Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。将答案写在答题卡的相应位置。

Timoteo Apaza is a gentle 46-year-old man, living in a village near the most dangerous part of the road, known locally 【1】 the Devil’s Bend. The roads are in bad condition and accidents are frequent. But thanks to Timoteo, who works as a human traffic signal, the death toll 【2】 (fall) so far. Apaza had been a miner and a soldier, and then one day he was working as a lorry driver he had a close encounter with death. He was driving a lorry load of bananas 【3】 he came off the road and fell three hundred metres down the mountain. Fortunately, he survived. A few years later, he was called in the night to help pull people out of a crashed bus. From then on, he felt that 【4】 was his mission in life to help others. So every morning, week in week out, from dawn to dusk, he takes up his place on the bend and directs the traffic. He is a volunteer and no one pays him for it. Sometimes drivers give him a tip, so that he has just enough money to live on. But often they just pass by, 【5】 (take) the human traffic signal for granted.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】as

【2】has fallen

【3】when

【4】it

【5】taking

【解析】

试题分析：本文介绍了Timoteo Apaza在一段危险的道路上充当人工交通灯的事情。

【1】 as 考查固定搭配。短语be known as...作为...很出名；本句中省略了which is。

【2】has fallen 考查时态。本句中有时间状语so far“到目前为止”，该时间状语通常和现在完成时连用。

【3】when 考查固定句式。句式be doing sth when....正在做某事在这时发生了意料之外的事情；其中的when是一个并列连词。句意：他正驾驶着一辆装满香蕉的卡车，在这时他摔下公路摔倒在山下300米处。

【4】it 考查it语法。本句中的代词it是形式主语，真正的主语是不定式to help others。句意：他感觉到帮助他人是他生命中的使命。

【5】taking 考查非谓语动词。本句中动词短语take sth for granted与主句主语they构成逻辑上的主动关系，所以使用现在分词短语在句中作状语。句意：但是他们经常只是通过，把人工交通灯当成是理所当然的事情。