Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
I had to visit my sister in another town because her husband (be) very ill. My children stayed back in (they) father's care, except for the youngest. I was nervous taking a train journey alone with my one-year-old daughter. However, I gathered all my courage and boarded the train.
It was (surprise) that there were only three other passengers in that carriage, two old ladies and a young man. My daughter was crying, missing her dad. I tried to comfort her, her crying wouldn't stop.
Just then the young man offered (take) my baby into his arms. He stood with her near the window and started talking to her in a soft voice. My daughter stopped crying (slow). I was both surprised and relieved. stranger handed my daughter back once she was asleep. During the long train journey this young man continuously helped me. He fed my baby, sang to her and told her countless (story). I was grateful for this man had come to my rescue.
After so many years, I still remember this stranger on the train with a (thank) heart.

Answer 1

【答案】was；their；surprising；but；to take；slowly；The；stories；who hat；thankful
【解析】作者带一岁大的女儿乘火车，路遇好心人帮忙安抚女儿的一次经历。

（1）was 考查时态。根据前句的时态可知本句用过去式，故填was。

（2）their 考查代词。此处意为孩子们的，用代词指代，故填their。

（3）surprising 考查形容词。Ing结尾的形容词表示令人……的，此处意为令人惊奇的，故用surprising。

（4）but 考查连词。根据前后句的意思，此处表转折，故用but。

（5）to take 考查动词。此处offer的固定用法是offer to do：主动提出做，故填to take。

（6）slowly考查副词。此处为 副词修饰动词，故填slowly。

（7）The 考查冠词。此处指的陌生人是前文中出现的，故特指，用The。

（8）stories 考查名词单复数。前面是countless：数不清的，故后面用复数，填stories。

（9）who\that 考查定语从句。此处为定语从句，先行词为man，缺少主语，故填who/that。

（10）thankful考查形容词。此处为形容词做定语，故改成thankful。