语法填空
Directions: After trading the passage below, fill
in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks
with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word: for
the other blanks, use one word that best Jits each blank.
Marian Bechtel sits at West Palm Beach's Bar Louie
counter by herself, quietly reading her e-book as she waits for her salad. What
is she reading? None of your business! Lunch is Bechtel's "me" time. And
{#blank#}1{#/blank#} more Americans, she's not alone.
A new report found 46 percent of meals are eaten
alone in America. More than half (53%) have breakfast alone and nearly half (46%)
have lunch by themselves. Only at dinnertime {#blank#}2{#/blank#} we eating together, 74%, according
to statistics from the report.
"I prefer to go out and be out. Alone, but
together, you know?" Bechtel said, {#blank#}3{#/blank#} (look) up from her book. Bechtel,
who works in downtown West Palm Beach, has lunch with coworkers sometimes, but like
many of us, too often {#blank#}4{#/blank#} (work) through lunch at her
desk. A lunchtime escape allows her to keep a boss from tapping her on {#blank#}5{#/blank#} shoulder. She returns to work
feeling energized. "Today, I just wanted some time to myself,"
she said.
Just two seats over, Andrew Mazoleny, a local videographer,
is finishing his lunch at the bar. He likes that he can sit and check his phone
in peace or chat up the barkeeper with whom he's on a first-name basis {#blank#}6{#/blank#} he wants to have a little interaction.
"I reflect on {#blank#}7{#/blank#} my day's gone and think about the rest of the week," he said.
"It's a chance for self-reflection. You return to work {#blank#}8{#/blank#} (refresh) and with a plan."
That freedom {#blank#}9{#/blank#} (choose) is one reason more
people like to eat alone. There was a time when people may have felt awkward about
asking for a table for one, but those days are over. Now, we have our smartphones
to keep us company at the table. "It doesn't feel as alone as it may have before
all the advances in technology," said Laurie Demeritt, {#blank#}10{#/blank#} company provided the statistics
for the report.
