阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。请将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。
Electricity is of great 小题1: to our life. What would life be like without electricity? “That’s terrible!” most people would say. But it’s life in Ethiopia.
When I was in that country, the power went off 小题2:every few days. This happened not only in small towns, 小题3:even in the capital.
One day when I went to the airport, the power was 小题4:. I didn’t know which flight to take. At the same time, the Internet was of course 小题5: The weather was very hot. To my 小题6:, restaurants only served warm drinks. Time after the sunset, between 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., was 小题7:. Without any light, I stayed in my room, walking or 小题8: in bed. How boring!
I wondered what 小题9: I would get into if there was no power in America. So I had a try. At 8:30 a.m., I turned off the power. Then I 小题10: nothing but rest at home. Things were not so difficult because it was summer and the sun didn’t set until 8:00 p.m. I’ll try this again in winter, and I hope to learn what I can do without electricity.
小题1:importance
小题2:almost
小题3:but
小题4:off
小题5:impossible
小题6:surprise
小题7:hard
小题8:lying
小题9:situation
小题10:did
题目分析：这篇文章讲述的是作者在埃塞俄比亚的一次经历，当时在这个国家时每隔几天就停电，同时文中还提到作者去机场是停电所发生的事情，以及回到美国后有体验了一下停电的感受。
小题1:根据句意：电对我们的生活有着非常大的重要性，所以此空填吧important的名词importance。
小题2:根据句意：当我在那个国家时，几乎每个几天就停电，所以填almost（几乎）。
小题3:此题句意：这种情况不仅发生在小城镇，而且甚至在首都也发生，此题是not only …but(also)结构，所以填but。
小题4:此题句意：一天我在飞机场的时候，停电了，此处用的是be off，所以选off。
小题5:此题句意：（因为没电）上网是当然不可能了，所以填possible的反义词impossible。
小题6:根据句意是：使我惊讶的是……,所以此空是to one’s surprise,因此填surprise。
小题7:此题句意：在太阳落山后，下午6:00到8:00的时间是难熬的，所以此处填hard。
小题8:此题句意：我只好呆在房间里，散步或躺在床上，此处和walking并列，所以用lie的ing形式lying。
小题9:此题句意：我想知道在美国如果没电我会遇到什么情况，所以此空填situation（情况，情境）。
小题10:此题句意：然后我什么事情也没做只是在家休息，所以此空填do的过去式did。