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3．Mr．Johnson lived in the woods with his wife and children．He owned（61）afarm，which looked almost abandoned．（62）Luckily（lucky），he also had a cow which produced milk every day．He sold or exchanged some of the milk in the towns nearly for other food a nd made cheese and butter for the family with what（63）was left（leave）．The cow was their only means of support，in fact．One day，the cow was eating grass（64）whenit began to rain heavily．While（65）making（make） great efforts to runaway，she（66）fell（fall） over the hill and died．Then the Johnson tried to make a living（67）withoutthe cow．In order to support his family，Mr．Johnson began to plant herbs and vegetables．Since the plants took a while to grow，he started cutting down trees（68）to sell（sell） the wood．Thinking about his children's clothes，he started growing cotton too．When harvest came around，he was already selling herbs，vegetables and cotton in the market（69）wherepeople from the town met regularly．Now it occurred to him that his farm had much potential and that the（70）death（die） of the cow was a bit of luck．

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分析 本文主要讲述的是约翰逊先生一家人靠着农场里的奶牛维持生活，但是一次意外奶牛死了，约翰逊先生不得不想其他办法继续生活．他一边种药草和蔬菜，一边砍树去集上卖木头．上帝在给他关上了一扇门的时候，又给他打开了一扇门．

解答 61．a 考查冠词．farm是可数名词，单数形式前用不定冠词a表示泛指．
62．Luckily  考查副词．修饰句子要用副词．
63．was left 考查动词时态和语态．根据句意：他去附近的镇里卖牛奶，或是用牛奶来换其他的食物，用剩下的牛奶制作奶酪和黄油．此处what was left是一个宾语从句，根据句意可知用被动语态．
64．when 考查固定句型．was/were doing sth．when-did sth．意为"正在做某事，这时突然…"，是一种句式结构．
65．making 考查现在分词．she与make之间是主谓关系，用现在分词短语作状语．
66．fell  考查动词时态．全文讲述的是已发生的事情，用一般过去时．
67．without 考查介词．根据前文可知，奶牛死了，此时他不能再靠奶牛谋生了．用介词without．
68．to sell 考查动词不定式．此处动词不定式表示目的，作目的状语．
69．where 考查定语从句．分析句子结构可知这是一个定语从句，先行词the market在从句中作地点状语，用关系副词where．
70．death 考查名词．定冠词the后接名词．

点评 在一篇200词左右的语篇（短文或对话）中留出10处空白，部分空白的后面给出单词的基本形式，要求考生根据上下文填写空白处所需的内容或所提供单词的正确形式，所填写词语不得多于3个单词．要做好语法填空题，理解短文是解题的前提，扎实的词汇、句型和语法知识是基础，英语国家的背景知识是必要的补充．考生须灵活运用语法知识，如单词词性、单词时态、名词单复数、连接词、代词、冠词等判断各空白处应填写的内容．答完后，还要通读全文，核对所填单词形式是否正确，是否符合语境．