任务三 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。
Mary always enjoys fixing things by herself, even though she doesn't know much about it.
She always volunteers (1) (join) some family affairs(事务). But she sometimes fails because she isn't good at it. For example, in her garage, there are pieces of a lawnmower(割草机) that she once tried her (2) (good) to fix. In fact, her brother Tod doesn't think she (3) (have) the ability to do it some day.
The other day, when Tod came home, he wasn't (4) (surprise) to see her trying to fix her old vacuum cleaner(吸尘器), but she (5) (not open) the machine with a screwdriver(螺丝刀) at last.
"This makes me so angry! I don't want to try a (6) (two) time!" she complained. "I'm not sure what I can do (7) (fix) it. When I turn it on, it's too noisy. Do you have any ideas? I (8) (look) forward to your ideas at the moment," she asked Tod.
Of course, Tod wasn't sure what to say and he didn't want to make her angry, either. Suddenly, the lawnmower came to his mind and he (9) (think) of something funny to say, "If you want the vacuum cleaner to cooperate(合作), how about (10) (take) it out to the garage and showing it the lawnmower that you worked on?"

1. to join
2. best
3. will have
4. surprised
5. didn't open
6. second
7. to fix
8. am looking
9. thought
10. taking

1. 考查固定搭配volunteer to do sth.（自愿做某事），故填to join。
2. 考查固定短语try one's best（尽某人最大努力），故填best。
3. 考查宾语从句的时态，some day表示将来，从句用一般将来时，故填will have。
4. 考查形容词辨析，surprised用来形容人感到惊讶，此处主语是he，故填surprised。
5. 考查一般过去时的否定形式，根据上下文语境，此处用一般过去时，否定形式为didn't open。
6. 考查序数词，a second time表示“再一次”，故填second。
7. 考查不定式作目的状语，此处用to fix表示做某事的目的是修理吸尘器，故填to fix。
8. 考查现在进行时，at the moment是现在进行时的标志，主语是I，故填am looking。
9. 考查一般过去时，and连接并列动作，前面came是过去式，故填thought。
10. 考查固定搭配how about doing sth.（做某事怎么样），故填taking。