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【题目】A 24-year-old Long Island man was charged early Thursday morning after crashing his car and killing his girlfriend while driving over the speed limit. Kevin Daly 【1】 (sentence) to nearly three years in prison after losing control of 【2】 partner Alice Hicks’ car on a country road 【3】 80mph. She was a passenger in the Mini-cooper and was thrown from the car 【4】 he crashed into another vehicle 【5】 (move) in the opposite direction. Daly, 24, denied causing 【6】 (die) by dangerous driving and was found guilty by a jury (陪审团) at Taunton Crown Court. The court heard that neither Daly 【7】 Miss Hicks, 22, was wearing seatbelts at the time of the collision that happened on November 17, 2011. NBC New York reports Kevin Daly, was driving on County Road 83, when the road was blocked by a truck that was waiting 【8】 (turn) right. Witnesses described 【9】 Day had little or no chance of stopping behind the still traffic and he turned to avoid the van 【10】 hit a Mazda on the other side of the road..

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】was sentenced

【2】his

【3】at

【4】when

【5】moving

【6】death

【7】nor

【8】to turn

【9】that

【10】but

【解析】

试题分析：本文讲述了一个交通事故，故事主人翁危险驾车，与搭乘车辆的人均未系安全带，最后引起了一起事故，最后Kevin Daly因此被判三年刑期。此类题型要注意句子间的逻辑关系，以及时态，固定搭配等用法。

【1】考查sentence的用法。①用作名词时，意为“句子；宣判”；②用作动词时，意为“宣判；判决”。此题考查其作动词的用法，be sentenced to 被判处，且因为全文时态以过去时为主，故填was sentenced.

【2】考查句子理解。从句子结构上判断，空白处应填入的成分为形容词来修饰partner. 根据句意，此题填入形容词性物主代词最符合逻辑，且主人翁为男性，故填his.

【3】考查介词用法。mph=miles per hour 每小时英里数。可知前面应填修饰速度的介词。at常用来表示速度、价格、温度等，eg: The train runs at fifty kilometers an hour.句意：Daly在以80英里每小时的时速驾驶朋友Alice的车时，车子失控，他被判处近三年的刑期。故填at.

【4】考查状语从句。句意：当他撞上对向驶来的汽车时，她被甩出了车子。此题要注意when和while的区别，两者均表示“当…时候”，when多强调某一时间点；而while则表示某一时间段，谓语动词要为延续性动词。此题“was thrown”和“crashed”均为瞬间动词，故此题应填入when.

【5】考查现在分词作定语。相当于 “… he crashed into the vehicle which is moving in the opposite direction” 省略从句的主语和谓语，相当于现在分词作定语。故填moving.

【6】考查die的用法。deny doing sth 拒绝、否认做某事 cause sth 导致；引起。故空白处应填入名词。要注意die的各种形式：原形die, 过去时和过去分词均为died, 现在分词dying, 形容词dead, 名词death. 故此题为death.

【7】考查固定搭配。neither… nor… 既不…也不… ；两者都不 句意：Daly和Hicks在撞击发生时都没有系安全带。故填nor.

【8】考查wait用法。wait to do sth. 等着做某事 句意：当道路被一辆等着右转的卡册堵住时…。故填to turn.

【9】考查从句。填空处后面为完整句子，可知describe后接宾语从句，故填that引导宾语从句。

【10】考查but的用法。句意：目击者描述道他很少有可能或几乎不可能将车停在停着的车后面，转向为了避让货车，然而撞到另一边的马自达。but作连词时，意为“但是；然而”；but作介词时，意为“除…之外”，eg：I had nothing to do but wait. 除了等待，我别无他法。but作副词，意为“只不过”，eg：She is but a young girl. 她只不过是一个小女孩。