Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Ms. Mary was over eighty, but she still drove her old car like half her age. She loved driving very fast, and boasted of the fact 【1】 she had never, in her thirty-five years of driving, been punished 【2】 a driving mistake.

Then one day, she nearly lost her record. A police car followed her, and the policemen in it saw her pass a red light without 【3】 (stop).

When Ms. Mary came before the judge, he looked at her _【4】__(severe) and said that she was too old to drive a car, and that the reason 【5】 she had not stopped at red light was most probably that her eyes had become weak with old age, __【6】__ she had simply not seen it.

When the judge had finished what he was saying, Ms. Mary opened the big handbag she was carrying and took out her sewing. Without saying a word, she 【7】 (choose) a needle with a very small eye, and threaded it at the first time.

When she had successfully done this, she took the thread out of the needle again and handed __【8】_ the needle and thread to the judge, saying, “Now it is your turn. I suppose you can drive 【9】 car well, and you have no doubts about your eyesight.”

The judge took the needle and tried to thread it. After half a dozen times, he had still not __【10】__(success). The case against Ms. Mary was dismissed, and her record remained unbroken.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】that

【2】for

【3】stopping

【4】severely

【5】why

【6】so/and

【7】chose

【8】both

【9】a

【10】succeeded

【解析】

【1】that 考查同位语从句。这里含有一个同位语从句，且引导词在从句中不作任何成分，也没有实际意义，故用that。句意：她喜欢开快车，并且吹嘘她在35年的驾驶中，没有一次因驾驶错误被处罚过。

【2】for 句意：在她35年的驾驶中，从来没有因为驾驶错误受到处罚。这里根据句意表示“因为”，故用介词for。

【3】stopping 考查动名词。介词之后用动词的-ing形式。句意：警察看到她通过红灯没有停下来。故用stopping。

【4】severely 句意：法官严肃地看着她，说她年龄太大不能再开车了。这里用副词修饰动词look，故用severely。

【5】why 这里构造定语从句，关系词作状语表示原因，故用why。句意：她没在红灯停下来的原因非常有可能是她的眼睛因为年龄变的弱了。

【6】so/and 句意：（因而）她只是没看见。根据句意及上下句之间的关系，可知这里用连词so/and。

【7】chose 句意：没说一句话，她选择了一根只有很小的针眼的针，一次穿上了线。这里根据上下文可知是一般过去时，故用chose。

【8】both 考查固定结构both...and。句意：她把线从针里拿出来，把针和线都递给法官。根据固定搭配，可知这里用both。

【9】a 句意：我猜你的车开的很好，那你的眼睛肯定没问题了。这里可数名词car泛指，故前面加冠词a。

【10】succeeded考查时态。句意：法官尝试了几次之后，仍然不能成功。这里用过去完成时，故用过去分词succeeded。