（9）句意：与食物浪费作斗争是每个人的责任。fight against，固定搭配，与……作斗争，故填 against。
（10）句意：地球上的每个人都应该注意并采取行动。pay attention，固定搭配，主语，should是情态动词，其后是动词原形，故填 pay。
【点评】考查语言综合运用能力，注意谓语的语态，非谓语动词，词性，连词搭配等多种用法。
15．语法填空
Chen Yujie studies at a boarding school in Ningbo, Zhejiang. She used to go back to her home in Cixi every week ________ （get） money from her parents.
It was not a short ride home and the trips were tiring. Chen hoped her parents could put the money on a bank card, ________ she didn't have to travel so often.
She decided to discuss ________ with her parents during TV time after dinner. "It's usually the most relaxing time for our family," said Chen.
She ________ the right time. After a few turns of lobbying（游说）, her parents ________ agreed with Chen. For most teenagers like Chen, talking to parents can be difficult or even worrying. So they have to choose a right time.
American magazine Highlight recently surveyed 1,521 ________ （kid）aged 6~12 in the country, asking questions like" When you want to talk to your parents about something important, when is ________ best time to do it?". Results show that American kids seem to know when their parents are most receptive（乐于接受的）. Mealtime is discovered to be their favourite time to talk to their parents. Bedtime comes ________ （two）, followed by time spent in the car.
________ （China）teenagers seem to have a similar tendency（倾向）towards the problem. A newspaper in Zhejiang did a survey ________ it. The result shows most teenagers in the city would choose mealtime to talk to their parents.
So do you have anything to talk to your parents? Choose a good time.
【答案】 to get；so；it；chose；finally；kids；the；second；Chinese；of
【解析】【分析】本文介绍了青少年和父母交流的问题，对大多数青少年来说，与父母交谈可能很困难，甚至令人担忧。所以他们必须选择正确的时间。
（1）句意：她常常每周回到在慈溪的家为了从父母那里取钱。此处是不定式做目的状语，为了，故填to get。
（2）句意：陈希望她的父母可以把钱打到银行卡上，这样她不用经常回家了。根据put the money on a bank card和she didn't have to travel so often可知，把钱打到银行卡上的结果是这样她不用经常回家了，故此处是连词表示结果，so是连词，故填so。
（3）句意：她决定晚饭后看电视时和她的父母讨论这件事。discuss后缺少宾语，it指代把钱打到银行卡上这件事，故用it指代一件事，故填it。
（4）句意：她选择了正确时间。此处缺少谓语动词，根据下文choose mealtime to talk to their parents选择用餐时间和父母交谈，可知是选择时机，choose是动词，描述过去用一般过去时，choose的过去式是chose，故填chose。
（5）句意：在几次游说下，她的父母终于同意了陈的意见。副词修饰动词agreed，finally，终于，是副词，故填finally。
（6）句意：美国杂志最近重点调查了该国15216名6-12岁的儿童。基数词1521后是名词复数，故填kids。
（7）句意：当你想和你的父母谈论重要的事情，最佳时间是什么时候？best是最高级，故此处缺少定冠词the，故填the。
（8）句意：睡觉时间是其次。根据followed by time接着是时间，可知此处表示顺序，故用序数词，two是基数词，second是序数词，第二，故填second。
（9）句意：中国青少年似乎也有类似的处理问题的倾向。teenagers是名词其前是形容词，China是名词，中国，Chinese是形容词，中国的，故填Chinese。
（10）句意：浙江的一份报纸，做了一个调查。a survey of，固定搭配，……的调查，故填of。
【点评】考查语法填空，注意谓语的时态，词性，连词搭配等多种用法。
16．He was ________ （mention） in the letter.
【答案】 mentioned
【解析】【分析】句意：他在这封信里被提到了。mention是及物动词，根据句子机构可知是被动语态，be已经给出，行为动词使用过去分词mentioned，故答案是mentioned。【点评】考查一般过去时，注意动词过去式的变化规则。
17．语法填空
A kidnapped 3-year-old boy ________ （name） Aiden helped police find himself on Tuesday, Jan. 13, after answering ________ （he） mum's phone in her stolen car- find out how he pulled it off!
Authorities said they found a 3-year-old boy who was sitting ________ a car stolen outside a Utah day care on Tuesday after he ________ （answer） his mother's cellphone and honked the horn to draw their attention.
"The boy's mother, Elizabeth Barrios, left the car unlocked and running ________ a snowy morning as she dropped off another child, a baby, at the day care around 7 am in Ogden, a town about 40 miles north of Salt Lake City," the police said. When she walked out, she saw someone ________ （drive） her car away with her 3-year old son Aiden inside.
Police arrived and called her cellphone, which was in the car, hoping ________ （reach） the thief and negotiate the boy's release.
Instead, the boy answered the phone. He told his mother that a ________ （strange） had driven away her car and was going through her purse. She told him ________ （stay） calm as the man took things from her purse ________ ran away.
"He is a very smart child," the police praised the kid. "He did a great job."