Question

Tony and I are good friends. We tried to walk across the United States of America. We’re not exactly sure why we were doing it. Part of 1. was to test ourselves; to see if we could face the challenges. When I was 2. teenager I often daydreamed that I was going to walk across the United States after I 3. (graduate) from high school. 4. , I didn’t do that.

Before I knew it I was5. my thirties ,married , a job, yet still had this idea in my mind with each passing year. I figured I was too old and my opportunity6. (pass). Then, a few years ago, I met Tony , 7. was in his thirties and quit his job as a civil engineer in New York City to walk across the United States.He wasn’t doing it for a cause as part of an organization. He was doing it 8. (simple) because he loved to walk and discover. The idea was back and I no longer had an excuse. We planned on averaging 20 miles a day and taking some days off 9. (rest), so we expected the walk to take about 6 months realizing it could take10. (long). We were in no hurry: The total distance would have been about 3,100 miles.

Answer 1

1.代詞it

2.冠詞a

3.過去時(shí)graduated

4.副詞however

5.詞組 in

6.過去完成時(shí)had passed

7.關(guān)系代詞who

8.形容詞變副詞simply

9.動(dòng)詞不等式目的狀語 to rest

10.形容詞比較級(jí) longer

【解析】

試題分析：本文講述了作者及其好友Tony在而立之年辭掉工作，終于完成橫跨美國(guó)的創(chuàng)舉，實(shí)現(xiàn)了兒時(shí)的夢(mèng)想。

1.

2.

3.

4. didn’t do that我沒有那樣做，故此處應(yīng)表示轉(zhuǎn)折意思。

5. in，in one’s thirties在某人的三十幾歲時(shí)。

6. passed，前文I figured I was too old是過去時(shí)，故此處應(yīng)填過去完成時(shí)。

7.

8. was doing it的動(dòng)作，故形容詞變副詞。

9. to rest，taking some days off的目的是休息，to表目的。

10. longer，前文so we expected the walk to take about 6 months realizing it could take…，我們?cè)��?jì)劃花六個(gè)月時(shí)間走完全程，但是突然意識(shí)到將會(huì)花更長(zhǎng)時(shí)間，故此處用比較級(jí)。

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