Question

My first roller coaster experience was not pleasant. It was in the summer of 2009, in Six Flags, Massachusetts, the US. I went    1.   with a group of friends. We were all very excited about roller coaster   2.   waited anxiously for the ride to begin. As the roller coaster got up higher and higher, however, my heart started to beat   3.   hard that I even could see my shirt move up and down. I could feel the wind getting stronger and brushing through my hair. Then the big drop came. I closed my eyes and told    4.   that it would be over in two seconds, but it felt like forever. I was pushed up from my seat as if I    5.  to be thrown out of the car.  6.   the time I finished the ride, I could barely stand up or speak. So when my friends asked me    7.  I thought of the ride, I just answered with silence. No matter how hard I tried, I could not make    8.  sound.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.there

2.and

3.so

4.myself

5.were

6.By

7.what

8.a/any

【解析】

试题分析：

1.考查副词：我和几个朋友去了那里。填there

2.前面说我们对过山车都很兴奋，后面说焦急的等待开始，是并列关系。用and

3.考查so…that…句型，我能感觉到心跳的如此快以至于能看见衬衫

4.考查反身代词：tell myself告诉自己

5.考查虚拟语气：as if接从句的时候，于事实不符的时候用过去式表示虚拟，用were

6.考查词组：By the time到…时候为止

7.考查连接词：what do you think of…，你认为…怎样？

8.考查词组：make a/any noise发出噪音

考点：考查短文填空

点评：考查考生在上下文中运用语法的能力，要特别注意单复数和时态。也要结合上下文进行推理，还有一些固定搭配。