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【题目】完形填空
　When time comes to December in England, there 1 usually lots of snowstorms. Though they can often 2 traffic accidents, 3 local people and drivers are quite 4 terrible weather. However, to everyone's 5 , a special “apple rain” 6 in Coventry 7 December 12, 2011. “It's 8 thing I've met all my life! ” said Mr Turner, a 9 man who has lived in the city for more than 50 years.
It was about the rush hour in the evening, and many people were just 10 in the street when the apples 11 fell down without warning. Some people thought the apples might fall from a plane, while 12 regarded it 13 a trick from naughty children.
The UK Met Office(英国气象局) said on 14th that it could be the result of cyclones(气旋) in the storm. It 14 that some storms can carry things like apples away as 15 as 100 miles (about 161 kilometers).
（1）A.is B.are C.have D.has
（2）A.cause B.keep C.leave D.win
（3）A.but B.and C.so D./
（4）A.used to B.used for C.use to D.use for
（5）A.surprised B.surprising C.surprise D.surprises
（6）A.arrived B.got C.reached D.lived
（7）A.in B.at C.on D.with
（8）A.strange B.stranger C.strangest D.the strangest
（9）A.79 years old B.79-year-old C.79-years-old D.79 year old
（10）A.A. walking B.crying C.sleeping D.eating
（11）A.luckily B.suddenly C.happily D.hardly
（12）A.other B.others C.the other D.the others
（13）A.for B.to C.as D.with
（14）A.says B.is saying C.said D.is said
（15）A.far B.farther C.farthest D.furthest

Answer 1

【答案】（1）、B
（2）、A
（3）、D
（4）、A
（5）、C
（6）、A
（7）、C
（8）、D
（9）、B
（10）、A
（11）、B
（12）、B
（13）、C
（14）、D
（15）、A

【解析】(1) 选B。there be句式表示“某地有某物”，根据后跟名词snowstorms决定用there are。 (2)选A。句意：尽管它们常常导致交通事故……。cause导致；引起；keep保持；leave离开；win赢得；获得。根据句意判断选A。 (3)选D。though与but不能同时使用。 (4)选A。be used to sth. 习惯某事。句意：……但当地居民和司机已经习惯了恶劣天气。 (5)选C。to one’s surprise令某人意外的是，固定短语。 (6)选A。arrive in到达，固定短语，相当于get to或reach。 (7)选C。表示“在某日”用介词on。 (8)选D。根据all my life判断使用最高级形式。句意：这是我这一生见过的最奇怪的事情了。 (9)选B。含有连字符的复合形容词作定语时，名词使用单数形式。 (10)选A。根据句意判断：突然下起苹果雨时很多人正在大街上行走。 (11)选B。luckily幸运地；suddenly突然地；happily快乐地；hardly几乎不。根据句意判断，很多人正在街上行走，这时苹果突然毫无征兆地从空中降落。 (12)选B。some. . . others. . . 一些……另一些……，表示整体中的一部分。 (13)选C。regard. . . as. . . 把……看作……，固定短语。 (14)选D。it is said that据说，固定搭配。 (15)选A。as. . . as. . . 中间使用形容词/副词原级形式。