Question

【题目】阅读下面材料, 在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词) 或括号内单词的正确形式。

The woman often called the First Lady of New York died on August. Brooke Astor was one hundred and five 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 least one hundred years. Among other things, he owed 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_【5】__ (found) by her husband. He repeatedly had told her she would have fun giving_【6】__his money. And apparently she did. Miss Astor gave tens of millions of dollars__【7】_ (main) to places and people in New York City. She said it was the sensible choice because that was_【8】__the money had been made. She gave financial support to the city's cultural centers, the poor and disabled as_【9】__as to many other smaller charities. When she died, the mayor of New York said the 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】founded

【6】away

【7】mainly

【8】where

【9】well

【10】without

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了纽约的第一夫人Brooke Astor一生的事迹，她很富有，并且花了大半辈子来帮助纽约这个城市的建设和城市中的人民。

【1】helping考查动词。sb. spend time (in) doing sth.某人花(时间，精力)做某事，用helping。

【2】marriages考查名词。从下文she married Vincent Astor in 1953 again.得知，她以前经历了两次婚姻，用marriages。

【3】that/which考查关系词。had been rich前缺主语。这是定语从句，只能用that/which，用that/which。

【4】richest考查形容词。根据句意得知是最富有的，用richest。

【5】founded考查动词时态。found创办，成立；建立，过去分词短语作定语，表被动，用founded。

【6】away考查介词。give away赠送；赠予；颁发，用away。

【7】mainly考查副词。adv.大部分地；主要地，用mainly。

【8】where考查关系词。句子the money had been made主谓齐全。根据句意是因为这些钱应该用于人们和社会，用where。

【9】well考查形容词。as well as也，又，和，用well。

【10】without考查介词。没有她的支持，就成就不了现在的纽约，用without。