10.Dad was always full of advice,but one of the biggest lessons he taught me one summer was about having a strong work ethic.When my brother and I were growing up,we mowed yards during the summer(25)to earn(earn) pocket change.Dad was our salesman.He told our neighbors about our service and offered a price they could not refuse.My brother and I got 10(64yuan)peryard.Ilaterfoundoutthatourfriendswerecharging20or more for the same amount of work.
(26)Every time/Each time we headed out to mow lawns,Dad was there to watch.I used to wonder(27)why he came with us.He stood(28)supervising(supervise) our work in the heat when he could have been inside relaxing with air conditioning and an icy drink.
One day we were cutting our next-door neighbor's yard.She always waited until the grass was knee-high to call us over.To make matters worse,we had (29)an old lawn mower.This particular afternoon,I was finishing up and was tired and sweaty.
I was just about to cut off the lawn mower when I saw Dad pointing to one piece of grass.He yelled:"You missed a piece."
I frowned,hoping he would let it slide and let me go home.He kept pointing.So,tired and (30)disappointed (disappoint),I went back to cut that piece of grass.I mumbled to myself:"That one piece isn't hurting anyone.Why won't he just let it go?"
But when I reached adulthood,I understood his message:When you're running a business,the work you do says a great deal about you.If you want to be seen as an entrepreneur (企業(yè)家) with integrity,you(31)must/should deliver a quality product.That single blade of grass meant the job was not done.
(32)Other neighbors took notice of the good work we did and we soon got more business.We started out with one client (客戶),but by the end of the summer we had five.
分析 本文是一篇記敘文.這篇講述的是"我"和哥哥在夏天幫鄰居家除草以賺取零花錢,父親一直站在一旁看我們工作.一次,在"我"筋疲力盡的除完草后,父親指出"我"還漏了一塊草坪沒有除完.在父親的堅持要求下,"我"完成了工作.在這之后,找我們除草的鄰居也變多了.父親交給我對待工作要表現(xiàn)出專業(yè)性,以誠信為本.
解答 25.to earn,考查動詞不定式,此處應(yīng)使用動詞不定式充當(dāng)目的狀語.
26.Every time/Each time,考查連詞,根據(jù)語境應(yīng)使用"每次"every/each time引導(dǎo)時間狀語從句.
27.why,考查引導(dǎo)詞,位于wonder后的賓語從句,從句成分完整,根據(jù)語境應(yīng)使用why,充當(dāng)原因狀語.
28.supervising,考查非謂語,句子謂語是stood,supervise應(yīng)使用其非謂語形式,其與stood是同時間進行,因此使用現(xiàn)在分詞形式.
29.a(chǎn)n,考查冠詞,mower是可數(shù)名詞,old是元音音素開頭的單詞,因此使用不定冠詞an.
30.disappointed,考查形容詞,此處用來修飾人,應(yīng)使用形容詞disappointed.
31.must/should,考查情態(tài)動詞,此處應(yīng)使用表示"應(yīng)該"或者"必須"的should或者must.
32.Other,考查代詞,根據(jù)后面we soon got more business可知是"其他鄰居"注意到我們做得好,因此使用other.
點評 對于語法填空這類題,一是懂得分析句子結(jié)構(gòu),二是知道充當(dāng)各個句子成分的詞類或詞性,從語法上確定答案,當(dāng)然,對于某些固定搭配也要牢記,在平時的學(xué)習(xí)中要多積累這些詞匯或短語,對于句子使用的時態(tài)語態(tài)也要通過語境進行確定.