Question

根據下列短文，在短文后的空格處填上一個恰當的詞，使短文完整、通順。
Reading is an activity that people enjoy a lot in their free time.
Some like reading newspapers and   【小題1】 enjoy novels or comic books. My  【小題2】  books are those about the lives of great people. Reading them always  【小題3】 me a lot of ideas on how to make my own life better.
Great people are remembered not  【小題4】 they were handsome or beautiful, but because they did not give up  【小題5】 their lives were difficult. They tried to use every chance to change their lives and make the world better.
One good example is Orville and Wilbur Wright, the two brothers who invented the   【小題6】. The plane has made the world into a small village. Hard work, not good luck, is the   【小題7】  why the Wright brothers could   【小題8】  this convenient machine and become great people. Today we will remember them when we see planes  【小題9】 the sky.
Whenever I read stories about great people, I always   【小題10】 a lot from them and they encourage me to move forward.
This is why I enjoy reading about great people’s lives.

Answer 1

【小題1】others
【小題2】favorite  
【小題3】gives 
【小題4】because
【小題5】when  
【小題6】airplane/plane
【小題7】reason
【小題8】invent
【小題9】in
【小題10】learn

解析【小題1】考查固定搭配。some..., others...“一些......，另一些......”。故填others。
【小題2】考查形容詞。favorite“最喜歡的”，沒有比較等級。故填favorite。
【小題3】考查give的用法。give sb sth="give" sth to sb。故填gives。 
【小題4】考查連接詞。句意“偉人不是因為他們長得好看而被記住。”故填because。
【小題5】考查時間狀語從句。句意“當他們的生活很困難時，他們沒有放棄”。故填when。
【小題6】考查前后句的聯系。根據下一句的The plane可知，他們發明了飛機。故填airplane/plane。
【小題7】考查固定搭配。the reason why...“......的原因”。故填reason。
【小題8】考查上下文聯系。根據本段第一句話可知，這里應該填“發明”。故填invent。
【小題9】考查固定短語。in the sky“在空中”。故填in。  
【小題10】考查固定短語。learn sth from sb“從某人那里學到......”。故填learn。