任务四 词汇运用
请认真阅读下面的短文,根据语篇内容,在空白处填入括号内单词的正确形式或时态,使短文通顺、连贯。
Susan lives in a happy family. Both of her parents love her very much and never let (1) (she) do any housework. Her dad is a good cook, so he does all the cooking in the family. Susan's mother does other work, like cleaning the house and (2) (wash) clothes.
Last weekend, Susan's parents went away on vacation, so she had to do everything (3) (her). In the afternoon, she was so hungry that she wanted (4) (cook) a meal for herself. She never did this before, but she thought she could cook as well as her dad did. In the end, she decided to cook chicken. She took out the chicken from the fridge and put it in water for thirty (5) (minute). When the pan with oil became hot, she put the chicken into it. At once there (6) (be) fire all over the pan. Susan was (7) (scare) and did not know what to do. Then she remembered to turn off the stove. But she (8) (find) the white wall turn black. She spent the next hour (9) (clean) up the kitchen.
Perhaps her life is not as great as she once thought, and there is always something she (10) (need) to learn.

1. her 2. washing 3. herself 4. to cook 5. minutes 6. was 7. scared 8. found 9. cleaning 10. needs

1. 考查人称代词宾格。let是动词，后接人称代词宾格作宾语，she的宾格是her。
2. 考查动名词。like在这里是介词，意为“比如”，后接动名词形式，wash的动名词是washing，与前面的cleaning并列。
3. 考查反身代词。此处表示“她自己做所有事”，用反身代词herself强调主语Susan本人。
4. 考查固定搭配。want to do sth.是固定用法，意为“想要做某事”，所以填to cook。
5. 考查可数名词复数。thirty（三十）后接可数名词复数，minute的复数形式是minutes。
6. 考查一般过去时和be动词。文章讲述过去的事情，用一般过去时，fire是不可数名词，所以be动词用was。
7. 考查形容词。此处描述Susan的感受，修饰人用-ed形式的形容词scared，意为“害怕的”。
8. 考查一般过去时。整篇文章是过去时态，find的过去式是found。
9. 考查固定搭配。spend time (in) doing sth.是固定用法，意为“花费时间做某事”，所以填cleaning。
10. 考查一般现在时。此处描述客观事实，用一般现在时，主语she是第三人称单数，need的第三人称单数形式是needs。