题目内容

阅读下面材料，用不多于3个单词的正确形式填空

Are you facing a situation that looking impossible to fix?

In 1969, the pollution is terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio. It ______1.(be)imaginable that it could be ever be cleaned up. The rive was so polluted that it ______2.(actual) caught fire and burned. Now year late,this rive is one of_______3.most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.

But river wasn’t changed in a few days_____4.even a few months. It took years of work _______5.(reduce) industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is______6.(clean) than ever.

Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you have a habit _____7.is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such impossible situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately.

While there are_______8.(amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the _______9.(change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be_______10.(patience)

 

1.was

2.actually

3.the

4.or

5.to reduce

6.cleaner

7.that/which

8.amazing

9.changes

10.patient

【解析】

试题分析：本文是一篇议论文。文中论述了当人们遇到看起来不可能做的事情时应该怎样做呢？短文以治理长期被污染的河流为例，一开始看起来治理它很难，但是经过几个月甚至几年的时间终于变成清澈的小河了。同样地道理，对于我们大多数人一样，做些改变需要的是努力和耐心。

1.

2.

3.……之一；the most outstanding 是最高级，来修饰examples；形容词的最高级与定冠词连用。

4.

5.

6.

7.that/which.也许你有一个能使你的家人发疯的习惯。这里habit是先行词，which或that引导的是定语从句，并且在从句中作主语，不能省略，故用that/which.

8.

9.

10.atience“耐心”是名词；因为空格前有系动词be，所以这里应该用形容词patient。

考点：短文填空。

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