Question

Recently a new science behind incentives（激勵）, 1.__ （include） in education, has been discussed．For example, researcher Roland Fryer wanted to see what works best in motivating children __2. （do） better in school．_3. _ some cases, he gave students incentives based on input（輸入）, like reading certain books, while in _4.___, the incentives _ _5. （base） on output, like results on exams．His main 6.__ （find） was that incentives increased achievement when based on input but had no effect when based on output．Fryer’s conclusion was that the incentives for inputs might be 7.___ （effect） because students do not know how to do better on an exam, apart from general rules like “study harder”．Reading certain books, on the other hand, is a well-set task over 8.___ they have much more control．

As long as you have direct control over your goal, you have 9.__ much higher chance of success．And it’s easier to start again 10. you fail, because you know exactly what you need to do．

Answer 1

1.including

2.to do

3.In

4.others

5.were based

6.finding

7.more effective

8.which

9.a

10.if

【解析】

1.小題1】包括某事，用介詞including。

2.小題2】激勵某人做某事，motivate somebody to do。

3.小題3】在有些情況，in some cases ，位于句首填介詞In。

4.小題4】在其他的情況下，填代詞others。

5.小題5】be based on以．．．為基礎，主語是復數名詞，謂語也用復數 were based。

6.小題6】主要發現，形容詞后用名詞finding 。

7.小題7】根據后面的better得知，這里要填形容詞比較級more effective。

8.小題8】先行詞是任務，介詞后必須用which。

9.小題9】有一個機會a chance of。

10.小題10】如果失敗，重新開始更容易一些。填if。

考點：詞匯的運用