Question

Ⅱ.语法填空[2015 •河南商丘高三一模]

阅读下面材料，在空白处填人适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Steve is interviewing the famous biographer (传记作家) Garen Thomas.

Steve： Thomas, 9._____ a famous writer, would you please tell us something about yourself and your new books?

Garen ： Of course.

Steve ： Where were you born?

Garen: I was born in Chicago, but I spent most of my childhood in New York.

Steve_: 10. ___________ was your childhood like?

Garen ： I had pretty strict parents. They wished me to be
successful  in   studies.    So   I   think   my   childhood was 11.____(bore)and I was always complaining about it.

Steve ： Do you get along well 12. ______ your parents now?

Garen： Oh sure, I have reached middle age now. So far I 13.____(understand) their love for me.

Steve; Where did you go to university?

Garen ： I graduated 14. ________ Yale University with a degree in English Literature.

Steve: How did you start writing?

Garen: I like writing from young, 15. _____________ it is not easy for me to enter this occupation. You know, I once worked in companies.  I started writing for magazines and eventually was 16. ___________ (ask) to write books, so I was pretty lucky.

Steve ： 17.____ did you begin to write the book about the President Obama?

Garen_: From the beginning of 2008.  It 18. _______________ (take) me 6 months to prepare for it, interviewing and find?ing information about him. Obama told me many stories about his life and family.

Steve ： Sounds interesting.

Answer 1

Ⅱ.语法填空

9.  as   as a famous writer作为一位著名作家。

10. What   What is- like?……是什么样子的？

11boring   语境表达"令人厌烦"。boring令人厌烦的。

12.  with   get on well with和.... 相处融洽。

13. have understood so far与现在完成时连用，意为"至今，迄今为止，，。

14. from   graduate from毕业于。

15. but根据语境可知前后句是转折关系，故填but。

16.asked该句的主语I是ask的动作承受者，应用被动语态，故填asked。

17. When   根据答语中的时间可知填when。

18.took语境叙述的是过去的事情，应用一般过去时。