Question

As   16 she nor her husband smoked, Mrs. Trench was surprised to see cigarette ash on her doorstep as she entered the house. When she opened the living-room door, she was astonished to see a strange man fast   17  in an armchair! Taking care not to disturb him, Mrs. Trench left the house immediately. She called a taxi and went straight to the police station. When she got there, she lost no time to explain   18  had happened and added that the man   19  have got into the house   20  an open window. Mrs. Trench returned home   21  a police car together with two policemen. But it was too late: the man had disappeared.  22  (hurry) upstairs, she went to her dressing-table. She smiled   23  relief when she saw that the only thing the man had taken was an imitation diamond necklace   24  was almost   25 .

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 .neigher     

  asleep     

 . what        

 . must        

 . throug      

  .in       

 . hurrying  

 . with         

  which       

 . worthless

【解析】

试题分析：

 .neigher     neither…nor…指两者都不；本句指她和她丈夫都不抽烟。

  asleep  上下文串联根据下文可知对方是在椅子上睡觉。

  what  考查了what引导宾语从句并在句中做主语的用法。

  must  上下文串联说明是对过去情况的推测，过去一定做了某事must have done.

  through 通过一扇打开的窗户through指穿过…

 .in       在…内部in….

 hurrying   考查了分词做状语，因为hurry与she构成主动关系，使用现在分词的形式。

 . with        with表示原因。

 which         which指代diamond necklace在句中做主语。

 worthless  根据上文的imitation说明他拿走的是假的宝石项链，那是不值钱的。

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点评：答题中注意句子中人称和数是否一致，时态是否一致。各种词性之间的区别以及一些常用句型，固定短语的应用。，这类题型考察的就是我们的基础知识。平时应注重积累，熟记一些句型及惯用结构。解题前先细读短文，完成以后再阅读短文检查是否语意通顺，符合逻辑。