Question

   One evening last week,my wife and I were sitting 1. (quiet) at home. All of a sudden,we heard a loud bang. I supposed that the old lady in the flat 2. ours was moving the furniture about. My wife was afraid 3. the noise would wake the baby. She turned down the television and a moment 4. we heard someone calling for help.

   I ran upstairs. The old lady’s door was shut,but I could see smoke under the door,and could smell 5. burning.

   “The flat is on fire,” I shouted and banged on the door,but the old lady 6. (take) a long time to answer. I was turning over in my mind the idea of breaking the door down 7. she finally appeared.

   “I was having a bath ,” she said ,“when the water heater in the kitchen blew up."

   “8. didn’t you open the door?” I asked her.

   “I was getting dressed when you knocked,” she said,looking 9. (embarrass) .

   I took her downstairs to our flat. Then I ran back to the old lady's flat and turned the gas off 10. (prevent) another explosion. Just then I heard a fire engine arriving outside.

Answer 1

1. quietly。考查副詞。設空處修飾謂 語，故填quietiy。

2. above/over。考查介詞。由下文I ran upstairs 可知 the old lady住在作者的樓上。

3. that。考i連接詞。設空處引導賓 語從句且從句成分和意義均完整， 故填that。

4. later。考查副詞。.a moment later 意為“過f 一會”。

5. something。考查代詞。此處意為 “聞到一些東西在燃燒”，故填 something。

6. took。考查一般過去時。由but前 '分句的時態(tài)可知,take所表示的動托發(fā)生在過去，故填took。

7. when。考查連詞。此處用到了句 型 be doing …when …。

8. Why。考查疑問副詞。根據(jù)答語可 知應用疑問詞Why。

9. embarrassed。考查形容詞作表語的 用法。設空處意為“尷尬的”，故填 embarrassed 。

10. to prevent。考查不定式作狀語的 用法。I與prevent之間是邏輯上成主謂關系，且設空處作目的狀 語，故填 to prevent。