Question

【题目】语法填空

I still remember the happiest moment of my life. I decided to hold a party for my Italian friends while living in Florence, Italy. My friends didn’t speak any English, and I vividly remember 【1】(try) to only speak Italian in【2】party. And then, someone asked me to tell a joke.

I don’t know if you know this, 【3】telling jokes in 【4】language is one of the most painful experiences you can imagine.

I began the joke. "C’era una volta (Once upon a time)"

Halfway through the joke, I began to get nervous, so I suddenly forgot the Italian word. And 30 Italians were staring at me,【5】 for the joke to end. At the last minute, I remembered and completed the joke. I waited for the sound of crickets ... But instead I experienced a【6】(thunder) laugh and a round of applause. I had made dozens of Italians laugh, in their country, in their language.

【7】today, that memory continues to be one of the 【8】(happy) moments I’ve ever experienced. And it’s the reason 【9】, over the last four years, I【10】(study) languages and now I can speak five: English, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and German.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】trying

【2】the

【3】but

【4】another

【5】waiting

【6】thunderous

【7】Until

【8】happiest

【9】why

【10】have

【解析】

【1】考查非谓语动词。remember doing sth.的意思是"记得做过某事"。这里表示作者回忆自己的往事。

【2】考查定冠词。这里的party特指作者为意大利朋友举办的派对,故用定冠词the。

【3】考查连词。but在这里用于改变话题,此处表示"我不知道你是否了解,但用另外一种语言讲笑话是你能想象出的最痛苦的经历之一"。

【4】考查代词。由第一段的第三句可知,作者的母语是英语,此时却要用意大利语讲笑话,并结合语境可知,此处应用another"另一"。

【5】考查非谓语动词。wait for表示"等待",Italians与wait for之间存在主谓关系,所以此处用现在分词,表伴随。

【6】考查词性转换。这里用形容词thunderous修饰名词laugh,thunderous意思是"雷鸣般的"。

【7】考查介词。由后面的continues可知,这个经历对于作者的影响持续到今天。until today意为"直到今天"。

【8】考查形容词的最高级。根据后面表示范围的定语从句"I’ve ever experienced"可知空格处应用happy的最高级。另外,空格前的the也暗示此处应用形容词的最高级。

【9】考查关系副词。先行词是the reason,关系词在从句中充当原因状语,故用why。

【10】been studying。 考查动词的时态。根据时间状语"over the last four years"可知这里应用现在完成进行时。