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【题目】Six days of spring rain had created a wild river _1___(run) by Nancy Brown’s farmAs she tried to drive her cows to higher ground, she __2____(slip) and hit her head on a fallen tree trunkNancy was badly hurt and could only walk with great _3___(difficult).The water __4___(rise)Nancy’s pace got slower and slowerFinally, all she could do was to throw her arm around Lizzie’s neck and try to hang onAbout 20 minutes later, Lizzie managed to _5___ (succeed) pull herself and Nancy out of the water and onto a bit of high land

It took rescuers another two hours to discover Nancy_6___ helicopter lowered a doctor, __7____attached Nancy to a life-support liftThey raised her into the helicopter and took her to the school gym, _8____the Red Cross had set up an emergency shelter

When the flood subsided two days later, Nancy immediately went back to the highlandLizzie was gone. __9____was one of the 19 cows that Nancy lost“I owe my life 10____her,” said Nancy sobbingly

【答案】

1running

2slipped

3difficulty

4was rising

5successfully

6A

7who

8where

9She

10to

【解析】

1】考查现在分词做定语。had created 是句子的谓语动词,所以run应该用非谓语动词,根据句意river run之间是主动关系,故用现在分词做定语,此处填running

2】从句部分是一般过去时态,所以主句部分也用一般过去时态,故此出填slipped

3】根据句意:Nancy 严重受伤,只能极其困难地走路。great 修饰名词,difficult 是形容词,故填名词difficulty

4】根据句意可知:水在上升。因为讲的是过去的事情,故用过去进行时态was rising

5】副词修饰动词,succeed 是动词,所以用它的副词形式successfully

6】根据句意可知:一架直升飞机将一名医生放下。故此处填A。一架直升飞机。

7a doctor做先行词,所以后面应是who引导的非限制性定语从句。故填who

8the school gym 做先行词,表示地点,根据句意可知此处因该是where引导的非限制性定语从句,故填where

9】句意是:她是Nancy 丢失的19头牛之一。此处用拟人的写法故填She

10】固定搭配owe…to..---归功于---,故此处填to

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