9．阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式（最多三个字单词）。

One day, lily father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus（马戏团）. Finally, there was only________family between the ticket office and us. There were eight children in the family. All of the children, ________（old）child is only 12. Their clothes were not expensive but clean. The children talked________ （happy）.

The ticket lady asked how many________（ticket）the father wanted, he proudly answered, "Please let me buy eight children's and two adults'. "The lady________（tell）him the price. There was no longer a smile on his face. He didn't have enough money. But________could he tell his kills the bad news?

My dad took a $20 note from his pocket and dropped it________the ground. He said, "Excuse me, sir, this________（fall）out of your pocket. "The man picked tip the money, looked straight into my ________（father）eyes and replied in tears, "Thank you. This really means a lot to________（I） and my family. "

【答案】 a；the oldest/the eldest；happily；tickets；told；how；on；fell；father's；me 【解析】【分析】主要讲了作者的爸爸是怎样帮助一个贫穷的家庭买到票的。

（1）句意：在买票中心和我们之间仅仅有一家。family是可数名词单数，以辅音音素开头，所以用a，故填a。

（2）句意：最大的孩子仅仅12岁。all表明数量是三者以上，所以用最高级，old的最高级是the oldest/the eldest，故填the oldest/the eldest。

（3）句意：孩子们愉快地交谈。副词修饰实义动词，talked是实义动词，所以用happy的副词happily，故填happily。

（4）句意：女售票员问那个父亲想要多少票。how many后面用可数名词复数，ticket的复数是tickets，故填tickets。

（5）句意：女士告诉他票价。时态是一般过去时，tell的过去式是told，故填told。（6）句意：但是他怎样告诉他的孩子们这个坏消息呢》根据句意可知是怎样告诉，所以用how，故填how。

（7）句意：把它掉在地上。on the ground在地上，故填on。

（8）句意：这个从你的口袋里掉出来的。时态是一般过去时，所以fall用过去式fell，故填fell。

（9）句意：直直地看着我爸爸的眼睛。father和eyes都是名词，所以第一个用名词所有格，即father's，故填father's。

（10）句意：这真地对于我来说意义重大。to是介词，后面用宾格。I的宾格是me，故填me。

【点评】考查语法填空，考查词汇在语篇中的运用能力，首先理解文章大意，然后细读文章字斟句酌逐一作答。注意考虑句型、搭配、语境等，最后通读一遍检查验证。

10．阅读下面的短文，在空白处填入一个适当的词，或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式