Question

【题目】Mr. Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children. He owned 【1】 farm, which looked almost abandoned【2】 (lucky), he also had a cow which produced milk every day. He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearby 【3】other food and made cheese and butter for the family with what 【4】(leave). The cow was their only means of support, in fact. One day, the cow was eating grass 【5】it began to rain heavily. While making great efforts to run away, she 【6】(fall) over the hill and died. Then the Johnsons had to make a living 【7】he cow. In order to support his family, Mr. Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables. Since the plants took a while to grow, he started cutting down trees【8】(sell) the wood. Thinking about his children’s clothes, he started growing cotton too. When harvest came around, he was already selling herbs, vegetables and cotton in the market 【9】 people from the towns met regularly. Now it occurred to【10】 that his farm had much potential and that the death of the cow was a bit of luck.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】a

【2】Luckily

【3】for

【4】was left

【5】when

【6】fell

【7】without

【8】to sell

【9】where

【10】him

【解析】

【1】此处第一次提到农场，故填不定冠词a。

【2】此处用副词修饰整个句子。

【3】此处为exchange… for…的固定搭配。

【4】what与leave之间为动宾关系。

【5】was doing… when… 意为“正在做某事时，突然……”

【6】此处与died并列，指动作先后发生。

【7】根据前文可知，奶牛死了，此时他不能再靠奶牛谋生了。

【8】他砍树的目的是卖木材，故用不定式作目的状语。

【9】where在此引导定语从句，修饰先行词market.

【10】此处指突然发生在他身上的事情。