Question

A man spoke with the Lord about heaven and hell. The Lord said to the man, “Come, I will show you hell.” They entered a room ___1___ a group of people sat around a huge pot of meat. Everyone was skinny, desperate and starving. Each ___2___ (hold) a spoon that could reach the pot, but each spoon had a handle so much longer ___3___ their own arms ___4___ it could not be used to get the stew into their own mouths. The suffering was terrible.

“Come, now I will show you ___5___.” The Lord said after a while. They entered another room, similar __6___ the first—the pot of meat, the group of people, the same long-handle spoons. ___7___ there everyone was happy, healthy and satisfied.

“I don’t understand,” said the man. “___8___ are they happy here when they were miserable in the other room and everything was the ___9___?” The Lord smiled. “Ah, it is simple,” he said. “Here they have learned to feed each ___10___.”

Answer 1

1. where。

2. held。

3. than。

4. that。

5．heaven

6. to。

7. But。

8．Why。

9. same。

10. other。

解析:

1. where�？崭窈鬄橐粋�(gè)定語(yǔ)從句，用以修飾名詞room；由于先行詞表地點(diǎn)，故用where來(lái)引導(dǎo)定語(yǔ)從句。

2. held。根據(jù)上下文可知，此句應(yīng)用一般過(guò)去時(shí)。

3. than。根據(jù)其前的longer可知，其后應(yīng)填空than。

4. that。此處的that與前面的so構(gòu)成so…that…句式。

5. heaven。根據(jù)第一句A man spoke with the Lord about heaven and hell可知，前面看過(guò)了hell，所以現(xiàn)在要去看heaven。

6. to。similar to為英語(yǔ)慣用搭配，意為“與……相似”。

7. But。前后意思轉(zhuǎn)折，故用but。

8. Why。詢問(wèn)原因，故用why。

9. same。根據(jù)上下文可知，此處填same，與前面出現(xiàn)的similar呼應(yīng)。

10. other。與each構(gòu)成搭配，feed each other 意為“彼此喂食”。