Question

阅读短文，从方框中选择适当的词并用其正确形式填空，使短文通顺、意思完整。请将答案填写在答题卡的相应位置。每空限填一词，每词限用一次。方框中有两个词是多余的。

Electricity is of great  【小题1】 to our life. What would life be like without electricity? “That’s terrible!” most people would say. But it’s life in Ethiopia.
When I was in that country, the power went off  【小题2】every few days. This happened not only in small towns, 【小题3】even in the capital.
One day when I went to the airport, the power was  【小题4】. I didn’t know which flight to take. At the same time, the Internet was of course  【小题5】 The weather was very hot. To my 【小题6】, restaurants only served warm drinks. Time after the sunset, between 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., was  【小题7】. Without any light, I stayed in my room, walking or  【小题8】 in bed. How boring!
I wondered what 【小题9】 I would get into if there was no power in America. So I had a try. At 8:30 a.m., I turned off the power. Then I 【小题10】 nothing but rest at home. Things were not so difficult because it was summer and the sun didn’t set until 8:00 p.m. I’ll try this again in winter, and I hope to learn what I can do without electricity.

Answer 1

【小题1】importance
【小题2】almost
【小题3】but
【小题4】off
【小题5】impossible
【小题6】surprise
【小题7】hard
【小题8】lying
【小题9】situation
【小题10】did

解析试题分析：这篇文章讲述的是作者在埃塞俄比亚的一次经历，当时在这个国家时每隔几天就停电，同时文中还提到作者去机场是停电所发生的事情，以及回到美国后有体验了一下停电的感受。
【小题1】根据句意：电对我们的生活有着非常大的重要性，所以此空填吧important的名词importance。
【小题2】根据句意：当我在那个国家时，几乎每个几天就停电，所以填almost（几乎）。
【小题3】此题句意：这种情况不仅发生在小城镇，而且甚至在首都也发生，此题是not only …but(also)结构，所以填but。
【小题4】此题句意：一天我在飞机场的时候，停电了，此处用的是be off，所以选off。
【小题5】此题句意：（因为没电）上网是当然不可能了，所以填possible的反义词impossible。
【小题6】根据句意是：使我惊讶的是……,所以此空是to one’s  surprise,因此填surprise。
【小题7】此题句意：在太阳落山后，下午6:00到8:00的时间是难熬的，所以此处填hard。
【小题8】此题句意：我只好呆在房间里，散步或躺在床上，此处和walking并列，所以用lie的ing形式lying。
【小题9】此题句意：我想知道在美国如果没电我会遇到什么情况，所以此空填situation（情况，情境）。
【小题10】此题句意：然后我什么事情也没做只是在家休息，所以此空填do的过去式did。
考点：词语运用