Section C (12 marks) Directions: Complete the following passage by filling in each blank with one word that best fits the context. Parents are busy people. If they are working, they are usually not at home 48 their children return from school. Sometimes it is necessary for a parent to write 49 after-school note for their children. They sometimes put the note on the kitchen table, the refrigerator, 50 another place where their children are sure to find it. A note is often a 51 way to "talk" with a child than using the telephone. For one thing, parents have time to think about 52 they want to say before they write. 53 another, the note lists all the information in one place. It is easy to read again and again People often forget all the details that 54 hear in a telephone call. Finally, cell phones can be turned 55 or telephone calls not answered. For these reasons, after-school notes are very popular with parents.
答案:48.when /after 49.an 50.or 51.better 52.what 53.for 54.they 55.off 解析: 48. 该空引导时间状语从句,句意为:“当他们的孩子们放学回来的时候/以后,他们经常不在家。 ” 49. 根据空后的单数可数名词note及after以元音音素开头可判断填an。 50. 该空填并列连词or并列三个名词,即“the kitchen table,the refrigerator,another place”。 51. 由句意“便条是与孩子交流的更好方式”可判断填better。 52. 该空引导宾语从句且在从句中作say的宾语,故填what。 53. For another为固定搭配,意为“另一方面”。 54. 该空在句中作主语且指代前面的people,故填they。 55.turn off意为“关掉”,即:手机被关掉。