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。
I was on a plane that was about to take off when my phone rang. It was my neighbor saying I needed to get to the hospital, for my wife Mary (take) to hospital, and when I arrived doctors were trying to make (she) come back to consciousness, but it was no good.
I explained to my (child) that Mummy had died. Within hours they were running around the garden, (chat) with their grandad while I was in a deep sorrow. I went through the motions of being a dad—cooking, cleaning, washing—but inside I felt hollow. One of the hardest things (cope) with was that the boys had lost their mother. Mary and I were everyone's favorite couple. The physical loss of not having her around was (extreme) painful. For a year, I was in the (deep) of misery. Then I decided that we had to get through this. I began to date Emma, had been a childhood friend, and Mickey couldn't wait for us to get married so he could call her Mum. It wasn't long before George warmed to her, too—she is wonderful with them. Two years later we got married and life started to look rosy. Emma and I have had two boys to add our family.
We all have the concept that our lives are following particular path, but sometimes it turns out it's not going that way.

Answer 1

【答案】was taken/had been taken；her；children；chatting；to cope；extremely；depth/depths；who；to；a
【解析】文章讲述作者的家庭发生了很多变故，作者没有被击垮，而是勇于适应这样的挑战和改变，作者感悟到，不要对过去遗憾和担心未来，要着眼当下。

（1）was taken/had been taken 句意：我的妻子被送进了医院。根据句意用一般过去时态或过去完成时态，故填was taken/had been taken。（2）her 此处作宾语，故用其宾格形式，填her。

（3）children 根据下文的they可知，此处的名词用复数形式，故填children。

（4）chatting 此处是现在分词作伴随状态，注意chat变现在分词要双写最后一个辅音字母，故填chatting。

（5）to cope 此处是动词不定式作后置定语，故填to cope。

（6）extremely 副词修饰形容词，故填extremely。

（7）depth/depths in the depth(s) of在……的深度，在……里面，是固定词组。故填depth/depths。

（8）who 在这里Emma是先行词，指人，后面的非谓语定语从句缺少引导词，缺少主语，故填who。

（9）to 固定词组add to，意为“添加，增加”，故填to。

（10）a 句意：按着一条特别的小路。此处表示泛指，故填a。