Question

Anthony Burgess was 40 when he learned that he had only one year to live. He had a brain tumor(腫瘤) that 1. (kill) him within a year. He knew he had a battle on his hands. He was completely broken at the time, so he had 2. to leave behind for his wife, Lynne.

Brugress had never been a professional novelist in the past, 3. he always know the potential was inside him to be a writer. So, for the purpose of 4. (leave) something behind for his wife, he put a piece of paper into a typewriter and began writing. He was not sure

5.the book would be published nor not, but he couldn’t think of anything else to do.

“6.was January of 1960,” he said, “and according to the prognosis, I had a winter and spring and summer 7. (live) through, and would die with the fall of the leaf.”

In that time Burgress wrote energetically, finishing a lot of novels before8. year was through. Burgress did not die. His cancer had gone into remission and then disappeared9.(magic). In his long and full life as a novelist, he wrote more than 70 books, 10.turns out to be an amazing achievement. Without the death sentence from cancer, he may not have written at all.

Answer 1

1.would kill

2.nothing

3.but

4.leaving

5.whether

6.It

7.to live

8.the

9.magically

10.which

【解析】

1. killed。

2.考查代詞。nothing表是什么都沒有，something表示某些事。由前文“He was completely broken at the time”知，這時(shí)他的身體已經(jīng)完全被破壞了，所以他應(yīng)該是沒有什么為他的妻子留下了。故填nothing。

3. ,but ,for等等but 表示轉(zhuǎn)折的含義，但是……，根據(jù)上文“so he had to leave behind for his wife, Lynne.”所以他沒有什么為他的妻子琳恩留下和下文“he always know the potential was inside him to be a writer.”他一直知道作為一個(gè)作者，他是有潛在價(jià)值的。安東尼沒有什么為他的妻子留下，但他是個(gè)著名的作家。故填but。

4.考查動(dòng)名詞。動(dòng)名詞即動(dòng)詞的ing形式，是屬于非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞的一種，其語(yǔ)法作用就是相當(dāng)于名詞，可以做主語(yǔ)，賓語(yǔ)。介詞后面不能直接接動(dòng)詞，必須接動(dòng)名詞。of屬于介詞，故填leaving。

5.考查連詞whether用法。whether和if都有否定之意，都能引導(dǎo)從句，但whether引導(dǎo)的從句常與or、or not等連用，而if則一般不能。句中出現(xiàn)了or not，故填whether。

6.考查物主代詞it用法。it常用來(lái)指代時(shí)間、距離、天氣、溫度等，這里指代時(shí)間“January of 1960”1960年二月，故填I(lǐng)t。

7. sth to do表示有某事要做，have sb doing sth表示使某人做某事，have sth done表示使某事被做�！癐 had a winter and spring and summer (live) through,”意思是我還有一個(gè)冬天，一個(gè)春天，一個(gè)夏天去活。故填to live。

8.考查定冠詞的用法。定冠詞the ，表示某一個(gè)，某一些特定的人或者事，且在形容詞或者副詞的最高級(jí)前，序數(shù)詞前也要用定冠詞�！癰efore year was through.”指的是在今年過完之前，這里特指最后安東尼人生中的最后一年。故填the。

9.magically修飾動(dòng)詞disappeared。故填magically。

10. wrote more than 70 books, turns out to be an amazing achievement.缺少關(guān)系代詞做主語(yǔ)，指代books，且用逗號(hào)隔開了，故填which。

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