Question

One terribly cold day, a snowstorm hit our area. Needing firewood, I quickly set out with my best friend, Bruce, to look for a tree to cut down. Cutting down a tree in a snowstorm can be dangerous. (1) So to have a friend who could warn me of dangerso was important.
When I chose a big 23-meter-tall tree and prepared to cut it down, Bruce suddenly warned me, “Don’t cut down that tree! It’s too close to the power line!” I wasn’t sure about it. So I decided to disregard his warning. I couldn’t wait to finish the job and go back home. I began cutting down the tree. (2) When the tree fell, there was no longer any doubt whether my friend was right.
The tree caught the power line, bringing it to the ground. I considered cutting the tree off the line. After all, electricity can’t travel through wood. As I reached out my finger to touch the tree, pain ran up my arm and through my head. I had been shocked!
After I returned home and told my mother what happened, she quickly called the power company. Workers from the power company soon arrived. One of them asked if I had touched the tree, and when I told him I had, his face turned pale. “You should have been killed,” he said. It was my boots that saved my life.
(3)Within two hours, the workers removed the tree. Soon the snowstorm calmed down——but not my mother. Even though she was glad that I wasn’t hurt, my mother was still serious with me. After all（毕竟）, I shouldn’t have brushed off my friend’s warning.
小题1:将①处改成同义句。
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小题2:将②处翻译成汉语。
小题3:将③处用It takes sb. some time to do sth. 句型改为同义句。
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Answer 1

小题1:So it was important to have a friend who could warn me of dangers.
小题2:当树砍倒时，（所发生的事表明）毫无疑问我朋友说的话是正确的。
小题3:It took the workers two hours to remove the tree.

试题分析：这篇短文中作者主要记述了自己一次砍树的经历，由于不听从朋友的劝告，最好把电线挂断，自己也差点一次丧命。
小题1:考察强调句式, It is adj for sb to do sth，做某事对某人来说怎么样。本句中it是形式主语，指代后面不定式内容做形式主语.
小题2:考察句式it is no doubt 无疑……。
小题3:考察take用法。take 用于 it takes sb ... to do sth句型，仅指花费时间（three hours等），必须用it作形式主语，指代下文不定式内容。
点评：此类题型考查英语知识的综合运用，各小题类型比较复杂，涉及补全句子，翻译及阅读理解等题型，答题中要注意运用这些题型的答题技巧。答题前一定要弄懂全文，然后再动手解答问题。答题过程中，注意联系学过的句式，短语，结合短文内容，完成各小题的解答。