Question

4．I am going to tell you（56）an unbelievable thing that happened in my restaurant today．This afternoon a（57）poorly-dressed（poor dress）gentleman came into my restaurant．Nobody knew who he was．We wondered why he was so hungry．We were very surprised that he finished two orders of food（58）ina very limited time．We doubted（59）whether/if    the man was able to pay for the food．When he was asked to pay the bill，the gentleman asked if we would mind（60）waiting（wait）for just a few minutes．Then we were shocked to see（61）that he took out of a letter a million pound bank-note．
I asked Mr．Clemens whether it was genuine．Mr．Clemens said it was true（62）because/since/astwo notes of this amount（63）had been issued（issue） by the Bank of England this year．He thought（64）what  the gentleman showed them couldn't be a fake．Why a gentleman with a million pound note was in（65）rags（rag）and ate in our small restaurant was a big puzzle to all the people there．I really couldn't describe how excited I was．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要讲述一位衣衫褴褛的人走进一家餐馆，在非常有限的时间里完成了两份食物．当人们怀疑这个人是否付得起食物的钱时，他拿出一张百万英镑的钞票．Clemens先生说这个面额的两张钞票是今年英国银行发行的，这一张不可能是假的．

解答 56．an 考查冠词．thing是可数名词，单数形式前加不定冠词a表示泛指，因unbelievable读音以发元音开头，用不定冠词an．
57．poorly-dressed  考查复合形容词．使用副词poorly修饰dressed，形成一个复合的形容词短语poorly-dressed修饰名词gentleman．
58．in 考查介词．根据句意：在非常有限的时间里完成了两份食物．用介词in．
59．whether/if  考查连词．根据句意：我们怀疑这个人是否付得起食物的钱．用连词whether/if．
60．waiting 考查动名词．mind后接动词时用动名词形式．
61．that 考查连词．see后接的宾语从句是完整的，用连接词that．
62．because/since/as 考查连词．根据句意：因为这个面额的两张钞票是今年英国银行发行的．用连词because/since/as．
63．had been issued 考查动词时态．issue发生在said之前，即"过去的过去"，用过去完成时．
64．what 考查连词．show后接双宾语，即show sb．sth．，用what作其宾语，同时引导主语从句．
65．rags 考查固定搭配．in rags意为"衣衫褴褛"，是固定搭配．

点评 在一篇200词左右的语篇（短文或对话）中留出10处空白，部分空白的后面给出单词的基本形式，要求考生根据上下文填写空白处所需的内容或所提供单词的正确形式，所填写词语不得多于3个单词．要做好语法填空题，理解短文是解题的前提，扎实的词汇、句型和语法知识是基础，英语国家的背景知识是必要的补充．考生须灵活运用语法知识，如单词词性、单词时态、名词单复数、连接词、代词、冠词等判断各空白处应填写的内容．答完后，还要通读全文，核对所填单词形式是否正确，是否符合语境．