任务四 选词填空
阅读下面短文,从方框中选择适当的词或短语并用其正确形式填空,使短文通顺,意思完整,每词或短语限用一次。
write busy American tall try one's best
I'm Li Ming. I have a good friend named Lucy at school. She is an (1) girl. She is almost 1.75 metres. I'm as (2) as Lucy. When I feel sad, she always (3) to make me laugh. Lucy likes reading in her free time and wants to be a (4) when she grows up. Our school life is (5) than before. We have classes and homework every day. But we always chat during breaks or help each other. With each other around, we feel warm and happy.
aloud make possible mark on one's own
Last term, I fell behind in English. I even thought it was (6) to catch up. But one day, I decided to improve it (7) . Lucy helped me (8) a plan. Also, she advised me to practise speaking English more. Every day, I read English (9) and keep writing. Now, I often get high (10) in English tests, and I know hard work always works.
Lucy is like the sun in my life. I'll keep this friendship and grow up with her happily.

1. American
2. tall
3. tries her best
4. writer
5. busier
6. impossible
7. on my own
8. (to) make
9. aloud
10. marks

我们逐空结合语境和语法规则分析：
1. 空后是名词girl，不定冠词an提示此处填以元音音素开头的形容词，American作形容词表示“美国的”，an American girl意为“一个美国女孩”，符合语境。
2. 此处是as+形容词原级+as的同级比较结构，前文提到Lucy身高接近1.75米，tall表示“高的”，表达“我和Lucy一样高”的含义，符合语义。
3. 主语she是第三人称单数，句子为一般现在时，短语try one's best意为“尽某人最大努力”，变形为tries her best，表示她总是尽全力逗我开心，符合语境。
4. 空前不定冠词a提示填名词，前文提到Lucy喜欢阅读，动词write对应的名词writer意为“作家”，表达她长大后想成为一名作家的含义，符合逻辑。
5. 空后有than提示要用形容词比较级，busy的比较级为busier，表示我们的校园生活比以前更忙碌，和后文每天都有课、有作业的描述对应。
6. 前文提到我英语落后了，可推知我当时甚至觉得赶上来是不可能的，形容词possible的反义词impossible意为“不可能的”，符合语境。
7. 此处表达“我决定独自提高英语”的含义，主语是I，短语on one's own变形为on my own，意为“靠我自己”，符合语义。
8. 此处符合help sb (to) do sth的结构，make a plan是固定搭配“制定计划”，故填(to) make，指Lucy帮我制定学习计划。
9. 此处用副词aloud修饰动词read，read English aloud是固定表达“大声朗读英语”，和前文多练习说英语的建议对应。
10. get high marks是固定搭配“取得高分”，mark是可数名词，此处用复数形式marks，表示我现在英语测试经常得高分，符合语境。