Question

语法填空（共10小题，每小题1分）：

阅读短文，根据上下文或者句子结构，在空格处填入恰当的词（注：其中 5，10小题已给出首字母）。

Mr. Hunt was a forty-five-year-old man. Five years ago, he still lived a _1.___（艰难的） life. Later on, he tried to write about his terrible past in a novel. He posted his first novel to a newspaper and waited for a year. He couldn’t get enough __2._____ to buy food or clothes for his family. He even wanted to kill himself before he received a __3.___(答复) from a newspaper: His novel would soon be published!

Mr. Hunt became famous in his town. Several of his novels were published and he got lots of ___4.____(letter) from all over the country. He had to a____5.____ some important meetings and meet some visitors. He had to ask his mother __6.____ lived in a small village to come to help him to do some housework. His mother was strong enough to do all the housework and she was ready ____7._______ (live) with her son. One day, Mr. Hunt was busy _8.___(写) a novel when the telephone rang. He was invited to ___9._____(一个) important party. He had to leave at once. That evening, when he came back, he found his room was clean and tidy. But he couldn’t find the novel he had been writing. He asked, “Where did you put the paper on my desk, Mum?”

“I’ve burnt some used paper,” answered the old woman, “but I’ve put all the clean paper on your shelf!”

W___10.___ a poor man!

Answer 1

1.hard/difficult

2.money

3.reply

4.letters

5.attend

6.who/that

7.to live

8.writing

9.an

10.what

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了亨特先生以前过着艰苦的生活，后来通过写小说出了名。他经常参加会议或接见客人，决定让他的母亲来帮他做家务。结果她的妈妈把他写的小说给烧了，而把空白的纸留在他的桌上。

1.live a hard/difficult life过着艰苦的生活， 故填hard/difficult。

2.句意分析应该是：他没有足够的钱为他的家人买食物或衣服。故填money。

3.此处需要一个名词，故填reply。

4.lots of后应跟名词letter的复数形式，故填letters。

5.have to后应跟动词原形，在根据句意分析应该是：attend some important meetings参加一些重要会议，故填attend。

6.根据句子分析此处是一个定语从句，先行词是his mother因此引导词应该是who/that，故填who/that。

7.be ready to do sth. 准备去做某事。此处应该用live的不定式形式，故填to live。

8.be busy doing sth.忙于做某事，此处应该用write的-ing形式，故填writing。

9.important是的音标/?m?p?:tnt/是以元音开头的，故填an。

10.此句是一个感叹句，a poor man是一个名词短语，应该用what感叹，故填what。

考点：考查语法运用。