1、自主广场.根据句意及单词的首字母或汉语释义, 写出空白处单词的正确形式。1.The store was a _ (财政的) failure and soon closed.答案:financial2.The total cost of repairs a _ to US$100.答案:amounts/amounted3.The band played a _(活泼的) tune.答案:lively4.He was _ (体贴的) of everyone.答案:considerate5.She is sympathetic and full of _ (原谅, 宽恕).答案:forgivenes
2、s6.There was a _ (痛苦的)look in her eyes.答案:hurt7.The newly-arrived refugees _ (增大, 壮大) the ranks of the unemployed.答案:swelled8.The robbers f _ when they saw the police.答案:fled. 同步语法:用所给动词的适当形式填空。1.Its not my fault. I remember _(lock) the door.答案:having locked2.Sorry, I didnt mean _ (hurt) you.答案:to h
3、urt3.Missing a bus means _(wait) for another hour.答案:waiting4.Why dont you try _(use) the second method? 答案:using5.I tried _ (catch) the early bus, but I couldnt.答案:to catch6.The teacher stopped _ (explain) the text and then went on _(teach) the words.答案:explaining;to teach7.I had wanted _ (come), b
4、ut was stopped by the rain.答案:to come8.The house wants _ (repair).答案:repairing9.I regret _ (say) that to you. I apologize.答案:having said10.I regret _ (tell) you that you are fired.答案:to tell. 完形填空When the lights in Los Angeles went out on Monday afternoon, my first thought was about my Department of
5、 Water and Power (DWP) bill. I knew it was not paid by the 1 time. Yet once I looked at it, I knew the problem was bigger than personal 2. The bill was only six days late, not long enough for the DWP to 3 my power.Next I wondered if there might be a problem in my 4, or perhaps my neighborhood. I ste
6、pped 5to take a look, but nothing was happening, just the6mid-afternoon silence. When I came back in, my wife was on the phone 7 a friend who had also 8 her power.I thought this was bigger than I imagined, I dug through a drawer and pulled our 9, the one we keep for when the earthquake 10. Switching
7、 it on and turning the handle, I couldnt help 11 feel an edge of satisfaction, as if I were setting out on an 12. Having turned in a news station and learned much about power cut, I began to 13 an evening of candlelight:my wife and kids and I sat closely together in the living room, telling stories
8、and 14 out the darkness.One of my fondest childhood 15 is of the 1965 New York power failure, when I just 16four. I lived on the 10th floor of an apartment, and the entire world was 17by candles. I remember my father coming home early, the soft stillness of our kitchen, the unimaginable 18 of the sk
9、yline as it settled into night.Late Monday, 19power had been restored, I told all this to a friend. “It was 20, ”I said about the 1965 New York power failure.1.A. expectedB. fittedC. allowedD. permitted2.A. mattersB. eventsC. economicsD. accidents3.A. turn downB. turn offC. turn outD. turn away4.A.
10、roomB. buildingC. streetD. area5.A. aroundB. upC. insideD. outside6.A. commonB. specialC. strangeD. usual7.A. toB. ofC. withD. by8.A. missedB. lostC. gotD. needed9.A. radioB. flashC. matchD. candle10.A. arrivesB. comesC. takesD. hits11.A. andB. toC. butD. or12.A. adventureB. inventionC. affairD. acc
11、ount13.A. considerB. imagineC. retellD. possess14.A. lookingB. breakingC. waitingD. finding15.A. memoriesB. interestsC. activitiesD. hobbies16.A. becameB. turnedC. grewD. got17.A. endedB. reflectedC. coveredD. lighted18.A. happinessB. sadnessC. darknessD. brightness19.A. afterB. beforeC. sinceD. bec
12、ause20.A. wonderB. luckC. truthD. fun答案:1. 解析：the expected time“预期的时间”。expect表示“期待, 预期, 盼望, 指望”。答案:A2. 解析：根据下文可判断, 问题比“我”个人的经济事务更重大。故用personal economics。答案:C3. 解析：由上文可知, 迟六天没交费, 也不至于停“我”的电。故用turn off 表示“关掉”。答案:B4. 解析：有下文可知, “我”的怀疑是不是这栋building有问题。答案:B5. 解析：step outside to take a look指“走出来看看究竟”。答案:D6
13、. 解析：表示“像平常一样”, 故用usual。common“共同的, 公共的”, special“特殊的”, strange“陌生的, 生疏的”。答案:D7. 解析：be on the phone with sb. “与某人通电话”。答案:C8. 解析：lose用在lose ones power中, 表示“使失去”。而miss表示“错过”, 不合句意。答案:B9. 解析：从抽屉里拿出“收音机”获取停电信息, 与下文吻合。答案:A10. 解析：此句表示“地震发生”, 故用动词hit。答案:D11. 解析：cannot help but“不得不”。答案:C12. 解析：从获取“停电”的消息以来,
14、 就好像处在adventure中。答案:A13. 解析：根据上下文可判断出, “我”开始“想象”过一个烛光之夜。答案:B14. 解析：wait out“等到结束”。答案:C15. 解析：根据上下文判断可知memories符合语境要求。答案:A16. 解析：turn可表示“到达（年龄, 数量等）”, 符合句意。答案:B17. 解析：用lighted强调蜡烛被点燃。答案:D18. 解析：由下文的as it settled into night可判断, 此空该用darkness。答案:C19. 解析：根据power had been restored和I told all this to a friend之间的逻辑关系可判断出, 此空该用表示“在之后”的连接词after。答案:A20. 答案:解析：根据全文大意判断可知, 在作者看来1965年的停电事件“有趣”。答案:D
