Question

【题目】 A young man was on a train. As the train turned a corner, it slowed down and then【1】house came into sight.The house looked so different from the grey buildings of the city【2】everybody on the train turned to look at it. Some passengers【3】(begin) to talk about it.

The young man was also【4】(interest) in the house. He decided to get【5】at the next station and make his way to the house. The owner of the house told【6】(he) that he was trying to sell the house, but no one would buy it, as the noise of the trains passing nearby made it【7】(difficulty) to live in.

The young man decided to buy the house right then and there for $30,000. He used it for advertising, as the house faced the railway bend(弯道). The train had to slow down at the bend, giving the passengers plenty of time to look at the house.

The young man went to several big【8】(company) and explained the advantages of placing advertisements on the side of the house. 【9】(final), one company agreed to place some ads. The young man【10】(pay) $180,000 for three years of advertising.

In this world, turning disadvantages into advantages is the key to success.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】a

【2】that

【3】began

【4】interested

【5】off

【6】him

【7】difficult

【8】companies

【9】Finally

【10】was paid

【解析】

文章大意：文章主要讲述了一个机会与成功之间的故事。一个年轻人坐火车经过一座漂亮的房子，他对它很感兴趣，于是在下一站下车来到房子那里，房子的主人说他一直在卖房子，但是因为离火车弯道太近，噪音太大而不适合居住，于是年轻人花了3万买下房子。然后他找了一家大公司在房子的边上放广告，付了他三年的广告费18万元。故事告诉我们，机会就在我们身边，要用心去发现，把劣势变优势是成功的关键。

【1】句意：当火车拐弯时，它的速度慢下来然后一座房子进入视线。

后面的句子“The house looked so different from the grey buildings of the city”中的house加定冠词the是第二次出现，以此前一个句子中的house前面用不定冠词a表示数量一，故答案为a。

【2】句意：这座房子和城市里的灰色建筑大不相同，以至于火车上的每个人都转过去看它。

so…that…“如此……以至于……”，that引导的是结果状语从句。根据句子结构判断，答案为that。

【3】句意：一些乘客开始谈论它。

短文讲述的是过去发生的故事，全文使用的都是一般过去时态。begin也要用过去式形式，故答案为began。

【4】句意：那个年轻人也对这所房子感兴趣。

be interested in对……感兴趣。故答案为interested。

【5】句意：他决定在下一站下车，然后朝房子走去。

根据后面的句子“and make his way to the house”判断，那个青年人决定在下一站下车，去看看那所房，get off下车。故答案为off。

【6】句意：房子的主人告诉他，他想把房子卖掉。

told是tell的过去式，根据代词作宾语，因此代词要用宾格形式。故答案为him。

【7】句意：因为经过附近的火车的噪音让它变得很难居住。

句中it是形式宾语，后面的动词不定式作真正的宾语，而it后跟形容词作宾语补足语。故答案为difficult。

【8】句意：这位年轻人去了几家大公司，向他们解释了在房子边上设置广告的好处。

several“几个”，后跟可数名词复数形式，故答案为companies。

【9】句意：最后，一家公司同意设置一些广告。

final“最终的，最后的”，形容词，可以用作定语，表语等成分，但不能修饰整个句子，故用副词形式Finally。

【10】句意：这位年轻人三年的广告收入为18万美元。

the young man和pay是被动关系，根据上下文可知句子的时态是一般过去时，其构成为was/were+过去分词，主语是单数，助动词用was，故答案为was paid。