Question

【題目】

Bill Gates is one of the richest people in the world and becomes the most generous person as well. It all began when Bill and his wife, Melinda, made a b【1】 decision. They set up a charity, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. The Gates feel that with success comes responsibility(責任). They want to use their money to help others. That is why they s【2】 the charity.

The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation spends billions of dollars. It gives money to s【3】 so they can go to school. The foundation also gives money to libraries for computers and other materials.

The Gates are also providing money for m【4】 research. Their foundation has given over $1 billion to improve the health of people in poor countries. The money is used to fight disease such as malaria(瘧疾). Malaria is s【5】 widely by a bite from a mosquito(蚊子). The disease kills 2000 kids in Africa each day. In 2008, the Gates Foundation gave $168.7 million to work on the problem of malaria. This money was used to s【6】 the work of developing a malaria vaccine(疫苗).

A vaccine is given to people before they get a disease. It protects them a【7】 that disease in the future.

A【8】 worry of Bill and Melinda Gates is hunger. In many parts of the world people are short of food. They don’t have enough tools and training to i【9】 farming. The Gates Foundation is working in these areas.

The Gates Foundation is helping people in the United States too. It works on e【10】. The foundation gives money for school programmes and libraries. It also helps kids pay for school.

The world should give Bill and Melina Gates big thanks for lending a helping hand to those who need it most.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】big

【2】started

【3】students

【4】medical

【5】spread

【6】support

【7】against

【8】Another

【9】improve

【10】education

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，介紹了比爾·蓋茨及其妻子所從事的慈善事業(yè)。

【1】

句意：這一切都始于比爾和他的妻子梅琳達做出了一個重大決定。

空格處所給首字母為b。根據(jù)下文They set up a charity, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation可知，成立慈善基金會是一個重大的決定，故空格處應填入意為“重大的”的形容詞big，故答案為big。

【2】

句意：這就是他們開啟慈善事業(yè)的原因。

空格處所給首字母為s。根據(jù)上文They set up a charity, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation ... They want to use their money to help others可知，此處說的是這就是他們開啟慈善事業(yè)的原因。故空格處應填入意為“開始”的動詞start，說的是過去的事，故start應用過去式，故答案為started。

【3】

句意：它給學生錢，讓他們能去上學。

空格處所給首字母為s。根據(jù)下文they can go to school可知，錢是給了學生，讓他們?nèi)ド蠈W。故空格處應填入意為“學生”的可數(shù)名詞復數(shù)形式students，故答案為students。

【4】

句意：蓋茨夫婦還為醫(yī)學研究提供了資金。

空格處所給首字母為m。根據(jù)下文Their foundation has given over $1 billion to improve the health of people in poor countries可知，基金會還捐錢去提升窮國百姓的健康水平，故此處說的是蓋茨夫婦還為醫(yī)學研究提供了資金。故空格處應填入意為“醫(yī)學的”形容詞medical，作定語修飾名詞research，故答案為medical。

【5】

句意：瘧疾通過蚊子叮咬的途徑被廣泛傳播。

空格處所給首字母為s。根據(jù)常識可知，瘧疾是通過蚊蟲叮咬來傳播的，故空格處應填入意為“傳播”的動詞spread，且位于被動語態(tài)“is +過去分詞”結(jié)構(gòu)中，動詞spread的過去分詞形式還是spread，故答案為spread。

【6】

句意：這筆錢用于支持瘧疾疫苗的研發(fā)工作。

空格處所給首字母為s。根據(jù)下文A vaccine is given to people before they get a disease可知，提到了疫苗問題，故此處說的是這筆錢用于支持瘧疾疫苗的研發(fā)工作�？崭裉帒�填入意為“支持”的動詞support，且位于was used to do結(jié)構(gòu)中，故support應用動詞原形，故答案為support。

【7】

句意：它能保護他們在將來免受這種疾病的侵襲。

空格處所給首字母為a。根據(jù)上文A vaccine is given to people before they get a disease可知，在生病前就要給人注射疫苗，起到預防疾病的作用，故此處指的是它能保護他們在將來免受這種疾病的侵襲。故空格處應填入意為“預防、抵御”的介詞against，故答案為against。

【8】

句意：比爾和梅琳達·蓋茨的另一個擔憂是饑餓。

空格處所給首字母為A。根據(jù)上文Their foundation has given over $1 billion to improve the health of people in poor countries可知，上文提到了蓋茨基金會對窮國百姓健康的關注，此處說的是蓋茨夫婦的另一個擔憂，即饑餓。故空格處應填入意為“另一個”的不定代詞another，且位于句首首字母大寫，故答案為Another。

【9】

句意：他們沒有足夠的工具和培訓來改善農(nóng)業(yè)種植水平。

空格處所給首字母為i。根據(jù)上文In many parts of the world people are short of food可知，世界有很多地方的人們?nèi)鄙偌Z食，而工具和培訓可以用來改善農(nóng)業(yè)種植水平。故空格處應填入意為“改善”的動詞improve，且位于動詞不定式作目的狀語結(jié)構(gòu)中，故improve應用原形，故答案為improve。

【10】

句意：它為美國的教育做了很多工作。

空格處所給首字母為e。根據(jù)下文The foundation gives money for school programmes and libraries. It also helps kids pay for school可知，蓋茨基金會在美國工作的重點是教育。故空格處應填入意為“教育”的名詞education，故答案為education。