Question

【题目】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。

One night，at 1130 p．m.，an older African American woman was standing on the side of an Alabama highway trying to endure a lashing rainstorm.Her car had broken 【1】and she desperately needed a ride.Soaking (湿透) wet，she 【2】_(decide) to flag down the next car.A young white man stopped 【3】(help) her—generally unheard of in those conflictfilled 1960s.The man took her to 【4】_(safe)，helped her get assistance and put her into a taxicab.She seemed to be in a big hurry，but wrote down his address，thanked 【5】.

Seven days went by and 【6】_knock came on the man’s door【7】his surprise，a giant console color TV was delivered to his home.A special note was attached.It read，“Thank you so much 【8】assisting me on the highway the other night.The rain drenched (湿透) not only my clothes 【9】 my spirits.Then you came along.Because of you，I was able to make it to my【10】(die) husband’s bedside just before he passed away.God bless you for helping me and unselfishly serving others.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】down

【2】decided

【3】to help

【4】safety

【5】5.．him

【6】6.．a

【7】7.To

【8】8.for

【9】9.but

【10】10.dying

【解析】

试题分析：

【1】down [从下文的needed a ride可知，她的车坏了。break down意为“抛锚”。]

【2】decided [整篇文章均使用过去时态叙事，这里也应用一般过去时，故用decided。]

【3】to help [stop doing sth.意为“停止做某事”，stop to do 意为“停下来去做某事”；根据句意此处应为stop to do sth.。一个年轻的白人停下来帮她的忙。]

【4】safety [在介词to后要用safe的名词形式。本句意为：那个男子把她带到了一个安全的地方。]

【5】him [那个男子帮了她，应该是感谢那个男子，故用him。]

【6】6．a [从句子结构和语境可知，这里指有人敲门。此处knock意为“敲门声”，是可数名词。]

【7】To [to one’s surprise“令某人惊奇的是”。]

【8】for [thank sb.for doing sth.是固定搭配，意为“感谢某人做某事”。]

【9】but [从下文提到的事情可知，这个妇女要赶去见丈夫最后一面，当车抛锚时感到非常绝望，所以说雨水不仅淋湿了她的衣服，而且击垮了她的精神。此处用到的是not only...but also...结构，其中also可省略。]

【10】dying [husband是名词，要用形容词修饰。dying意为“临终的”。