阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卡标号为31~40的相应位置上。
It was a winter morning, just before Christmas, while most people were warming up their cars, my husband, Trevor, had to ride his bike 4 kilometers away from home to work. On his 小题1: (arrive), he parked his bike outside the back door 小题2: usual. After 10 hours of labor, he returned to find his bike gone, 小题3: was our only transport. Trevor used it to get to work, and also the bike was used 小题4: (get) groceries, saving us from having to walk long distances from 小题5: we live.
I was so sad that I wrote to the newspaper and told them our story. Shortly after that, several people in our area offered to help. One wonderful stranger 小题6: bought a bike, and then called my husband to fetch it. Once again my husband had a way to get to and 小题7: his job. It really is 小题8: honor that a complete stranger would go out of their way for someone they have never met before.
People say that a smile can 小题9: (pass) from one person to another, but acts of kindness from strangers are even more so. This experience has had a spreading effect in our lives because it 小题10: (strong) our faith in humanity. And it has influenced us to be more mindful of ways, we, too, can share with others.
小题1:arrival
小题2:as
小题3:which
小题4:to get
小题5:where
小题6:even
小题7:from
小题8:an
小题9:be passed
小题10:strengthened
小题1:on one’s arrival 是固定短语,应使用名词形式。
小题2:as usual 像往常一样,固定短语。
小题3:非限制性定语从句,故用which。
小题4:be used to do sth. 被用来干某事。
小题5:关系词在定语从句中作地点状语,故用关系副词where。
小题6:表示“甚至”的意思,故用even。
小题7:这句话的意思为我的丈夫再次有办法上下班了,和前面“to”相对应,故用from。
小题8:honor首字母发音是辅音,故用不定冠词“an”
小题9:“pass”的主语是“smile”,是被动关系,故用被动语态。
小题10:这里需要使用动词形式,意为“加强”,这是发生在过去的事情,故应该用一般过去式。
点评:做这类题,不但要选择正确意义的词,还要根据具体语境,选择适当的时态、语态及使用正确的词形。把握全文意思,分析句子之间的关系至关重要。