Question

【題目】Paul Dervish, 84, slowly【1】his eyes and turned to face the clock on the bedside table. It was 8:23 a.m. He felt sad. The time was nothing to him. He had 【2】to do all day. He just spent time【3】 to the cars on the highway and the shouts of the children running to school.

After a while, Paul carefully got out of bed and asked himself the same【4】as he did every morning: Would he fall today? If so, would anyone come? How long would he wait? Would he die? He looked out of the window into the street below. “And who would care?” he spoke 【5】.

After Paul’s wife died a year ago, his son and daughter said they would visit him once a week. But the last time was months ago. On 【6】 phone, they always had an excuse: too busy at work; the children were sick; bad weather; no time. Nobody seemed to have time 【7】 Paul. He missed his granddaughters. He loved it when Carla and Katie came to visit. They 【8】him candy and hope.

He walked to a chair 【9】 was laid near the bedroom door in pain. He rested for a moment【10】walking in small steps to the bathroom.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 opened

【2】 nothing

【3】 listening

【4】 questions

【5】 sadly/quietly

【6】 the

【7】 except

【8】 brought/ gave

【9】 which/that

【10】 before

【解析】

本文講述了保羅·德維什獨(dú)自生活的情況。

【1】opened

句意：84歲的保羅·德維什慢慢睜開(kāi)眼睛，面對(duì)著床頭柜上的時(shí)鐘。根據(jù)turned to face the clock可知先睜開(kāi)眼，然后再面向時(shí)鐘，故為opened。

【2】nothing

句意：他整天什么也不做。根據(jù)The time was nothing to him.可知時(shí)間對(duì)他來(lái)說(shuō)什么都不是。因此表示他什么也不做，故為nothing。

【3】listening

句意：他只是花費(fèi)時(shí)間聽(tīng)高速工作上的汽車和跑向?qū)W校的孩子的大喊聲。listen to聽(tīng)，spend time doing sth花費(fèi)時(shí)間做某事，故用動(dòng)名詞listening。

【4】questions

句意：過(guò)了一會(huì)兒，保羅小心翼翼地下了床，問(wèn)自己他每天早上同樣的問(wèn)題。根據(jù)后文的Would he fall today? If so, would anyone come? How long would he wait? Would he die?可知此處表示問(wèn)題，故為questions。

【5】sadly/quietly

句意：他悲傷地說(shuō)“誰(shuí)會(huì)在乎？” 根據(jù)“And who would care?”可知他認(rèn)為沒(méi)有人會(huì)在乎他，因此應(yīng)是悲傷地說(shuō)，或者安靜地說(shuō)，故為sadly/quietly。

【6】the

句意：他們打電話時(shí)，總是有借口：工作太忙，孩子生病了，天氣不好，沒(méi)有時(shí)間。on the phone打電話，故為the。

【7】except

句意：除了保羅，沒(méi)有人似乎有時(shí)間。根據(jù)前文的The time was nothing to him.可知除了保羅之外，沒(méi)有人有時(shí)間，故用介詞except。

【8】brought/gave

句意：他們給他帶來(lái)了糖果和希望。bring sb sth=give sb sth給某人某物，此處是一般過(guò)去時(shí)，故為brought/gave。

【9】which/that

句意：他痛苦地走向放在臥室門(mén)口的一把椅子。此處作定語(yǔ)從句，修飾先行詞a chair，故用關(guān)系代詞which或that。

【10】before

句意：他休息了一會(huì)兒，才一小步一小步地走向浴室。此處表示走向臥室之前，休息一會(huì)兒，故用before。