Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

There is an old Chinese tale about a woman whose only son died. In her grief, she went to the holy man and said, ＂What 【1】 (prayer) do you have to bring my son back to life?＂

Instead of sending her away or reasoning with her, he said to her, ＂Fetch me a mustard(芥末) seed from a home 【2】 has never known sorrow. We will use it to drive the sorrow out of your life.＂ The woman went off at once in search of that magical mustard seed.

She came first to a splendid building, 【3】 (knock) at the door, and said, ＂I am looking for a home that has never known sorrow. Is this such a place? It is very important to me.＂

They told her, ＂You’ve certainly come to【4】 wrong place,＂ and began to describe all the tragic things that recently 【5】(happen) to them.

The woman said to herself, ＂Who is abler to help these poor, unfortunate people?＂ She stayed 【6】 (comfort) them, then went on with her search. 【7】 wherever she went, she found one tale after another of sadness and 【8】 (fortune). She became so involved in other people’s grief that 【9】(final) she forgot about her search for the magical seed, never 【10】 (realize)that it had, in fact, driven the sorrow out of her life.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】prayers

【2】that/whichwhich/that

【3】knocked

【4】the

【5】had happenedhappen

【6】to comfort

【7】But

【8】misfortune

【9】finally

【10】realizing

【解析】

【1】prayers表示＂祈祷的内容，祷告＂时，为可数名词，此处应用复数形式。

【2】that/whichwhich/that指代home，且which/that在从句中作主语。

【3】knocked由and连接的并列动作＂came＂＂said＂可知用knocked。

【4】the表示拨错号、走错房间、地方用dial the wrong number，go to the wrong room/place。

【5】had happenedhappen所表示的动作发生在began所表示的动作之前，即＂过去的过去＂，故用过去完成时。

【6】to comfort此处表示＂为了安慰他们，她留了下来＂，用不定式作目的状语。

【7】But她继续寻觅，但是无论她走到哪里，遇到的都是悲伤、不幸。前后表示转折关系，故用But。

【8】misfortune由语境＂one tale after another of sadness＂可知，应用misfortune与sadness匹配。

【9】finally所填词修饰整个句子，作状语，故用副词形式。

【10】realizing她忘了寻找种子的事情，结果没有意识到这件事已经把悲伤从她的生活中驱逐走了。she与realize之间为主动关系，故用现在分词作状语。