿枋鲈诰�消息的弊端，結(jié)合句意，當你收到郵件時，是無法確定你是唯一的收件人，結(jié)合首字母提示，空格處填only。故答案為only。

【7】句意：所以，想象一下你所傳遞的強大信息，當你用手寫出你內(nèi)心的感受，買一張郵票，把它放到郵箱里，等待著特別的人收到它。

空格前special是形容詞，所以空格處是名詞。根據(jù)前文“Emails are a poke, but letters are a loving touch”，可知，我們是把信寄給對我們特別的人。結(jié)合首字母，填寫stranger。故答案為stranger。