Question

   Two or three times a week,Miss Martha had a customer in 1. she began to take an interest.He was a middle-aged man 2. glasses and a brown beard. He spoke English with a strong German accent. His clothes were worn,but he looked neat and had very good manners. He always 3.(buy) two loaves of stale bread. He never asked for anything but stale bread; it cost a lot 4.(little) than fresh bread. Once Miss Martha noticed a red and brown stain on 5. (he) finger. She was sure that he was an artist and very poor.

   Often when having her evening meal,Miss Martha would sigh and wish the artist might share her food instead of 6. (eat) his dry bread. One day the customer came in as usual and asked for his stale bread. As a sudden noise made him hurry to the door,Miss Martha inserted 7. generous quantity of butter into the loaves and put them into a paper bag.

   It turned out 8. the stale bread was used to rub out the pencil 9. (line) in the man's drawing of a new city hall. And Miss Martha’s kindness 10. (complete) ruined the artist's work.

Answer 1

1. whom。考查关系词。“介词+关系 代词”引_定语从句修饰customer , 故填whom。

2. with。考查介词。根据设空处后面 的 glasses 和 a brown beard 可知需 填介词with (带着，留着) 。

3. bought。考查一般过晏时。由上下 文可知应用一般过去时，故填 bought 。

4. less。考查副词的比较级。根据设 空处后面的than可知应用比较级， 故填less。

5. his。考查代词。根据设空处后面 的fmger可知应用形容词性物主代 词，故填his.。

6. eating。考查动词-ing形式作宾语 的用法。instead of是复合介词，其 后用动词-ing形式作宾语。

7. a。考查不定冠词。a quantity of意为“许多”。

8. that。考查连接词。设空处引导主 .语从句且从句意义及成分均完整， 故填that。

9. lines。考查名词。图画中有很多铅 笔画的线，故填line的复数形式。

10. completely。考查副词。设空处修 饰动词 ruined,故填 completely。