Question

【题目】语法填空

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。

On Thursday afternoon, with all the housework 【1】 (finish), Mrs White locked the door and went to the women’s club __【2】__ usual. It was a pleasant way of passing time for an old woman who lived alone. When she came home, she sensed something 【3】 (usual) . Had someone got in? The back door and the windows were all locked and there was no sign of forced entry. Had anything been taken? She went from room to room, checking, and found her camera and watch 【4】 (miss).

The 【5】 ( follow ) Thursday she went out at her usual time, but didn't go to the club. Instead, she took a short walk in a park nearby and came home, 【6】 (let) herself in through the back door. She settled down to wait and see what 【7】 ( happen).

It was 4 o'clock when the front doorbell rang. Mrs White was making tea at the time. The bell rang again, and the next moment she heard her letter-box being pushed open. Picking up the kettle(壶)of boiling water, she moved quietly towards the door. A piece of wire appeared through the letter-box, and then a hand. The wire turned and caught around the knot（圆形旋钮）on the door-lock . Mrs White raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand. A sharp cry was heard outside as the wire fell to the floor and the hand was pulled back, 【8】 was followed by the sound of running feet.

It wasn’t long 【9】 the police caught the thief. And Mrs White was admired at the club for her 【10】 ( success ) self-protection.

Answer 1

【答案】

【小题1】finished

【小题2】as

【小题3】unusual

【小题4】missing

【小题5】following

【小题6】lettin g

【小题7】would happen

【小题8】which

【小题9】before

【小题10】successful

【解析】

试题分析：

【小题1】finished考查被动语态。根据语境可知，finish是用来修饰“housework”的，家务事被完成的，所以这里是省略被动词的被动语态，故填finished。

【小题2】as考查短语。“as usual”意为“像平常一样”，是固定结构，符合语境，故填as。

【小题3】unusual考查形容词用法。根据后文，Had someone got in?说明她怀疑有些什么不对劲，“unusual”意为“不同寻常”，符合语境，故填unusual。

【小题4】missing考查短语。“find doing”表示“发现什么正……”，这里表示发现相机和手表都已经不见了，故填missing。

【小题5】following 考查固定结构。“the+adj.+名词”表示特指某一什么，是固定用法，并且这里形容词修饰的主语是物，所以用“动词+-ing”的形式表示形容词，故填following。

【小题6】letting考查动词。Let和主语之间构成主动关系，所以这里应用-ing 的形式，故填letting。

【小题7】would happen考查过去将来时。根据前面，wait and see，说明这里表示将来会发生什么，并且全文的故事发生在过去，所以是过去将来时，故填would happen。

【小题8】which考查非限制性定语从句。先行词是指前面收拍回来的这件事情，并且引导词在后文中做定语，前面有逗号出现，所以这里应用which引导，故填which。

【小题9】before考查短语。“long before”意为“很久以前”，符合语境，故填before。

【小题10】successful考查形容词。这里缺少一个修饰名词“self-protection”的表语，所以应该填形容词，故填successful。