Question

【题目】语法填空

The woman often called the First Lady of New York died in August. Brooke Astor was 105 years old. The extremely wealthy and famous New Yorker spent much of her life 【1】 (help) the needy in her beloved city.

She was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She was the only child of a high level military officer. After two earlier 【2】 (marry), she married Vincent Astor in 1953 again. He came from a family 【3】 had been rich for at least one hundred years .Among other things, he owned many buildings in New York City. Brooke Astor became one of the 【4】(rich) women in the world when Vincent Astor died. She also became head of a huge charity organization which 【5】 (found) by her husband. He repeatedly had told her she would have fun giving 【6】his money. And apparently she did. Brooke Astor gave tens of millions of dollars mainly to places and people in New York City. She said it was the sensible choice because that was 【7】 the money had been made. She gave financial support to the city's cultural centers as well as to many 【8】 smaller charities. When she died, the mayor of New York said 【9】 city would not be what it is today 【10】 her support.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】helping

【2】marriages

【3】that/which

【4】richest

【5】was founded

【6】away

【7】where

【8】other

【9】the

【10】without

【解析】

试题分析：

本文主要讲述了Brooke Astor积极从事慈善事业，为纽约这座城市作出了巨大贡献。

【1】固定句型sb.spend time (in) doing sth.意为“某人花时间做某事”。

【2】从下文“she married Vincent Astor in 1953 again.”可知，她以前经历了两次“婚姻”。因为after是介词，故此处需要用名词。

【3】that/which引导定语从句，且在从句中作主语。

【4】one of the＋形容词最高级。根据句意也可知是“最富有的”。

【5】此处表示被动，且时态为过去时。

【6】give away意为“赠送；赠予；颁发”。

【7】where引导表语从句，且在表语从句中作地点状语。

【8】根据前面的“She also became head of a huge charity organization”可知此处表示“其他”较小的慈善组织。

【9】特指New York这座城市。

【10】“没有”她的支持，就成就不了现在的纽约市。