三、词汇运用
阅读下面的短文,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
Germans are known for their beers(啤酒) and soccer. (1)
do you know that they also like to save money?
According to some surveys, Germans were (2)
(interest) in saving money in the past. The (3)
(world) first savings bank opened in 1778 in Hamburg, a city in northern Germany. (4)
1836, there were more than 300 of these savings banks in the country. Germans think that saving money (5)
(be) a good habit. This makes every German become the top saver in the world. German (6)
(family) have saved more than eight per cent of their income(收入) over the last 20 years.
(7)
do Germans save money? According to The Financial Times, being careful with money is part of the image that Germans have of (8)
(they). They (9)
(usual) believe that saving money is a virtue, like being honest or kind. What's more, Germans also think that saving money is important for their country. If every German (10)
(keep) dropping coins into money boxes, Germany will become richer and stronger.
解析：
1. 前文提到德国人以啤酒和足球闻名，后文转折引出他们也喜欢省钱的事实，填转折连词But，句首首字母大写。
2. 考查固定搭配be interested in，意为“对……感兴趣”，故填interested。
3. 此处表示“世界上的第一家储蓄银行”，需用名词所有格修饰名词短语first savings bank，故填world's。
4. 表示“在某一年”，年份前用介词In，句首首字母大写。
5. 动名词saving money作主语，谓语动词用单数，句子为一般现在时，故填is。
6. 后文谓语have saved是复数形式，主语要用复数，family的复数形式为families。
7. 后文在解释德国人储蓄的原因，此处是询问原因，填疑问词Why，句首首字母大写。
8. 此处表达德国人对自身的形象认知，指代主语Germans本身，用反身代词themselves。
9. 此处修饰动词believe，需要用副词形式，故填usually。
10. 考查if引导的条件状语从句“主将从现”的规则，主语every German是单数，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式keeps。
