Question

At the entrance 1. a big office in London there was a book 2. all employees had to sign 3. they arrived each morning. At nine o’clock, the manager’s secretary, who lived in a small flat above the office, had to 4. a red line under the last name in the book, and anyone who came after that had to explain_ 5. he was late. 6. there was a thick fog in the city, the first person7. (arrive) late usually wrote “Delayed by fog” under the red line in the book, and then everybody 8. who came after that just put “ditto” underneath. But one foggy morning, the first man who arrived late wrote “My wife had a baby early this morning” ___9. of “delayed by fog” under the red line in the book. Twenty or thirty people who came____10. (介词) him put “ditto” underneath this as usual.

Answer 1

1.to

2.which

3.when

4.draw

5.why

6.whenever

7.to arrive

8.else

9.instead

10.after

【解析】

1.】某地的入口处，entrance to someplace。

2.】先行词是a book，在定语从句中作宾语，用which。

3.】当大家早上到办公大楼时，要签字。填时间状语when。

4.】秘书会在最后一名的名字下面画上红线，have to do后填动词原形draw。

5.】在此之后到达的人要解释为什么迟到。填原因状语why。

6.】无论什么时候城市有浓雾，第一个迟到的人就写上由于大雾耽搁。填 whenever。

7.】序数词后用不定式结构，填 to arrive。

8.】其余的所有迟到的人在下面写同上，填其余的人else。

9.】而不是，固定短语instead of。

10.】在他之后到来的，填介词after。

考点：词汇的运用