One night,at 1130 p.m.,an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm.Her car had broken 小题1:______and she desperately needed a ride.Soaking (湿透) wet,she 小题2:______(decide) to flag down the next car.A young white man stopped 小题3:_____(help) her—generally unheard of in those conflictfilled 1960s.The man took her to 小题4:_____(safe),helped her get assistance and put her into a taxicab.She seemed to be in a big hurry,but wrote down his address,thanked 小题5:_______.
Seven days went by and 小题6:_____knock came on the man’s door. 小题7:_____his surprise,a giant console color TV was delivered to his home.A special note was attached.It read,“Thank you so much 小题8:________assisting me on the highway the other night.The rain drenched (湿透) not only my clothes小题9:_______ my spirits.Then you came along.Because of you,I was able to make it to my 小题10:_______(die) husband’s bedside just before he passed away.God bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others.”
小题1:down
小题2:decided
小题3:to help
小题4:safety
小题5:.him
小题6:.a
小题7:To
小题8:for
小题9:but
小题10:dying
小题1:down [从下文的needed a ride可知,她的车坏了。break down意为“抛锚”。]
小题2:decided [整篇文章均使用过去时态叙事,这里也应用一般过去时,故用decided。]
小题3:to help [stop doing sth.意为“停止做某事”,stop to do 意为“停下来去做某事”;根据句意此处应为stop to do sth.。一个年轻的白人停下来帮她的忙。]
小题4:safety [在介词to后要用safe的名词形式。本句意为:那个男子把她带到了一个安全的地方。]
小题5:him [那个男子帮了她,应该是感谢那个男子,故用him。]
小题6:a [从句子结构和语境可知,这里指有人敲门。此处knock意为“敲门声”,是可数名词。]
小题7:To [to one’s surprise“令某人惊奇的是”。]
小题8:for [thank sb.for doing sth.是固定搭配,意为“感谢某人做某事”。]
小题9:but [从下文提到的事情可知,这个妇女要赶去见丈夫最后一面,当车抛锚时感到非常绝望,所以说雨水不仅淋湿了她的衣服,而且击垮了她的精神。此处用到的是not only...but also...结构,其中also可省略。]
小题10:dying [husband是名词,要用形容词修饰。dying意为“临终的”。]