Question

【题目】Paul Dervish, 84, slowly【1】his eyes and turned to face the clock on the bedside table. It was 8:23 a.m. He felt sad. The time was nothing to him. He had 【2】to do all day. He just spent time【3】 to the cars on the highway and the shouts of the children running to school.

After a while, Paul carefully got out of bed and asked himself the same【4】as he did every morning: Would he fall today? If so, would anyone come? How long would he wait? Would he die? He looked out of the window into the street below. “And who would care?” he spoke 【5】.

After Paul’s wife died a year ago, his son and daughter said they would visit him once a week. But the last time was months ago. On 【6】 phone, they always had an excuse: too busy at work; the children were sick; bad weather; no time. Nobody seemed to have time 【7】 Paul. He missed his granddaughters. He loved it when Carla and Katie came to visit. They 【8】him candy and hope.

He walked to a chair 【9】 was laid near the bedroom door in pain. He rested for a moment【10】walking in small steps to the bathroom.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 opened

【2】 nothing

【3】 listening

【4】 questions

【5】 sadly/quietly

【6】 the

【7】 except

【8】 brought/ gave

【9】 which/that

【10】 before

【解析】

本文讲述了保罗·德维什独自生活的情况。

【1】opened

句意：84岁的保罗·德维什慢慢睁开眼睛，面对着床头柜上的时钟。根据turned to face the clock可知先睁开眼，然后再面向时钟，故为opened。

【2】nothing

句意：他整天什么也不做。根据The time was nothing to him.可知时间对他来说什么都不是。因此表示他什么也不做，故为nothing。

【3】listening

句意：他只是花费时间听高速工作上的汽车和跑向学校的孩子的大喊声。listen to听，spend time doing sth花费时间做某事，故用动名词listening。

【4】questions

句意：过了一会儿，保罗小心翼翼地下了床，问自己他每天早上同样的问题。根据后文的Would he fall today? If so, would anyone come? How long would he wait? Would he die?可知此处表示问题，故为questions。

【5】sadly/quietly

句意：他悲伤地说“谁会在乎？” 根据“And who would care?”可知他认为没有人会在乎他，因此应是悲伤地说，或者安静地说，故为sadly/quietly。

【6】the

句意：他们打电话时，总是有借口：工作太忙，孩子生病了，天气不好，没有时间。on the phone打电话，故为the。

【7】except

句意：除了保罗，没有人似乎有时间。根据前文的The time was nothing to him.可知除了保罗之外，没有人有时间，故用介词except。

【8】brought/gave

句意：他们给他带来了糖果和希望。bring sb sth=give sb sth给某人某物，此处是一般过去时，故为brought/gave。

【9】which/that

句意：他痛苦地走向放在卧室门口的一把椅子。此处作定语从句，修饰先行词a chair，故用关系代词which或that。

【10】before

句意：他休息了一会儿，才一小步一小步地走向浴室。此处表示走向卧室之前，休息一会儿，故用before。