Question

July 16th was a bad day for Arthur Johnson. In the morning, he set off from his home in Santa Barbara, California. It was the start of his summer holidays, and he decided to visit his friends at Las Vegas. Then he hoped to go fishing at Lake Mead.

Johnson’s troubles started while he was driving happily across the Mojave Desert. His car broke down and he tried to repair it, but he failed. He telephoned a workshop to ask it to send a tow truck (拖车) to pull the car away and repair it.

When waiting for the tow truck, he fell asleep. While he was sleeping, a tow truck arrived from San Pedro (the nearest town) and pulled his car away. Later on, Johnson woke up and thought that somebody had stolen his car. Unwillingly, he started to walk back towards San Pedro, but a police car stopped him to find out why he was walking in the desert.

Johnson looked like a man wanted in California for robbery, so the police kept him at San Pedro for the night. The next day, Johnson’s friends came from California. They proved that Johnson was a harmless salesman, so they let him go.

Title: A 1.day for Arthur Johnson
Johnson’s 2.________	1. To visit his friends at Las Vegas 2. To go3._________ at Lake Mead
Johnson’s troubles	1. His car didn’t 4._______ and he failed to 5.______ it. 2. As he was sleeping, a tow truck arrived from San Pedro and 6.________ his car away. 3. Unluckily, he had to walk back towards San Pedro, but a police car 7._________ him to find out why he was walking in the desert. 4. Johnson looked like a man wanted in California for 8.________, so the police kept him at San Pedro for the night.
In the end	Johnson’s friends 9.________ that Johnson was a harmless 10.______, so the police let him go.

Answer 1

1.bad

2.decision

3.fishing

4.work

5.repair

6.pull

7.stopped

8.robbery

9.proved

10.salesman

【解析】

1.July 16th was a bad day for Arthur Johnson.句意：7月16号对于Arthur Johnson来说，是糟糕的一天。根据句意，填bad。

2.2】he decided to visit his friends at Las Vegas.句意：他决定去拜访Las Vegas的朋友。根据句意，这是他的决定，故填名词decision。

3.3】Then he hoped to go fishing at Lake Mead.句意：然后他想去Mead湖钓鱼。根据句意，填fishing。

4.4】His car broke down .句意：他的车发生了故障。根据句意判断，他的车不工作了，故填work。

5.5】he tried to repair it, but he failed.句意：他试图去修但失败了。根据句意，填repair。

6.6】While he was sleeping, a tow truck arrived from San Pedro (the nearest town) and pulled his car away.句意：在等拖车时，他睡着了。拖车的来到后把车拖走了。根据句意判断，填pull。

7.7】but a police car stopped him to find out why he was walking in the desert.句意：但是警察阻拦了他并且询问为什么在沙漠里步行。根据句意判断，填stopped。

8.8】Johnson looked like a man wanted in California for robbery句意：他看起来就像是个强盗。根据句意判断，填robbery。

9.9】They proved that Johnson was a harmless salesman,句意：朋友证明他是无恶意的商人。根据句意，填proved。

10.0】They proved that Johnson was a harmless salesman,句意：朋友证明他是无恶意的商人。根据句意，填salesman。

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