Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。

A husband and wife were driving down a country road on their way to visit some friends. As they came to a muddy (泥泞的) part of the road, their car【1】(break) down.

They tried to get the car out by themselves, but it didn’t work. Then they saw a farmer【2】 (come) down the road. He was driving some oxen (牛). He stopped when he saw the couple was in trouble. He said he would pull the car out of the mud for $20 (130 yuan). They agreed and minutes 【3】(late) the car was free.

The farmer turned to the husband and said, “You know, you’re the【4】(ten) car I’ve helped out of the mud today.”

The husband looked around at the large land and asked the farmer, “When do you have time to plow (犁) all your【5】(field) ?At night?”

“No,” the farmer answered, “I put the water in the hole at night!”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】broke

【2】coming

【3】later

【4】tenth

【5】fields

【解析】试题这篇小故事讲述了一对夫妇的不幸遭遇。他们驾车去乡下看望朋友，却陷入泥潭，后来在农夫的帮助下，用几只牛把车拉出泥潭，他们付给农夫20美元。听农夫说今天拉出了十辆车，他们想知道农夫什么时间种地，是晚上吗？农夫的回答出乎意料：他是晚上放水，白天拖车。揭露了农夫损人利己的行径。

【1】句意：当他们来到一条泥泞的道路上时，他们的车抛锚了。break down发生故障，固定短语；本句是as引导的时间状语从句，根据句意结构和英文提示，结合短文时态是一般过去时，可知填broke。

【2】句意：然后他们看见一个农民沿着路走过来。see sb. doing看见某人做某事，强调正在走着；see sb. do sth.看见某人做过某事，强调过程。本句是看见有个农民正走过来，需用动名词形式，根据句意结构和英文提示，可知填coming。

【3】句意：他们同意了，几分钟后汽车就出来了。（a few）minutes later几分钟后/一会儿，习惯表达；根据句意语境和英文提示，可知填later。

【4】句意：你知道，你是我今天帮助摆脱泥泞的第十辆车。定冠词the修饰序数词，根据句意语境和英文提示，可知填tenth。

【5】句意：你什么时候有时间耕种你所有的田地？all全部的，后接复数名词；根据句意语境和英文提示，可知填fields。