Question

【題目】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

There's a widely-accepted line of thinking, especially in 2019 that says the people and things we love will eventually let us down.

It's never an if, always a when. So our heroes will inevitably to be trash monsters. Our favorite bands will in enter an experimental phase, even though no one asked them to. And our favorite TV shows will 【1】fail to reach greater heights, but they won't even come close to the same level of success they once had.

It was with this cynical mentality 【2】 I approached the second season of 2018’s breakout hit Killing Eve. How could a series that was so well written, so well acted, and so fiercely addictive in freshman season possibly【3】 (maintain) the same level of quality in Season 2, especially since Phoebe Waller-Bridge,【4】developed the series for TV and wrote four of the first season’s eight episodes, wasn't involved in the writing of the second? It seemed like an impossible task.

But then a strange thing happened: Killing Eve’s second season, at least the two episodes 【5】 (screen) in advance for critics, didn't let me down. The new episodes generated the same amount of joy I experienced 【6】 I watched Eve (sandra Oh) and Villanelle( Jodie Comer) dance around each other during the first go-around, only this time the stakes were considerably 【7】 (high).

As Phoebe Waller-Bridged, noted “Killing Eve is a character study on two lives, two women and their circumstances, their homes, their wants, their fears and 【8】 keeps them from ending it all. It's just that 【9】happens to be an assasin (暗殺者) and the other a spy. If I've done my job right, the audience 【10】 feel equally chilled as they are excited by the determination of these women, their journeys and how drawn they are to one another.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】not only

【2】that

【3】maintain

【4】who

【5】screened

【6】when

【7】higher

【8】what

【9】one

【10】can/should

【解析】

本文是一篇夾敘夾議文，介紹了《殺死夏娃》第二季帶給我的觀劇感受。

【1】考查連詞。句意：我們最喜歡的電視節(jié)目不僅無(wú)法達(dá)到更高的高度，而且它們甚至不會(huì)接近曾經(jīng)的成功水平。not only..but (also)表示“不但……而且”，故填not only。

【2】考查強(qiáng)調(diào)句句型．句意：帶著這種憤世嫉俗的心態(tài)，我開(kāi)始接觸2018年大熱劇集《殺死夏娃》的第二季。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知此處為強(qiáng)調(diào)句型，其基本結(jié)構(gòu)為：It is +被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分+that+其余部分，本句強(qiáng)調(diào)的是狀語(yǔ)with this cynical mentality，故填that。

【3】考查謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。句意：一部在第一季的時(shí)候?qū)懙眠@么好，演得這么好，讓人那么上癮的連續(xù)劇怎么可能在第二季保持同樣的質(zhì)量，尤其是在菲比·沃勒·布里奇，他開(kāi)發(fā)了這部連續(xù)劇，在第一季的八集中寫(xiě)了四集，卻沒(méi)有參與第二季的創(chuàng)作的情況下呢？could為情態(tài)動(dòng)詞，后面接動(dòng)詞原形，故填maintain。

【4】考查非限定性定語(yǔ)從句。句意同上，先行詞為Phoebe Waller-Bridge，指人，關(guān)系詞在非限定性定語(yǔ)從句中作主語(yǔ)，故填who。

【5】考查非謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞。句意：《殺死夏娃》第二季，至少提前放映的兩集沒(méi)有讓我失望。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知后面didn’t let為謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，screen在此處為非謂語(yǔ)，the two episodes與screen之間是邏輯上的動(dòng)賓關(guān)系，表示被動(dòng)，用過(guò)去分詞作后置定語(yǔ)，故填screened。

【6】考查狀語(yǔ)從句。句意：當(dāng)我第一次看伊芙（桑德拉·歐）和維拉內(nèi)爾（喬迪·科默）在一起跳舞時(shí)，新的劇集也給我?guī)��?lái)了同樣多的快樂(lè)，只是這次的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)（比上次）要高得多。根據(jù)句意可知此處表示“當(dāng)……的時(shí)候”，用when引導(dǎo)這個(gè)時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句，故填when。

【7】考查形容詞比較級(jí)。句意同上，根據(jù)“this time”可知此處有一個(gè)隱晦的比較意義，是這一次與上一次的比較，應(yīng)該用形容詞比較級(jí)，故填higher。

【8】考查賓語(yǔ)從句。句意：正如菲比·沃勒所指出的，“《殺死夏娃》是一個(gè)關(guān)于兩個(gè)生命、兩個(gè)女人及其環(huán)境、她們的家庭、她們的需求、她們的恐懼以及是什么阻止她們結(jié)束這一切的性格研究。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)可知此處為賓語(yǔ)從句，從句中的keeps缺少主語(yǔ)，故填what。

【9】考查代詞。句意：只是一個(gè)碰巧是阿薩德，另一個(gè)是間諜。根據(jù)后半句the other可知此處構(gòu)成one…the other的搭配，表示“兩個(gè)人或物中的一個(gè)，另一個(gè)”，故填one。

【10】考查情態(tài)動(dòng)詞。句意：如果我把工作做好了，觀眾也會(huì)感到同樣的振奮。根據(jù)句意可知此處填情態(tài)動(dòng)詞表示“能夠”或者“應(yīng)當(dāng)”，故填can/should．