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 before 8. year was through. Burgress did not die. His cancer had gone into remission and then disappeared 9.

(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】

試題分析： 40歲的時候，安東尼·伯吉斯知道自己患了腦瘤，會在一年內(nèi)死去。他總感覺自己具備小說家的內(nèi)在潛質(zhì)。于是，他的唯一目標就是為妻子留下版稅。伯吉斯把所有的精力都用在了寫作上。但是，伯吉斯沒有死。他的癌癥居然好轉(zhuǎn)了，后來完全不見了。

1.would kill考查時態(tài)。句意：他患了腦瘤，這種病會使他在一年內(nèi)死去。根據(jù)句意可知用將來時態(tài)。主句had，所以應(yīng)用過去將來時。

2.2】nothing考查不定代詞。句意：那時，他窮困潦倒，沒有任何東西可以留給他的妻子林恩。nothing什么也沒有。

3.3】but考查連詞。前后兩句話之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，并且是兩個并列句，所以用but。

4.4】leaving考查介詞用法。介詞后應(yīng)用動名詞形式。

5.5】whether考查連詞。根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知空格后為賓語從句。根據(jù)句意“他不知道他寫的東西是否會被出版”可知，應(yīng)填whether或if。從句中有or not，所以只能用whether。

6.6】 It考查it用法。it可知指代時間，距離。

7.7】to live考查非謂語動詞。have sth to do有某事要做。是固定句型。

8.8】the考查定冠詞用法。此處表示特指1960年。句意：在這一年之內(nèi)，他完成了五部小說。

9.9】magically考查副詞。空格前是動詞，所以用副詞修飾。

10.0】which考查關(guān)系代詞。根據(jù)句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知從句是定語從句，從句中缺主語，先行詞指的是他寫了70多本書這件事，所以用which引導。

考點：故事類短文