Question

【题目】A. downstairs B. discovered C. answered D. invitation E. advantage

Everything went black! All the lights in our flat turned off, including the TV. Mum took out the candles and Dad went to see what was going on. One【1】 of living in a tall building is that you always have help nearby. So I went to our next-door neighbour, Mr. Smith. With a candle in his hand, Mr. Smith【2】the door. Uh-oh! He didn’t have lights, either. I 【3】 that all the buildings in our neighbourhood were dark. Our neighbours went 【4】 and began chatting outside. They were not worried at all.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】E

【2】C

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】短文大意：作者居住的公寓突然停电了，到隔壁邻居家发现他的家里也没有电，原来整个小区都停电了，邻居们纷纷下楼到外面去聊天。他们一点也不感到担心。

【1】句意：住在高层建筑的好处是你在附近总是会有帮助。基数词one后跟名词单数形式，结合句意可知，答案为E。

【2】句意：史密斯先生开了门。此句缺少谓语动词，answered应答。结合句意可知，答案为C。

【3】句意：我发现我们小区所有建筑都是黑暗的。此句缺少谓语动词，discovered发现，结合句意可知，答案为B。

【4】句意：我们的邻居下楼开始在外面聊天。go downstairs下楼，故答案为A。