四、短文填空(在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的适当形式)
Mark Smith is a student at a vocational(职业技术的) school—a school where people learn how to do many of the jobs that are needed in modern society.
“After 1. (finish) secondary school, I found that I was 2. (good) at doing things than schoolwork. I had to decide how to make a living in the future. I'm good at making things 3. my hands. So I chose to go to a vocational school.” Now, he learns how to repair machines. “It's necessary(有必要的) for people to learn a 4. (use) skill if they want a good life. And I like learning about 5. things work,” he says.
Mark says he is very happy about 6. (he) choice(选择). “Now I can study the things that I like. Everyone 7. (want) to study what they are good at, don't they?” He believes that he has 8. bright future. “It's not possible for everyone to work in offices. We also need 9. (work) who can make and repair things.”
When people ask Mark what he is most interested in, he smiles, “Planes. I hope to help others 10. (repair) the planes that carry people all over the world.”

1. finishing 2. better 3. with 4. useful 5. how 6. his 7. wants 8. a 9. workers 10. (to) repair

【分析】
本题为短文填空，需结合语法规则、词形变化及固定搭配解题：1. 介词后接动词动名词；2. 由比较级标志词than判断用形容词比较级；3. 表示“用身体部位”用介词with；4. 修饰名词需用形容词；5. 引导宾语从句表方式用how；6. 修饰名词需用形容词性物主代词；7. 不定代词作主语时谓语用第三人称单数；8. 固定搭配表泛指；9. 需填表“工人”的名词复数；10. 固定搭配help的用法。
【解析】
1. 介词after后接动词的动名词形式，故填finishing；
2. 句中出现比较级标志词than，形容词good的比较级为better，故填better；
3. 表示“用手”，用介词with，故填with；
4. 修饰名词skill需用形容词，动词use的形容词形式为useful，故填useful；
5. 此处引导宾语从句，表“事物如何运作”，用how，故填how；
6. 修饰名词choice需用形容词性物主代词，he的形容词性物主代词为his，故填his；
7. 主语everyone为不定代词，一般现在时中谓语动词用第三人称单数形式，故填wants；
8. 固定搭配a bright future意为“一个光明的未来”，表泛指，故填a；
9. 此处表示“工人”，需用名词复数，work对应的名词worker的复数为workers，故填workers；
10. 固定搭配help sb (to) do sth，故填(to) repair。
【答案】
1. finishing 2. better 3. with 4. useful 5. how 6. his 7. wants 8. a 9. workers 10. (to) repair
【知识点】
介词用法、形容词比较级、固定搭配
【点评】
本题围绕职业学校学生的经历展开，考查基础语法与词汇运用，涵盖介词、比较级、物主代词、主谓一致等知识点，难度适中，需学生掌握常见词形变化及固定搭配。
【难度系数】
0.6