Question

【题目】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Cruz Genet, 11, and Anthony Skopick, 10, couldn’t agree. Were the birds out on the ice ducks or geese? There was only one way to find out.

So on a chilly January evening last year, the two friends ventured (冒险) onto the frozen pond near their homes in Frankfort, Illinois,【1】(get) a better look. First they cast a rock onto the ice to test it, then they stepped on it.【2】(convince) the ice would hold their weight, Anthony took a few steps, then … FOOMP. He crashed through the seemingly frozen surface. There was no sound, he just fell instantly.

Cruz rushed to help his terrified friend. FOOMP -- the pond swallowed him too. Cruz managed to lift

【3】out of the frozen water and onto a more solid section. He then cautiously worked his way toward Anthony. But the ice 【4】(not hold), and he fell in again. This time, he couldn’t get out. The boys were up to their necks in icy water and quickly losing feeling in their limbs. There was not much chance 【5】they could free themselves from the trouble. Cruz was sure he was going to die.

Anthony’s older sister had seen the boys 【6】(fall) into the pond and started creaming for help. John Lavin, a neighbor driving nearby on his way to the grocery store, heard her. He quickly pulled over. Seeing the boys, he grabbed a nearby buoy(浮标)，kicked off his shoes, and ran into the water,【7】(chop) his way through the ice with his free fist. Lavin made his way【8】Cruz and Anthony and pull them back to land. They were taken to the hospital, where doctors discovered that their five-minute stay in the water【9】(lower) their body temperature nearly ten degrees.

Fortunately, the boys have fully recovered,【10】they are still a little awestruck(惊叹的)by their fearless neighbor. “Just to think,” says Cruz, “If he hadn’t been there, I would have died.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】to get

【2】Convinced

【3】himself

【4】didn’t hold

【5】that

【6】fall

【7】chopping

【8】to

【9】had lowered

【10】though/although

【解析】

本文为记叙文。文章讲述了两位男孩不慎跌入冰窟后，一位邻居见义勇为而获救的故事。

【1】考查非谓语动词。句意：因此，在去年1月一个寒冷的夜晚，这两位朋友冒险来到他们位于伊利诺伊州法兰克福市的家附近的结冰池塘，想要更好地看一看。两个好朋友踏上结冰的水塘是为了更好的看清冰面上的鸟是鸭子还是鹅，本句需要不定式做目的状语，故填to get。

【2】考查省略to的不定式。句意：确信冰块能承受它们的重量，安东尼走了几步，然后……根据固定短语sb. be convinced that…“某人确信……”的表达，主句的主语是Anthony，此处形容词作状语，故填Convinced。

【3】考查反身代词。句意：Cruz成功地从冰冻的水面上爬了起来，爬到了一个更坚固的地方。固定短语lift oneself/sth. out of...“使自己从……中出来”，此句的主语是Cruz，故填himself。

【4】考查动词时态。句意：但是冰撑不住，他又掉了下去。故事发生在过去应用一般过去时，故填didn’t hold。

【5】考查固定句式。句意：他们摆脱困境的机会不大。固定句式there was not much chance that…“没有多少机会”，故填that。

【6】考查省略句。句意：Anthony的姐姐看到男孩们掉入池塘并开始尖叫求救。感官动词see后面接省略to的不定式作宾补，表示动作发生全过程。Anthony的姐姐“had seen”,因此表达是的看到他们掉下去的整个过程。故填fall。

【7】考查非谓语动词。句意：看到孩子们，他抓起附近的一个浮标，踢掉鞋子，跳进水里，用空出的拳头在冰面上劈出一条路来。这里chop的动作是Lavin发出的，是主动，且跟grab, kick, ran这一系列的动作几乎同时进行，故填chopping。

【8】考查固定短语。句意：Lavin向Cruz和Anthony走去，把他们拉回了陆地。固定短语make one’s way to “向……进发；前往某处”，故填to。

【9】考查动词时态。句意：他们被送往医院，医生发现他们在水里呆了5分钟，体温下降了近10度。医生discovered的时间是发生在过去，而两个孩子的体温下降是在水里呆了5分钟后导致的，因此体温下降发生在医生“发现”之前，即为“过去的过去”用过去完成时。故填had lowered。

【10】考查连接词。句意：尽管两个小孩儿还在惊叹于他们邻居的无畏精神，但是幸运的是，他们已经完全康复了。整句话前后形成让步和转折，因此填though或although。