Question

Anthony Burgess was 40 when he learned that he had only one year to live. He had a brain tumor(肿瘤) that 1. (kill) him within a year. He knew he had a battle on his hands. He was completely broken at the time, so he had 2. to leave behind for his wife, Lynne.

Brugress had never been a professional novelist in the past, 3. he always know the potential was inside him to be a writer. So, for the purpose of 4. (leave) something behind for his wife, he put a piece of paper into a typewriter and began writing. He was not sure

5. the book would be published nor not, but he couldn’t think of anything else to do.

“ 6. was January of 1960,” he said, “and according to the prognosis, I had a winter and spring and summer 7. (live) through, and would die with the fall of the leaf.”

In that time Burgress wrote energetically, finishing a lot of novels before 8. year was through. Burgress did not die. His cancer had gone into remission and then disappeared 9.

(magic). In his long and full life as a novelist, he wrote more than 70 books, 10. turns out to be an amazing achievement. Without the death sentence from cancer, he may not have written at all.

Answer 1

1.would kill

2.nothing

3.but

4.leaving

5.whether

6.It

7.to live

8.the

9.magically

10.which

【解析】

试题分析： 40岁的时候，安东尼·伯吉斯知道自己患了脑瘤，会在一年内死去。他总感觉自己具备小说家的内在潜质。于是，他的唯一目标就是为妻子留下版税。伯吉斯把所有的精力都用在了写作上。但是，伯吉斯没有死。他的癌症居然好转了，后来完全不见了。

1.would kill考查时态。句意：他患了脑瘤，这种病会使他在一年内死去。根据句意可知用将来时态。主句had，所以应用过去将来时。

2.2】nothing考查不定代词。句意：那时，他穷困潦倒，没有任何东西可以留给他的妻子林恩。nothing什么也没有。

3.3】but考查连词。前后两句话之间是转折关系，并且是两个并列句，所以用but。

4.4】leaving考查介词用法。介词后应用动名词形式。

5.5】whether考查连词。根据句子结构可知空格后为宾语从句。根据句意“他不知道他写的东西是否会被出版”可知，应填whether或if。从句中有or not，所以只能用whether。

6.6】 It考查it用法。it可知指代时间，距离。

7.7】to live考查非谓语动词。have sth to do有某事要做。是固定句型。

8.8】the考查定冠词用法。此处表示特指1960年。句意：在这一年之内，他完成了五部小说。

9.9】magically考查副词。空格前是动词，所以用副词修饰。

10.0】which考查关系代词。根据句子结构可知从句是定语从句，从句中缺主语，先行词指的是他写了70多本书这件事，所以用which引导。

考点：故事类短文