（7）句意：你将读得更快。根据后句easier是比较级，所以fast用比较级faster，故填faster。

（8）句意：并且发现更容易理解你读得内容。根据句意可知是宾语从句，所以用what，指读得内容，故填what。

（9）句意：好的学习者也可能成为作家。writers是名词，指人，所以learn用表示人的名词，即学习者learner，writers是复数，所以learner也用复数learners，故填learners。（10）句意：他们总是有写的更多的东西。things是名词，to do不定式做定语，故填to write。

【点评】考查语法填空，考查词汇在语篇中的运用能力。注意理解句意，首先读一遍，然后再逐一作答。注意句型、搭配、短语及语境。

16．读下面短文，按照句子结构和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空（每空不多于3个单词）。

Last year, four students waited for their school bus every day for ten minutes, on the same dirty street. There ________ （be）old bottles, parts of old bikes, and empty soda cans （易拉罐）everywhere around the bus stop. The trees were brown and had few leaves（树叶）， and you couldn't see flowers at all．

One Friday, one of the ________ （child） looked at the street and decided to do something. ________next Monday, she brought a bag and ________（find）some of the old bottles to recycle（回收）. On Tuesday, she spent another ten minutes________ （pick） up old bottles. And her best friend helped pick up （捡起）soda cans and put ________（they） in different bags. On Wednesday, all the students joined together. The street became much ________（clean） than before!

The street looked better ________it was still not very beautiful. So the next day, the girl brought some seeds （种子）. She planted the seeds and watered them. She only had ten minutes a day but that was enough. A few months later, this street became a beautiful garden________pretty flowers and green trees. It only took ten minutes a day. Do you have ten minutes a day to________（help） your city?

【答案】were；children；The；found；picking；them；cleaner；though/although；with；help

【解析】【分析】主要讲了一个小女孩每天利用等公交车的十分钟时间把城市街道变成干净的。

（1）句意：在公交车站附近到处有旧的瓶子、旧自行车零件和空的易拉罐。时态是一般过去时，主语bottles是复数，所以用were，故填were。

（2）句意：孩子们中的一个看看街道，决定做些事情。one of+可数名词复数，......之一，child的复数是children，故填children。

（3）句意：下个星期一，她拿着一个袋子。the next Monday下个周一，故填The。

（4）句意：发现一些旧的瓶子要回收。时态是一般过去时，所以用过去式found，故填found。