Question

【題目】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Cruz Genet, 11, and Anthony Skopick, 10, couldn’t agree. Were the birds out on the ice ducks or geese? There was only one way to find out.

So on a chilly January evening last year, the two friends ventured (冒險(xiǎn)) onto the frozen pond near their homes in Frankfort, Illinois,【1】(get) a better look. First they cast a rock onto the ice to test it, then they stepped on it.【2】(convince) the ice would hold their weight, Anthony took a few steps, then … FOOMP. He crashed through the seemingly frozen surface. There was no sound, he just fell instantly.

Cruz rushed to help his terrified friend. FOOMP -- the pond swallowed him too. Cruz managed to lift

【3】out of the frozen water and onto a more solid section. He then cautiously worked his way toward Anthony. But the ice 【4】(not hold), and he fell in again. This time, he couldn’t get out. The boys were up to their necks in icy water and quickly losing feeling in their limbs. There was not much chance 【5】they could free themselves from the trouble. Cruz was sure he was going to die.

Anthony’s older sister had seen the boys 【6】(fall) into the pond and started creaming for help. John Lavin, a neighbor driving nearby on his way to the grocery store, heard her. He quickly pulled over. Seeing the boys, he grabbed a nearby buoy(浮標(biāo))，kicked off his shoes, and ran into the water,【7】(chop) his way through the ice with his free fist. Lavin made his way【8】Cruz and Anthony and pull them back to land. They were taken to the hospital, where doctors discovered that their five-minute stay in the water【9】(lower) their body temperature nearly ten degrees.

Fortunately, the boys have fully recovered,【10】they are still a little awestruck(驚嘆的)by their fearless neighbor. “Just to think,” says Cruz, “If he hadn’t been there, I would have died.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】to get

【2】Convinced

【3】himself

【4】didn’t hold

【5】that

【6】fall

【7】chopping

【8】to

【9】had lowered

【10】though/although

【解析】

本文為記敘文。文章講述了兩位男孩不慎跌入冰窟后，一位鄰居見(jiàn)義勇為而獲救的故事。

【1】考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。句意：因此，在去年1月一個(gè)寒冷的夜晚，這兩位朋友冒險(xiǎn)來(lái)到他們位于伊利諾伊州法蘭克福市的家附近的結(jié)冰池塘，想要更好地看一看。兩個(gè)好朋友踏上結(jié)冰的水塘是為了更好的看清冰面上的鳥(niǎo)是鴨子還是鵝，本句需要不定式做目的狀語(yǔ)，故填to get。

【2】考查省略to的不定式。句意：確信冰塊能承受它們的重量，安東尼走了幾步，然后……根據(jù)固定短語(yǔ)sb. be convinced that…“某人確信……”的表達(dá)，主句的主語(yǔ)是Anthony，此處形容詞作狀語(yǔ)，故填Convinced。

【3】考查反身代詞。句意：Cruz成功地從冰凍的水面上爬了起來(lái)，爬到了一個(gè)更堅(jiān)固的地方。固定短語(yǔ)lift oneself/sth. out of...“使自己從……中出來(lái)”，此句的主語(yǔ)是Cruz，故填himself。

【4】考查動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)。句意：但是冰撐不住，他又掉了下去。故事發(fā)生在過(guò)去應(yīng)用一般過(guò)去時(shí)，故填didn’t hold。

【5】考查固定句式。句意：他們擺脫困境的機(jī)會(huì)不大。固定句式there was not much chance that…“沒(méi)有多少機(jī)會(huì)”，故填that。

【6】考查省略句。句意：Anthony的姐姐看到男孩們掉入池塘并開(kāi)始尖叫求救。感官動(dòng)詞see后面接省略to的不定式作賓補(bǔ)，表示動(dòng)作發(fā)生全過(guò)程。Anthony的姐姐“had seen”,因此表達(dá)是的看到他們掉下去的整個(gè)過(guò)程。故填fall。

【7】考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。句意：看到孩子們，他抓起附近的一個(gè)浮標(biāo)，踢掉鞋子，跳進(jìn)水里，用空出的拳頭在冰面上劈出一條路來(lái)。這里chop的動(dòng)作是Lavin發(fā)出的，是主動(dòng)，且跟grab, kick, ran這一系列的動(dòng)作幾乎同時(shí)進(jìn)行，故填chopping。

【8】考查固定短語(yǔ)。句意：Lavin向Cruz和Anthony走去，把他們拉回了陸地。固定短語(yǔ)make one’s way to “向……進(jìn)發(fā)；前往某處”，故填to。

【9】考查動(dòng)詞時(shí)態(tài)。句意：他們被送往醫(yī)院，醫(yī)生發(fā)現(xiàn)他們?cè)谒�里呆�?/span>5分鐘，體溫下降了近10度。醫(yī)生discovered的時(shí)間是發(fā)生在過(guò)去，而兩個(gè)孩子的體溫下降是在水里呆了5分鐘后導(dǎo)致的，因此體溫下降發(fā)生在醫(yī)生“發(fā)現(xiàn)”之前，即為“過(guò)去的過(guò)去”用過(guò)去完成時(shí)。故填had lowered。

【10】考查連接詞。句意：盡管兩個(gè)小孩兒還在驚嘆于他們鄰居的無(wú)畏精神，但是幸運(yùn)的是，他們已經(jīng)完全康復(fù)了。整句話前后形成讓步和轉(zhuǎn)折，因此填though或although。