Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.
Lisa was running late. Lisa, 25, had a lot to do at work, plus visitors on the way: her parents were coming for Thanksgiving rom her hometown. But as she hurried down the subway stairs, she started to feel uncomfortably warn. By the time she got to the platform. Lisa felt weak and tired—maybe it hadn't been a good idea to give blood the night before, she thought. She rested herself ____1____ a post close to the tracks.
Several yards away, Frank, 43, and his girlfriend, Jennifer, found a spot dose to ____2____ the front of the train would stop. They were deep in discsussion about they were thinking of buying.
Bur when he heard the scream,____3____ (follow) by someone yelling. “Oh, my god, she fell in!” Frank didn't hesitate. He jumped down to the tracks and ran some 40 feet toward the body lying on the rails. “No! Not you!” his girlfriend screamed after him.
She was right to be alarmed. By the time Frank reached Lisa, he ____4____ feel the tracks shaking and see the light coming. The train was about 20 seconds from the station.
It was hard to lift her. She was just out. But he managed to raise her the four feet to the platform ____5____ bystanders could hold her by the arms and drag her away from the edge. That was where Lisa briefly regained consciousness, felt ____6____ being pulled along the ground, and saw someone else holding her purse.
Lisa thought she ____7____ (rob). A woman held her hand and a man gave his shirt to help stop the blood ____8____ (pour) from her head. Then she tried to talk but she could not, and that was the time when she realised how much pain the was in.
Police and fire officials soon arrived, and Frank told the story to an officer. Jennifer said her boyfriend was calm on their 40-minute train ride downtown—just as he had been seconds after the rescue, ____9____made her think about her reaction at the time. “I saw the train coming and I was thinking he was sure ____10____ (die),” she explained.
【答案】1. against
2. where 3. followed
4. could 5. in order that##so that
6. herself 7. had been robbed
8. pouring 9. which
10. to die
【解析】
【分析】本文是一篇记叙文，文章主要讲述了弗兰克在地铁救了晕倒的丽萨的故事。
【1题详解】
考查介词。句意：她靠在铁轨上的一根柱子上休息。against靠在…之上，结合句意可知，是靠在铁轨上的一根柱子上。故填against。
【2题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：在几码外，43岁的弗兰克和他的女友珍妮弗找到了一个离列车前站不远的地方。本句是个定语从句，先行词是spot，指地点，从句缺少地点状语，用where引导。故填where。
【3题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：但当他听到尖叫声，后面还有人在大喊大叫。根据空后的“ by someone ”可知，使用过去分词作状语。故填followed。
【4题详解】
考查情态动词。句意：当弗兰克到达丽莎身边时，他能感觉到铁轨在晃动，并看到了亮光。根据句意及空后是动词原形feel可知，此处使用情态动词could（能够），表示过去，故填could。
【5题详解】
考查状语从句。句意：但他还是设法把她抬到四英尺高的平台上，这样旁观者就可以抓住她的胳膊，把她从站台边拖走。根据句意可知，此处是目的状语从句，用in order that/so that引导。故填in order that/so that。
【6题详解】
考查代词。句意：在那里，丽莎短暂地恢复了意识，感觉到自己在地上被拖着走，并看到有人拿着她的钱包。根据句意并分析句子可知，此处是指主语 Lisa 感到自己被拖走，因此使用反身代词herself。故填herself。
【7题详解】
考查时态。句意：丽萨感觉自己被抢劫了。主语she与rob之间是被动关系，根据主句的thought可知，发生在过去的过去，因此使用过去完成时。故填had been robbed。
【8题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：一名女子握着她的手，一名男子将自己的衬衫递给她，以阻止血液从她的头部涌出。stop doing sth阻止做某事，结合句意。故填pouring。
【9题详解】
考查定语从句。句意：詹妮弗说，她的男友在40分钟的火车旅程中很平静，就在救援发生几秒钟后，这让她想起了自己当时的反应。本句是非限制性定语从句 ，指代整个主句的内容，从句缺少主语，用which引导。故填which。
【10题详解】
考查非谓语动词。句意：她解释说:“我看到火车开过来了，我想他肯定会死。” be sure to do sth确定做某事。故填 to die。
