Question

The day started out bad. She overslept and was late for work. Then everything __11__ happened at the office made her unhappy, too. By the time she reached the bus stop for her bus to go home, she had a bad stomachache.

__12__ usual, the bus was late, and full of people. There was no free seat for her and she had to stand in the bus. As the bus drove, it pulled her __13__ all directions, and she felt even __14__(bad).

Then she heard a voice from up front, "Beautiful day, isn’t it?" Because of the crowd, she could not see the man, __15__ she heard him as he continued to comment on the beautiful spring scenery, __16__ (call) attention to every building and thing that people could see as the bus passed by. Soon, all of the passengers __17__ (look) out of the windows. The man’s words were so powerful that she found __18__ smiling for the first time that day.

The bus reached her stop, and as she moved toward the door, she got a look at their "guide": an old gentleman __19__ a beard, wearing dark glasses and carrying a thin white cane. He was blind.

Sometimes it is not that there is no __20___(beautiful) in the world, it is just that there is no eye that can see that . Open your eyes and say, "Beautiful day, isn’t it?"

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

 that

 As

 in

 worse.

 but

 calling

 were looking

 herself

 with

 beauty

【解析】

试题分析：

 that    that是定语从句的关系代词，代替先行词everything在句中做主语。

 As                    固定词组和…平时一样；as usual

  in                   名词direction（方向）与介词in连用，表示朝各个方向。

 worse.   Even修饰比较级worse。她感觉更加糟糕了。

 but       上下文存在着转折关系，

 calling   分词短语做状语，前面的主语he与call存在着主动关系，故使用现在分词短语做状语，指吸引人们的注意力。

 were looking          考查时态，本文叙述的是过去某个时间所发生的事情，所以使用过去进行时的形式。

 herself 反身代词作为find的宾语，指她发现自己第一次笑。

 with                介词短语with a beard修饰an old gentleman。

 beauty    句意：有的时候不是世界上没有美，缺少的是发现美的眼睛。故这里使用的是名词beauty.

考点：考查语法纠错能力

点评：考查考生的语法纠错能力和在上下文语境中运用语法的能力，同时还要语境的语义的理解。