六、短文填空。(阅读下面短文,从方框中选出恰当的单词并用其适当形式填空,使短文通顺、意义完整。每空仅填一词,每词仅用一次。)
care / by / smile / one / friend / try / because / good / sad / look
This summer I volunteered in an orphanage (孤儿院). There were about 220 children and babies there. My job was to 1 for some babies. I liked helping out in the baby rooms. Those babies were small and lovely. At first, I felt very sad to see those babies 2 they had no homes. But after I found that many people looked after them, I felt much 3. One of the babies was very special. She was only several months old and she was lovely. She laughed as soon as she saw me.
I was good at 4 after younger children. They were lovely, too. They liked to play with me and wanted more attention. I also met an eight-year-old girl on the 5
day. She had no 6 to talk with. She seemed very lonely. I 7 to cheer her up and encourage her to join other children in different activities. 8 the end of my time there, she has made some friends and looked happier than before.
I loved to see the 9 on the children's faces and loved every minute there. The children were very 10 when I left, but I told them that I would see them every summer.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. care
2. because
3. better
4. looking
5. first
6. friends
7. tried
8. By
9. smiles
10. sad

1. 考查固定搭配look after（照顾），to后接动词原形，故填look；2. 前半句“我感到难过”和后半句“他们没有家”是因果关系，故填because；3. much修饰形容词比较级，good的比较级是better，故填better；4. 考查固定搭配be good at doing sth.（擅长做某事），look after是固定搭配，故填looking；5. 考查固定搭配on the first day（在第一天），故填first；6. 句意：她没有朋友可以交谈，friend是可数名词，此处用复数friends；7. 考查固定搭配try to do sth.（尽力做某事），文章时态为一般过去时，故填tried；8. 考查固定搭配by the end of（在……结束时），句首单词首字母大写，故填By；9. 句意：我喜欢看到孩子们脸上的微笑，smile是名词，符合语境；10. 句意：当我离开时孩子们非常伤心，sad是形容词，符合语境。