Question

【题目】短文填空。用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文完整正确。（每个单词限用一次）（共10小题，计10分）

dark, finish, high, drive, light, luck, map, care, sure, worry

It was already late when we started for the next town. On the 【1】 , it was about fifteen miles away on the other side of the hill. There we were 【2】 that we would find a bed for the night. Soon 【3】 fell after we left the village. We 【4】 fast, but 【5】 , we met no one along the narrow road. As our car climbed 【6】 , it became colder and the rain began to fall, making it difficult to see the road.

After we had travelled for about twenty miles, there was still no sign of the town, although we watched 【7】 . We began to get 【8】 . Then the car suddenly stopped. A quick examination showed that we had used up the gas. Although we had little food with us, we decided to spend the night in the car.

Our meal was soon 【9】 , and then I tried to go to sleep at once, but John, who was a poor sleeper, got out of the car after a few minutes and went for a walk up the hill. Soon he found there were the 【10】 from houses in the valley bellow. We at once pushed the car to the top of the hill. In less than a quarter of an hour, we were in the town.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】map

【2】sure

【3】darkness

【4】drove

【5】unluckily

【6】higher

【7】carefully

【8】worried

【9】finished

【10】lights

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文讲述的是当作者他们向下一个城镇出发时，天色已经很晚了，离下一个城镇大约15里地，在山的另一边。作者他们在出发的路上，遇到下雨，车也没油了。只好准备在车上过夜，作者的朋友约翰发现，城镇就在山对面的谷里。

【1】根据语境可知，这里指的是在地图上，下一个城镇就在15里地之外山的另一边。结合所给词汇提示可知应填：map。

【2】根据语境可知，这里指的是在下一个城镇我们肯定能找到住宿的地方。结合所给词汇提示可知应填：sure，be sure表示肯定、确信。

【3】根据下文“it became colder and the rain began to fall, making it difficult to see the road.”的描述可知，这里指的是不久夜幕降临了。结合所给词汇提示可知应填：darkness。

【4】根据下文“Then the car suddenly stopped.”的描述可知，这里指的是作者他们车子开得很快。结合所给词汇提示可知应填：drove。

【5】根据下文“we met no one along the narrow road.”的描述可知，这里指的是很不幸运，作者沿途没有遇见任何人。结合所给词汇提示可知应填：unluckily。

【6】根据“climbed”以及“ it became colder”可知，这里指的是车子越往高处爬，天气就越冷。结合所给词汇提示可知应填：higher。

【7】根据语境可知，这里指的是尽管作者他们仔细张望，还是没有看到下一个城镇的影子。结合所给词汇提示可知应填：carefully。

【8】根据上文“驱车20多里还不见下一个城镇的影子”可知，这里指的是作者他们开始感到担心起来了。结合所给词汇提示可知应填：worried。

【9】联系上文“we had little food with us”的描述可知，由于作者他们带的食物不多，因此很快就吃完了。结合所给词汇提示可知应填：finished。

【10】根据语境可知，这里指的是约翰发现了来自山谷下房子里的灯光。结合所给词汇提示可知应填：lights。