Question

【题目】默写：按照背书的内容填空，每空可填不止一个单词。
Lesson 36 NCE Book 3
We are than we used to be. In the nineteenth century, a novelist would bring his story to a conclusion by presenting his readers with —most of them wildly improbable. Readers happily that an obscure maidservant was really the hero's mother . A long-lost brother, who , was really alive all the time and wickedly plotting to bring about the hero's downfall. And so on. Modern readers would find totally unacceptable. …

Answer 1

【答案】less credulous；a series of coincidences；accepted the fact；was presumed dead；such naive solutions
【解析】本文讲述的是我们变得越来越不会轻信于人，学生按照课文内容填写。（1）less credulous考查短语。不轻信，所以可填less credulous。（2）a series of coincidences考查短语。 一系列的偶然事件，所以填a series of coincidences。（3）accepted the fact考查短语和时态。接受事实，所以可填accepted the fact。（4）was presumed dead考查短语和时态。被假定死亡，填was presumed dead。（5）such naive solutions考查短语。如此无知的结论，故填such naive solutions。