题目内容
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
When I opened my eyes in the morning, something was different.
It was light. I jumped up to look outside and sighed 1 disappointment.
Fine snow covered the yard, dusted the top of my truck and whitened the road. But that wasn’t the 2 (bad)part. All the rain from yesterday 3 (freeze)solid – coating the needles on the trees in fantastic patterns, and 4 (make)the driveway very slippery. I had enough trouble not falling down when the ground was dry; it might be safer for me to go back to bed now.
But my students were waiting for me.
I almost lost my balance when I finally got to the truck, but I managed to hold on to the side mirror and saved 5 .
My truck seemed to have no problem with the ice that covered the road. I drove very slowly, 6 , not wanting to carve a path of destruction through Main Street.
When I got out of my truck at school, something silver caught my eye and I suddenly realized 7 I had so little trouble. There were crisscrossed chains in diamond shapes around the tires.
My new neighbor, 8 name I didn’t even know, had got up who knows how early to put snow chains on my truck. My throat suddenly felt tight. I wasn’t used to 9 (take)care of like that and it was at this moment 10 his unspoken concern caught me by surprise.
1.in/ with 2.worst 3.had frozen / was frozen 4.making 5.myself
6.though / however 7.why 8.whose 9.being taken 10.that