Question

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。请将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。

Electricity is of great 1. to our life. What would life be like without electricity? “That’s terrible!” most people would say. But it’s life in Ethiopia.

When I was in that country, the power went off 2.every few days. This happened not only in small towns, 3.even in the capital.

One day when I went to the airport, the power was 4.. I didn’t know which flight to take. At the same time, the Internet was of course 5. The weather was very hot. To my 6., restaurants only served warm drinks. Time after the sunset, between 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., was 7.. Without any light, I stayed in my room, walking or 8. in bed. How boring!

I wondered what 9. I would get into if there was no power in America. So I had a try. At 8:30 a.m., I turned off the power. Then I 10. nothing but rest at home. Things were not so difficult because it was summer and the sun didn’t set until 8:00 p.m. I’ll try this again in winter, and I hope to learn what I can do without electricity.

 

Answer 1

1.importance

2.almost

3.but

4.off

5.impossible

6.surprise

7.hard

8.lying

9.situation

10.did

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲述的是作者在埃塞俄比亚的一次经历，当时在这个国家时每隔几天就停电，同时文中还提到作者去机场是停电所发生的事情，以及回到美国后有体验了一下停电的感受。

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4.此题句意：一天我在飞机场的时候，停电了，此处用的是be off，所以选off。

5.此题句意：（因为没电）上网是当然不可能了，所以填possible的反义词impossible。

6.根据句意是：使我惊讶的是……,所以此空是to one’s surprise,因此填surprise。

7.此题句意：在太阳落山后，下午6:00到8:00的时间是难熬的，所以此处填hard。

8.此题句意：我只好呆在房间里，散步或躺在床上，此处和walking并列，所以用lie的ing形式lying。

9.此题句意：我想知道在美国如果没电我会遇到什么情况，所以此空填situation（情况，情境）。

10.此题句意：然后我什么事情也没做只是在家休息，所以此空填do的过去式did。

考点：词语运用