Question

15．My friend Herbert has always been fat，but things got so bad recently（71）thathe decided to go（72）ona diet．He began his diet a week ago．First of all，he wrote out a long list of all the foods that were forbidden．The list included most of the things Herbert loves：butter，potatoes，beer，milk，chocolate and sweets．Yesterday I paid him（73）avisit．I rang the bell and was not surprised to see that Herbert was still as fat（74）asever．He（75）led（lead） me into his room and（76）hurriedly（hurried） hid a large parcel under his desk．（77）Itwas obvious that he was very embarrassed．When（78）asked（ask） what he was doing，he smiled guiltily and then put the parcel on the desk．His（79）explanation（explain） was that his diet was so strict that he had to reward（80）himselfoccasionally．Then he showed me the contents of the parcel．It contain ed five large bars of chocolate and three bags of sweets!

Answer 1

分析 作者在本文讲述了朋友Herbert节食减肥的故事．

解答 71．that；考查固定结构，此处用that构成"so…that"结构，意为"如此…以至于"．    
72．on；考查介词，be on a diet 是固定搭配，意为"节食"．    
73．a；考查冠词，pay a visit 是固定搭配，意为"进行访问，拜访"．    
74．as；考查固定结构，as…as是固定结构，意为"和…一样"．    
75．led；考查动词的时态，根据文章的基本时态可知此处讲述过去发生的事情，故用一般过去时．
76．hurriedly；考查副词，此处用副词形式作状语修饰动词hid．     
77．It；考查代词，此处it作为先行主语，真正的主语是that引导的从句，
78．asked；考查分词作状语，主语he和动词ask是动宾关系，故用过去分词形式作状语．    
79．explanation；考查名词，形容词性物主代词his后面要跟名词形式．  
80．himself；考查反身代词，分析句意为"他不得不奖赏自己一下"，故用反身代词himself．

点评 语法填空是通过语篇在语境中考查语法知识的运用能力，在解题前应快速浏览短文掌握大意，在读懂短文的基础上，结合短文提供的特定的语言环境去逐句分析．要解决好语法填空，离不开坚实的语法知识，有了坚实的语法知识才能对语言进行正确的分析和判断，从而答对题目．