Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的适当形式。

The woman often called the First Lady of New York died in August. Brooke Astor was one hundred five years old. The extremely wealthy and famous New Yorker spent much of her life 41 (help) the needy in her beloved city.

She was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. She was the only child of a high level military officer. After two earlier 42(marry), she married Vincent Astor in 1953 again. He came from a family 43 had been rich for at least one hundred years. Among other things, he owed many buildings in New York City. Brooke Astor became one of the 44 (rich)women in the world when Vincent Astor died. She also became head of a huge charity organization 45(found) by her husband. He repeatedly had told her she would have fun giving 46 his money. And apparently she did. Missus Astor gave tens of millions of dollars 47(main) to places and people in New York City. She said it was the sensible choice because that was 48the money had been made. She gave financial support to the city’s cultural centers，its poor and disabled as 49 as to many other smaller charities. When she died, the mayor of New York said the city would not be what it is today 50 her support.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】helping

【2】marriages

【3】that/which

【4】richest

【5】founded

【6】away

【7】mainly

【8】where

【9】well

【10】without

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍纽约第一夫人Brooke Astor于八月去世并介绍关于她的一些事情。

【1】helping sb. spend time (in) doing sth.某人花(时间，精力)做某事。故填helping。

【2】marriages 从下文she married Vincent Astor in 1953 again.可知，她以前经历了两次婚姻。故填 marriages。

【3】that/which family是先行词，had been rich前缺主语，故只能用that/which。

【4】richest 句意：当Vincent Astor去世后Brooke Astor成为世界上最富有的女人之一。故填richest。

【5】founded found“创办，成立；建立”，过去分词短语作定语，表被动。故填founded。

【6】away give away“赠送；赠予；颁发”，故填away。

【7】mainly 副词修饰动词，故填mainly。

【8】where 句子the money had been made主谓齐全。根据句意是因为这些钱应该用于人们和社会，表示地点，故填where。

【9】well 固定搭配：as well as“也，又，和”。故填well。

【10】without 句意：没有她的支持，就成就不了现在的纽约。故填without。

【知识归纳】

介词后面用动名词做宾语He left home without telling his parents.他没告诉他的父母就离开了家。温馨提示：be busy with sth.忙于某事/be busy doing sth.忙于做某事；spend---on sth. 在某事上花费---/spend---(in) doing sth.在做某事上花费---；have difficulty(trouble/problems) with sth.在某事上有困难/ have difficulty(trouble/problems) (in) doing sth.在做某事上有困难。