Passage 3 ?(2010·湖南卷) ?完形填空

Parents are busy people. If they are working, they are usually not at home __48__ when/ after their children return from school. Sometimes it is necessary for a parent to write __49__ an ?after-school note for their children. They sometimes put the note on the kitchen table, the refrigerator, __50__ or another place where their children are sure to find it. A note is often a __51__ better way to "talk" with a child than using the telephone. For one thing, parents have time to think about __52__ what they want to say before they write. ?

For __53__ another, the note lists all the information in one place. It is easy to read again and again People often forget all the details that they __54__ hear in a telephone call. Finally, cell phones can be turned __55__ off or telephone calls not answered. For these reasons, after-school notes are very popular with parents.

48. 答案：When/After

解析：該空引導時間狀語從句，句意為：“當他們的孩子們放學回來的時候/以后，他們經常不在家”

49答案：an

解析：根據空后的單數可數名詞note及after以元音音素開頭可判斷填an

50. 答案：or

解析：該空填并列連詞or,并列三個名詞

51. 答案：better

解析：由句意，“便條是與孩子交流的更好方式”可判斷填better

52. 答案：what

解析：該空引導賓語從句在句中作say的賓語

53. 答案：For

解析：For another為固定搭配，意為“另一方面”

54. 答案：they

解析：該空在句中作主語且代指前面的people.故填they

55. 答案： off

解析：turn off意為“關掉”，即手機被關掉