题目内容
根据短文内容及首字母提示,填写所缺单词,使短文意思完整,每空限填一词。
The worst traveler in the world was Paul of San Francisco. Once he f 1. from the U.S. to his hometown in Italy to see someone at home. The plane made a one-hour stop to get oil at an airport in New York. Paul thought he was in Rome, s 2. he got off the plane.
When nobody was there to meet him, Paul thought maybe the heavy t 3. made his friends late. While looking for their address, Paul found that the old “Rome” had changed a lot. He found many high m 4. buildings instead of old ones. He also found that many people spoke English but not Italian and that main street signs were w 5. in English.
Paul knew very l 6. English. So he asked a policeman in Italian the way to the bus station. He happened to meet a policeman who was also born in Italy and answered in the same l 7. .
After twelve hours’ traveling round on a bus, the driver handed him over to a 8. policeman But this time, this policeman could only speak English. So Paul asked the policeman why the Rome police employed(雇佣)so many people who spoke English as policemen.
Paul didn’t b 9. he was in New York when he was told so. To get him on a plane to Italy, he was s 10. to the airport in a police car.
1.flew
2.so
3.traffic
4.modern
5.written
6.little
7.language
8.another
9.believe
10.sent
【解析】
试题分析:这篇短文是关于Paul的一次经历。Paul想回自己在意大利的老家,中途飞机在纽约机场加油时,Paul误以为到了罗马,所以他下了飞机。他在大街上看到的事物都不像意大利,而且那里的人都说英语,最终他发现自己是在纽约。
1.由下句话The plane made a one-hour stop to get oil at an airport in New York,飞机在纽约的一个机场停一个小时加油,可知Paul是做飞机回家。故填flew。
2.句意:Paul以为他到了罗马,所以他下了飞机。so 因此,所以。
3.句意:没有人来接他,他以为交通拥挤让他的朋友迟到了。heavy 指交通拥挤。
4.句意:他发现很多现代的建筑取代了原来的老的建筑。modern 现代的。
5.句意:他发现人们都说英语而不是意大利语,而且街道的标志都是用英语写的。written in English用英语写,过去分词做定语。
6.句意:他不会英语。little 几乎不。
7.句意:他碰巧遇到了一个出生在意大利的警察,用同样的语言回答了他的问题。language 这里是指意大利语。
8.句意:司机把他交给了另外一名警察。another 另一个。
9.句意:别人告诉他时他还不相信他是在纽约。believe 相信。
10.句意:为了能让他做飞机回意大利,一辆警车把他送到了机场。send 送。
考点:单词填空。