Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下连贯的要求，填入适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。并将答案填入下方答题卡中。
One day Mark Twain was going to a small town because his writing. Before he was going to leave, one of his friends (say) to him that there were always a lot of mosquitoes in the town and told him that he'd better not go there. Mark Twain waved his hand and said, “ doesn't matter. The mosquitoes are not relatives of mine. I don't think they will come (visit)me.”
After he arrived at the town, Mark Twain stayed in small hotel near the station. He went into a room, but he was just about to have a rest, quite few mosquitoes flew about him. The waiters felt very sorry about that. “I'm very sorry, Mr. Mark Twain. There are too many mosquitoes in our town,” one of them said him.
Mark Twain, however, made a joke, (say) to the waiter, “The mosquitoes are very clever. They know my room number. They don't come into the wrong room.” What he said made all the people present laugh heartily.
But that night Mark Twain slept well. Did you know why? That was all the waiters in the hotel were driving mosquitoes away for him during the whole night.

Answer 1

【答案】of；said；it；to visit；a；when；a；to；saying；because
【解析】通过阅读，完成词汇在特定语境下的正确运用。词语形式的变化要考虑它们在句子中所做的成分和固定搭配等。
①of句意：因为写作的原因去—个小镇，his writing是名词，前面用because of。
②aid句意：朋友告诉他那里有很多蚊子，全文是用一般过去时，所以这里应该用过去式形式said。
③It句意：没关系。It doesn't matter.没关系。
④to visit句意：蚊子不是我的亲戚，他们不会来看我。用动词不定式to visit表目的。
⑤a句意：到达小镇后，马克吐温住在车站附近的一个小旅馆内，hotel是可数名词，根据语境可知这 里是说一个，用a表一个。
⑥when句意：正当他要睡觉的时候有蚊子在他周围飞。当……的时候when，和be about to do sth.连用。
⑦a句意：很多蚊子在周围飞。quite a few 是短语，意思是：相当多的。
⑧to句意：有一个服务员对他说抱歉。say to sb.，意思是：对……说。
⑨saying句意：马克吐温开玩笑，讲了一个笑话，笑话的内容是引号里的内容。saying作状语，表示说的动作是主语发出的。
⑩because句意：他为什么睡得很好吗？那是因为一整晚服务员都为他驱赶蚊子。because后接原因状语从句。