Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，用括号内所给词的适当形式填空，必要时可加助动词或情态动词。

When I was a little girl, I remember that when my dad was repairing something, every time he asked me 【1】(hold)the hammer(锤子) for him, just so we would have a time for a conversation with each other. I never saw my dad 【2】(drink) or taking a night out. All he did after work was taking care of his family.

I grew up and left home for college and since then, my dad had been calling me every Sunday morning, no matter what. And when several years 【3】 ( late), I bought a house, my dad was painting it by himself for three days in the 38℃ summer heat. All he asked was to hold his paint brush and talk to him. But I was too busy in those days. I did not find any time for a conversation with my dad.

One Sunday morning we had a telephone talk as 【4】(usually), I noticed that my dad had totally forgotten some things that we talked 【5】(late). I was in a hurry, so our conversation was a bit short. Few hours later that day came a call. My father was in a hospital with an aneurysm(动脉瘤). Immediately I 【6】(buy)a ticket for a flight and on my way I 【7】(think) about all special occasions(场合) to have a talk with my dad.

By the time I 【8】(arrive) at the hospital, my father had passed away. Now it was he who did not have time for a conversation with me. After his 【9】(die), I learned much about him, and even 【10】(much) about myself. All he ever asked me was my time. And now he has all my attention every single day.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】to hold

【2】drinking

【3】later

【4】usually

【5】lately

【6】bought

【7】was thinking

【8】arrived

【9】death

【10】more

【解析】

本文讲述作者自己的父亲操劳一生，为了子女和家庭兢兢业业，不辞辛劳，但是作者却以太忙为理由没有花足够的时间与自己的父亲聊天，父亲的去世给作者留下很大的遗憾。

【1】句意：每次，他让我给他拿着锤子。

句中ask是动词，固定搭配是ask ab. to do sth.，表示“请求（或要求）某人做某事”，所以此处应使用动词不定式to hold。故填to hold。

【2】句意：我从没见过我爸爸喝酒或出去过夜。

句中see是动词，固定搭配是see sb. do/doing sth.，表示“看见某人做过或者正在做某事”；句中and是并列连词，且taking是动名词形式，前后保持一致，所以此处应使用动名词形式drinking。故填drinking。

【3】句意：几年后，我买了一栋房子，我爸爸在38摄氏度的炎热中独自粉刷了三天。

句中several years是一段时间，later可以放在一段时间之后，表示“……以后”。故填later。

【4】句意：一个星期天的早上，我们像往常一样通了电话。

usually是副词，其形容词形式为usual，固定搭配as usual意为“像往常一样”。故填usual。

【5】句意：我发现我爸爸完全忘记了我们近期谈过的一些事情。

根据句中“my dad had totally forgotten some things”可知，此处作者父亲忘记的是他们近期说过的一些事情；lately是副词，意为“近来，不久前”，用在此处符合题意。故填lately。

【6】句意：我马上买了一张机票。

根据上一句中was是is的过去式，可知此处时态是一般过去时，所以用动词buy的过去式。故填bought。

【7】句意：在路上，我正在在考虑所有特殊的场合，和我爸爸聊天。

根据句中on my way可知，此处是“在我乘坐飞机的途中”，表示的是过去的是一段时间，所以此处时态应使用过去进行时，表示“在乘坐飞机途中我正在思考”，过去进行时结构为was/were+doing；主语是I，be动词用was，think的现在分词是thinking。故填was thinking。

【8】句意：在我到达医院的时候，我父亲已经去世了。

根据后半句中had passed away为过去完成时，可知，此处句中的时态应为一般过去时，所以应使用动词arrive的过去式。故填arrived。

【9】句意：他死后，我对他有了很多了解。

根据句中his是形容词物主代词，可知其后要接名词；die是动词，其名词形式为death。故填death。

【10】句意：我对他了解了很多，对我自己也有了更多的了解。

根据句中的even是修饰形容词或副词比较级，much的比较级形式为more。故填more。