题目内容
阅读下面短文,用括号内所给动词的适当形式填空 (必要时可加情态动词或助动词)。
Ellen Parker was worried about her health. She (61) _______ (not walk) very quickly and it was difficult for her (62) _______ (climb) stairs. She was soon out of breath (气喘吁吁).
“I suppose I had better (63) _______ (go) to the doctor,” she thought.
She went to the doctor and told him her problem.
“I’m not surprised at all,” he said. “It’s obvious what your problem is.”
He looked her over then (64) _______ (give) her some advice.
“If you (65) _______ (not do) as what I say, Mrs. Parker,” he said, “You (66) _______ (have) a heart attack. It could kill you.”
Ellen Parker was very worried as she left the doctor’s. She knew that she had to take his advice but that it would not be easy and it (67) _______ (take) time.
The next day she went (68) _______ (shop). The first shop she went into was a butcher’s shop (肉铺).
“I’d like ten pounds of steak (牛排), please,” she said.
“Certainly, madam,” the butcher replied and went into the cold room and found a large piece of steak. He brought the huge piece of meat back into the shop and put it on the scale (天平).
“That (69) _______ (be) just under ten pounds,” he said.
“That big enough,” Mrs. Parker said.
The butcher worked out the price.
“$4.99 a pound, that will be $49.50, please. Would you like me to cut it up into smaller pieces for you?”
“Oh, I don’t want to buy the meat,” Mrs. Parker said.
“If you don’t want to buy it,” the butcher replied angrily, “Why did you ask me to get it for you?”
“I (70) _______ (tell) that I am over-weight and I have to lose ten pounds. I wanted to see what ten pounds of meat looked like.”
61. couldn’t walk; 62. to climb; 63. go; 64. gave;
65. don’t do; 66. will / may / might / could have; 67. would take;
68. shopping; 69. is; 70. have been told