Question

【题目】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

There's a widely-accepted line of thinking, especially in 2019 that says the people and things we love will eventually let us down.

It's never an if, always a when. So our heroes will inevitably to be trash monsters. Our favorite bands will in enter an experimental phase, even though no one asked them to. And our favorite TV shows will 【1】fail to reach greater heights, but they won't even come close to the same level of success they once had.

It was with this cynical mentality 【2】 I approached the second season of 2018’s breakout hit Killing Eve. How could a series that was so well written, so well acted, and so fiercely addictive in freshman season possibly【3】 (maintain) the same level of quality in Season 2, especially since Phoebe Waller-Bridge,【4】developed the series for TV and wrote four of the first season’s eight episodes, wasn't involved in the writing of the second? It seemed like an impossible task.

But then a strange thing happened: Killing Eve’s second season, at least the two episodes 【5】 (screen) in advance for critics, didn't let me down. The new episodes generated the same amount of joy I experienced 【6】 I watched Eve (sandra Oh) and Villanelle( Jodie Comer) dance around each other during the first go-around, only this time the stakes were considerably 【7】 (high).

As Phoebe Waller-Bridged, noted “Killing Eve is a character study on two lives, two women and their circumstances, their homes, their wants, their fears and 【8】 keeps them from ending it all. It's just that 【9】happens to be an assasin (暗杀者) and the other a spy. If I've done my job right, the audience 【10】 feel equally chilled as they are excited by the determination of these women, their journeys and how drawn they are to one another.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】not only

【2】that

【3】maintain

【4】who

【5】screened

【6】when

【7】higher

【8】what

【9】one

【10】can/should

【解析】

本文是一篇夹叙夹议文，介绍了《杀死夏娃》第二季带给我的观剧感受。

【1】考查连词。句意：我们最喜欢的电视节目不仅无法达到更高的高度，而且它们甚至不会接近曾经的成功水平。not only..but (also)表示“不但……而且”，故填not only。

【2】考查强调句句型．句意：带着这种愤世嫉俗的心态，我开始接触2018年大热剧集《杀死夏娃》的第二季。分析句子结构可知此处为强调句型，其基本结构为：It is +被强调部分+that+其余部分，本句强调的是状语with this cynical mentality，故填that。

【3】考查谓语动词。句意：一部在第一季的时候写得这么好，演得这么好，让人那么上瘾的连续剧怎么可能在第二季保持同样的质量，尤其是在菲比·沃勒·布里奇，他开发了这部连续剧，在第一季的八集中写了四集，却没有参与第二季的创作的情况下呢？could为情态动词，后面接动词原形，故填maintain。

【4】考查非限定性定语从句。句意同上，先行词为Phoebe Waller-Bridge，指人，关系词在非限定性定语从句中作主语，故填who。

【5】考查非谓语动词。句意：《杀死夏娃》第二季，至少提前放映的两集没有让我失望。分析句子结构可知后面didn’t let为谓语动词，screen在此处为非谓语，the two episodes与screen之间是逻辑上的动宾关系，表示被动，用过去分词作后置定语，故填screened。

【6】考查状语从句。句意：当我第一次看伊芙（桑德拉·欧）和维拉内尔（乔迪·科默）在一起跳舞时，新的剧集也给我带来了同样多的快乐，只是这次的风险（比上次）要高得多。根据句意可知此处表示“当……的时候”，用when引导这个时间状语从句，故填when。

【7】考查形容词比较级。句意同上，根据“this time”可知此处有一个隐晦的比较意义，是这一次与上一次的比较，应该用形容词比较级，故填higher。

【8】考查宾语从句。句意：正如菲比·沃勒所指出的，“《杀死夏娃》是一个关于两个生命、两个女人及其环境、她们的家庭、她们的需求、她们的恐惧以及是什么阻止她们结束这一切的性格研究。分析句子结构可知此处为宾语从句，从句中的keeps缺少主语，故填what。

【9】考查代词。句意：只是一个碰巧是阿萨德，另一个是间谍。根据后半句the other可知此处构成one…the other的搭配，表示“两个人或物中的一个，另一个”，故填one。

【10】考查情态动词。句意：如果我把工作做好了，观众也会感到同样的振奋。根据句意可知此处填情态动词表示“能够”或者“应当”，故填can/should．