Question

He met his wife at a party. At that time she was so outstanding while he was so normal .At the end of the party, he invited her to have coffee 1. him. She was surprised but in order to be polite, she agreed. He was too nervous 2. (say) anything . As a result, she felt so 3. (comfortable) that she wanted to go home . Suddenly he asked the waiter, “Would you please give me some salt? I’d like to put 4. in my coffee.” Everybody stared at him. It was so strange! His face turned red, yet still he put the salt in his coffee and 5. (drink) it . She asked him curiously, “ Why do you have this hobby?” He replied, “When I was a little boy, I lived near the sea. I liked playing in the sea, and I could feel the taste of the sea, just like the taste of the 6. (salt) coffee.” She was deeply touched because she thought a man 7. could tell out his homesickness must be a man who loves his family. After 40 years, he passed away, 8. (leave) her a letter which said, “My dearest, please forgive me, forgive my whole life lie. That was 9. only lie I said to you ---the coffee with salt. Remember the first time we dated? I was so nervous at that time. Actually I wanted some sugar, 10. I said salt.”

Answer 1

1.with

2.to say

3.uncomfortable

4.it

5.drank

6.salty

7.who//that

8.leaving

9.the

10.but

【解析】

1. coffee him.填介词“和”with。

2. nervous (say) ，“太. . .而不能” too. . . to填to say。

3.

4.】前面提到他向服务生要点盐，指代把盐放入咖啡中，填it。

5.】通篇是一般过去时，填过去时drank。

6.

7.

8.

9. only，填冠词 the。

10.】我原本想要点糖，但是说成了盐，填连词but。

考点：词汇的运用