题目内容
When I was a little girl, every time my dad was repairing something, he 1. ask me to hold the hammer, and meanwhile, have a conversation with me. I never saw my dad drinking or taking a night out. All he did after work was taking care of his family.
I grew up and left home for college and 2. then, my dad had been calling me every Sunday morning, no matter what. Several years later I bought a house, 3. my dad painted by himself for three days in the 80-degree summer heat. All he asked was for me to talk to him. But I was always busy, 4. (able) to find any time for conversation with him.
One Sunday morning we had a telephone talk as usual. I noticed that my dad had 5._(forget) some things we discussed lately. I was in a hurry, so our conversation was short. Later that day came a call 6. (say) my father was in hospital. Immediately I bought a ticket for a flight and on my way I was thinking about all the 7. (miss) occasions to have a talk with my dad.
8. the time I got to hospital, my father had passed away. Now it was 9. who did not have time for a conversation with me. I realized 10. little I know about my dad, his deepest thoughts and dreams. After his death I learned more about him, and even more about myself.
1.would
2.since
3.which
4.unable
5.forgotten
6.saying
7.missed
8.By
9.he
10.how
【解析】
1.】表示爸爸过去修东西时，总会让我拿着锤子，“总是”用 would。
2.】自从我上大学，爸爸每周日早上都会给我打电话。表示“自从”用时间状语 since。
3.】先行词是house，指物体，在定语从句中做粉刷的宾语，逗号后只能用which 。
4.】我当时太忙不能够腾出时间和爸爸聊天，不能够be unable to do，前后句同一个主语，省略主语和be动词，填 unable。
5.】“忘记”had+过去分词构成过去完成时，表示过去的过去，注意到之前和爸爸谈论的事情爸爸忘记了，填forgotten 。
6.】我接到一个电话，电话后面用非谓语动词作定语，表示主动关系用saying 。
7.】所有错过的机会，形容词missed:“错过的”作名词occasions“机会”的定语，填missed。
8.】到．．．．时间为止是by the time ，位于句首首字母大写，因此填By。
9.】现在轮到爸爸没有时间和我聊天了，强调句型中强调主语“他”用he。
10.】我现在才意识到自己对爸爸的了解太少了，用 how修饰little，填how。
考点：词汇的运用
By the mid?nineteenth century, the term “icebox” had entered the American language, but ice was still only beginning to affect the diet of ordinary citizens in the United States. The ice trade grew with the growth of cities. Ice was used in places like hotels and hospitals, and by some forward?looking city businessmen in fresh meat, fresh fish, and butter. After the Civil War (1861～1865 ), it also came into household use. Even before 1880, half of the ice sold in New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore, and one?third of that sold in Boston and Chicago, went to families for their own use. This had become possible because a new household convenience, the icebox, early form of the modern refrigerator，had been invented.
Making an efficient icebox was not as easy as we might now suppose. In the early nineteenth century, people only had some simple and basic knowledge of the physics of heat. The common idea that the best icebox was one that prevented the ice from melting was of course mistaken, for it was the melting of the ice that performed the cooling. Early efforts to save ice included wrapping up the ice in blankets, which kept the ice from doing its job. Not until near the end of the nineteenth century did inventors achieve the delicate balance needed for an efficient icebox.
But as early as 1803, a Maryland farmer, Thomas Moore, had been in the correct direction. He owned a farm and used an icebox of his own design for the transportation of his butter to a market in the village of Georgetown. And there he found that customers would pass up the rapidly melting goods of his competitors to pay a higher price for his butter, still fresh and hard in neat, one?pound bricks. One advantage of his icebox, Moore explained, was that farmers would no longer have to travel to market at night in order to keep their produce cool.As a result，Moore managed to earn a large sum of money.
The Origin of Refrigerators | |
History of the icebox | *By the mid?19th century the1._______ that ice had on American citizens' life was limited mainly to the diet. *When cities grew, the ice 2.________ increased. *Forward?looking businessmen used ice to keep meat, fish and butter3._______. *After the Civil War, due to the 4._______ of the modern refrigerator, household use of ice became possible. |
Incorrect5.________ about the icebox | *The icebox 6.________ best when the ice was prevented from melting. *Ice should be 7.________ up in blankets to help do its jobs. |
Thomas Moore's story | *As early as 1803, Thomas Moore knew how to use an icebox8.________. *An icebox was designed by Thomas Moore to9.________ his butter to the market. *Thomas Moore was very10.______ in his business. |