Question

【題目】閱讀理解。

Years ago, when I was a poor artist trying to sell my paintings in local galleries, I_【1】 (live) in the heart of a city. The rent for my apartment was really cheap 【2】 it was in the middle of one of the busiest neighborhoods in town. People who visited me used to ask me 【3】 I could sleep. “Doesn't the sound of the traffic bother you? How can you get used to _【4】 much noise？” You see, there were also rows and rows of shops and bars playing loud music day and night and my apartment was above a really loud and noisy 【5】. But I found it all fascinating. If I were ever short【6】 cash and couldn't afford to do anything much, which in those days was usually the case, I could always go outside and take 【7】 look around. You see, there were always a great number of tourists visiting the shops, so I could always find someone 【8】(interest) to talk with. And Joe, the owner of the bar below me, could always give me a little money to survive on in exchange for _【9】_ (do) a few odd jobs for him. At the time, I suppose, I thought I was poor. Sometimes, we don't realize how _【10】 (fortune) we are, do we?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】lived

【2】because

【3】how

【4】so

【5】one

【6】of

【7】a

【8】interesting

【9】doing

【10】fortunate

【解析】

試題分析：

【1】本文描述的是多年前的事，因此用一般過去時。

【2】“我”的公寓的房租很便宜，因為“我”住在一個最繁忙的街區(qū)里。

【3】根據(jù)語境可知，此處表示“拜訪我的人常問我是怎樣睡著的”。how引導(dǎo)賓語從句，表方式。

【4】 “so much＋不可數(shù)名詞”意為“如此多的……”。

【5】 “我”住的公寓在一個很吵鬧的商店或酒吧上面。one代指商店或酒吧。

【6】be short of意為“缺少/短缺……”。

【7】take a look意為“看一看”，是固定結(jié)構(gòu)。

【8】根據(jù)語境可知，此處表示“我找到某個有趣的人去交談”。

【9】介詞“for”后應(yīng)跟動詞ing形式。

【10】根據(jù)語境可知，此空應(yīng)填其形容詞形式。