Question

【题目】语法填空。

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

In the United States, there were 222 people 【1】_________（report）to be billionaires（亿万富翁）in 2003. The 【2】__________（rich）of these is Bill Gates, worth at least $ 41 billion, who made his money 【3】__________starting the company Microsoft. Mr. Gates was only 21 years old【4】_______he first helped 【5】________（set up）the company in 1976. He was a billionaire by then. 【6】_________, there are still some other people who have made lots of money at even 【7】________（young）ages. Other young people who have 【8】________（strike）it rich include Jackie Cogan and Shirley Temple. Both of these child actors made over a million dollars 【9】________（act）in movies before they were 14. But the youngest billionaire is Albert von Thurn und Taxis of Germany, who, in 2001, inherited（继承）a billion dollars when he 【10】_________（turn）18!

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】reported

【2】richest

【3】 by

【4】when

【5】to set up

【6】However

【7】younger

【8】struck

【9】acting

【10】Turned

【解析】

【1】reported be reported to…意为“据报道……”

【2】richest 由前后文句意可知用形容词的最高级。

【3】by 此处表示方式故用by。

【4】when 设空处引导时间状语从句，故用when。

【5】to set up help……to do sth.

【6】However 此处表示转折。

【7】younger 根据设空前的even可知用比较级。

【8】struck 根据设空处前面的have可知用strike的过去分词。

【9】 acting 此处是现在分词短语作状语。

【10】Turned 由正篇文章的时态可知，此处用一般过去时。