Question

【题目】语法填空
Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?
In 1969,the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River Cleveland,Ohio.It(be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up.The river was so polluted that it(actual) caught fire and burned.Now,years later,this river is one ofmost outstanding（杰出的）examples of environmental cleanup.
But the river wasn't changed in a few dayseven a few months.It took years of work (reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water.Finally,that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is(clean) than ever.
Maybe you are facing an impossible situation.Maybe you leave a habit ． is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don't know how to control your credit card use.When you face such an impossible situation,don't you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?
While there are(amaze) stories of instant transformation,for most of us the(change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work,like cleaning up a polluted river.Just be(patience).

Answer 1

【答案】was；actually；the；or；to reduce；cleaner；that/which；amazing；changes；patient
【解析】本文是一篇议论文，通过讲述治理污染严重的凯霍加河，告诉人们：治理污染要有耐心。（1）考查时态。 根据上文”In 1969,the pollution was terrible“可知本段叙述的是过去发生的事情。the Cuyahoga River Cleveland在过去被污染地如此地严重，过去没有人能够想象倒这条河被清理干净。故填was。（2）考查副词。 副词修饰谓语动词做状语，故填actually。（3）考查冠词。 横线后面的most是最高级的形式，所以此处填the。（4）考查连词。句意：但是这条河流的改变不是几天或者几个月的事情。or“或者”表示选择的意思。（5）考查不定式。 It takes sb some time to do sth”做某事花了某人…时间“，不定式to reduce he industrial pollution and clean the water是句子真正的主语。前面的it是形式主语。（6）考查形容词。句意：最后人们的努力得到了回报，现在这条河比以前更干净了。横线后面有than，说明横线上应该使用比较级的形式。（7）考查定语从句。这是一个定语从句，修饰先行词是a habit，在定语从句做主语，故填关系代词that/which。（8）考查形容词。此空修饰名词story，说明此空填amazing。（9）考查名词。本句中谓语部分是系动词are，说明主语应该是一个复数形式的名词，所以填changes。（10）考查形容词。此空前面有系动词be，后面接形容词作表语。