Question

【題目】 A young man was on a train. As the train turned a corner, it slowed down and then【1】house came into sight.The house looked so different from the grey buildings of the city【2】everybody on the train turned to look at it. Some passengers【3】(begin) to talk about it.

The young man was also【4】(interest) in the house. He decided to get【5】at the next station and make his way to the house. The owner of the house told【6】(he) that he was trying to sell the house, but no one would buy it, as the noise of the trains passing nearby made it【7】(difficulty) to live in.

The young man decided to buy the house right then and there for $30,000. He used it for advertising, as the house faced the railway bend(彎道). The train had to slow down at the bend, giving the passengers plenty of time to look at the house.

The young man went to several big【8】(company) and explained the advantages of placing advertisements on the side of the house. 【9】(final), one company agreed to place some ads. The young man【10】(pay) $180,000 for three years of advertising.

In this world, turning disadvantages into advantages is the key to success.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】a

【2】that

【3】began

【4】interested

【5】off

【6】him

【7】difficult

【8】companies

【9】Finally

【10】was paid

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要講述了一個機會與成功之間的故事。一個年輕人坐火車經(jīng)過一座漂亮的房子，他對它很感興趣，于是在下一站下車來到房子那里，房子的主人說他一直在賣房子，但是因為離火車彎道太近，噪音太大而不適合居住，于是年輕人花了3萬買下房子。然后他找了一家大公司在房子的邊上放廣告，付了他三年的廣告費18萬元。故事告訴我們，機會就在我們身邊，要用心去發(fā)現(xiàn)，把劣勢變優(yōu)勢是成功的關(guān)鍵。

【1】句意：當火車拐彎時，它的速度慢下來然后一座房子進入視線。

后面的句子“The house looked so different from the grey buildings of the city”中的house加定冠詞the是第二次出現(xiàn)，以此前一個句子中的house前面用不定冠詞a表示數(shù)量一，故答案為a。

【2】句意：這座房子和城市里的灰色建筑大不相同，以至于火車上的每個人都轉(zhuǎn)過去看它。

so…that…“如此……以至于……”，that引導(dǎo)的是結(jié)果狀語從句。根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)判斷，答案為that。

【3】句意：一些乘客開始談?wù)撍��?/span>

短文講述的是過去發(fā)生的故事，全文使用的都是一般過去時態(tài)。begin也要用過去式形式，故答案為began。

【4】句意：那個年輕人也對這所房子感興趣。

be interested in對……感興趣。故答案為interested。

【5】句意：他決定在下一站下車，然后朝房子走去。

根據(jù)后面的句子“and make his way to the house”判斷，那個青年人決定在下一站下車，去看看那所房，get off下車。故答案為off。

【6】句意：房子的主人告訴他，他想把房子賣掉。

told是tell的過去式，根據(jù)代詞作賓語，因此代詞要用賓格形式。故答案為him。

【7】句意：因為經(jīng)過附近的火車的噪音讓它變得很難居住。

句中it是形式賓語，后面的動詞不定式作真正的賓語，而it后跟形容詞作賓語補足語。故答案為difficult。

【8】句意：這位年輕人去了幾家大公司，向他們解釋了在房子邊上設(shè)置廣告的好處。

several“幾個”，后跟可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)形式，故答案為companies。

【9】句意：最后，一家公司同意設(shè)置一些廣告。

final“最終的，最后的”，形容詞，可以用作定語，表語等成分，但不能修飾整個句子，故用副詞形式Finally。

【10】句意：這位年輕人三年的廣告收入為18萬美元。

the young man和pay是被動關(guān)系，根據(jù)上下文可知句子的時態(tài)是一般過去時，其構(gòu)成為was/were+過去分詞，主語是單數(shù)，助動詞用was，故答案為was paid。