Question

   One evening last week,my wife and I were sitting 1. (quiet) at home. All of a sudden,we heard a loud bang. I supposed that the old lady in the flat 2. ours was moving the furniture about. My wife was afraid 3. the noise would wake the baby. She turned down the television and a moment 4. we heard someone calling for help.

   I ran upstairs. The old lady’s door was shut,but I could see smoke under the door,and could smell 5. burning.

   “The flat is on fire,” I shouted and banged on the door,but the old lady 6. (take) a long time to answer. I was turning over in my mind the idea of breaking the door down 7. she finally appeared.

   “I was having a bath ,” she said ,“when the water heater in the kitchen blew up."

   “8. didn’t you open the door?” I asked her.

   “I was getting dressed when you knocked,” she said,looking 9. (embarrass) .

   I took her downstairs to our flat. Then I ran back to the old lady's flat and turned the gas off 10. (prevent) another explosion. Just then I heard a fire engine arriving outside.

Answer 1

1. quietly。考查副词。设空处修饰谓 语，故填quietiy。

2. above/over。考查介词。由下文I ran upstairs 可知 the old lady住在作者的楼上。

3. that。考i连接词。设空处引导宾 语从句且从句成分和意义均完整， 故填that。

4. later。考查副词。.a moment later 意为“过f 一会”。

5. something。考查代词。此处意为 “闻到一些东西在燃烧”，故填 something。

6. took。考查一般过去时。由but前 '分句的时态可知,take所表示的动托发生在过去，故填took。

7. when。考查连词。此处用到了句 型 be doing …when …。

8. Why。考查疑问副词。根据答语可 知应用疑问词Why。

9. embarrassed。考查形容词作表语的 用法。设空处意为“尴尬的”，故填 embarrassed 。

10. to prevent。考查不定式作状语的 用法。I与prevent之间是逻辑上成主谓关系，且设空处作目的状 语，故填 to prevent。