Question

   We were heading home when I noticed my necklace,the birthday gift 1. (give) by my dad just one week 2. he passed away,was not around my neck.

   We turned back to the beach. No one was there but an elderly man 3. (slow) walking over the sand with a metal detector in his hand. I raced up to him 4. asked if he had come across a necklace. The old man said I could write down my address and if he happened to come across my necklace he 5. (mail) it back to me. I gave him a $5 bill 6. postage and then raced back to my car to find something 7. (write) with and on,but when I ran back the old man was gone. I searched for a while but failed.

   I turned down my husband's offer to buy

8. new one,as there could be no replacement. To our great surprise,three days after 9. (comb) the beach for the fourth time a package appeared inside our door. Insides 10. (be) a bill and my necklace.

Answer 1

1. given。考查过去分词作定语的用 法。设空处作后置定语，且give与. gift之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，故 填 given。

2. before。考查连词。设空处所在句 意为“就在父亲去世的前一周”，故 填 before。

3. slowly。考查副词。设空处修饰动 词-ing形式walking,故用副词。

4. and.考查连词，raced和asked是 并列关系，故填and。

5. would mail。考查过去将来时。mail是从过去看将要发生的动作， 故填 would mail。

6. as。考查介词。设空处意为“作 为”,故填as。

7. to write。考查不定式作定语的用 法。Something后常跟不定式作后 置定语。

8. a。考查不定冠词。one在此表泛 指，故填a。

9. combing。考查动词-ing形式作宾 语的用法。介词后需接动词-ing形 式，故填combing。

10. were。考查一般过去时和主谓一致。本句为倒装句，主语是a $5 bill and my necklace ,且全文用的 都是过去时态，故填were。