Question

【题目】阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

A landlord in Maine announced he would not be collecting rent from his tenants (租户) in April due to the COVID-19 virus outbreak.

Nathan Nichols, of South Portland, wrote on Facebook that the tenants 【1】 (live) in the two units he owns are service and hourly workers, who may be out of work in the coming months.

“Because I am 【2】 (fortune) enough to afford it and I have the privilege of being in the owner class, I just let them know I would not be collecting rent 【3】 April,” Nichols wrote. “I ask any other landlords out there to take 【4】 serious look at the situation and consider giving their tenants some rent relief as well.

Nichols’ post has more than 22,000 shares and 【5】 (hundred) of comments praising his 【6】 (decide). In an update post on Facebook, he revealed that it had inspired at least one other landlord to do the same.

He added: “Every so often, however, there is a comment from a landlord who would like 【7】 (help) the tenants, but 【8】 (simple) can’t, or from a tenant who really wishes the landlord would help him, but 【9】 (doubt) whether they will. To these people, I say: I don’t know your situation and I don’t want to judge that a landlord 【10】 is still collecting rent is somehow a bad person.”

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】living

【2】fortunate

【3】in

【4】a

【5】hundreds

【6】decision

【7】to help

【8】simply

【9】doubts

【10】who/that

【解析】

本文为记叙文，文章主要讲述了美国一位房东对自己的租客免一个月的租金，帮助他们渡过难关的故事。

【1】

考查非谓语动词。现在分词短语作后置定语，live与其逻辑主语tenants为主动关系，故答案为 living。

【2】

考查形容词。该空前为系动词，此处应使用形容词作表语，根据句意可知这位房东认为自己能承担起免房租的费用是幸运的，故答案为fortunate。

【3】

考查介词。表示时间的介词in后面常跟年、月、季节、泛指的上午、下午、晚上。这里April四月，故答案为in。

【4】

考查冠词。短语take a look at表示“看一看”，故答案为a。

【5】

考查名词单复数。hundred与of连用时，应使用复数形式，故答案为hundreds。

【6】

考查名词。该空受his修饰，应为名词，故答案为decision。

【7】

考查不定式。would like to do表示“愿意做……”，故答案为to help。

【8】

考查副词。can’t (help)在此处为谓语，应该用副词修饰，译为确实不能帮忙，故答案为simply。

【9】

考查动词时态。由but连接的另一个并列动词为wishes,时态应保持一致，故答案为doubts。

【10】

考查定语从句。该句为限定性定语从句，先行词为表示人的landlord，且连接词在从句中作主语，故答案为who/that。

此题的第一空为难点。分析句子结构可知词句为复合句，主句为Nathan Nichols, of South Portland, wrote on Facebook.

而the tenants are service and hourly workers,是write的宾语从句。其中住在他的两个单元的租户是做定语，修饰the tenants，再根据live与其逻辑主语tenants为主动关系，故答案为 living。