Question

But how could the survivors believe it was 1._________ （nature）? Everywhere they looked 2.__________ （near） everything was destroyed. All of the city’s hospitals, 75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes 3._________ （be） gone. Bricks 4.__________ （cover） the ground like red autumn leaves. No wind, however, could blow 5.______ away. Two dams fell and most of the bridges also fell or were not safe for 6._________ （travel）. The railway tracks were now useless pieces of steel. Tens of thousands of cows would never give milk again. Half a million pigs and millions of chickens were 7._________ （die）. Sand now filled the wells instead 8.__________ water. Then, later that afternoon, another big quake9.________ was almost as strong as the first one shook Tang Shan. Some of the rescue workers and doctors were trapped under the ruins. More buildings fell down. Water, food and electricity were hard 10.__________ （get）. People began to wonder how long the disaster would last.

Answer

1.natural

2.nearly

3.were

4.covered

5.them

6.traveling/ tarvelling

7.dead

8.of

9.which

10.to get

【解析】

试题分析：考查词形变换，介词搭配，定语从句，固定短语等。

1.But how could the survivors believe it was 本句空前为be动词且根据句意，幸存者如何能相信这是自然的，故应将名词变为形容词，故填natural

2.Everywhere they looked __________ （near） everything was destroyed 句意应是几乎一切都被毁了，应将其变为副词，表示几乎，故填nearly

3.75% of its factories and buildings and 90% of its homes __________ （be） gone主语为三个并列主语，谓语动词应该用复数，且本文是发生在过去的事，故谓语动词要用过去式，故填were

4.Bricks__________ （cover） the ground like red autumn leaves本文描述的是过去的事情，谓语动词应该用过去式，故填.covered

5.No wind, however, could blow ________ away前文说砖块铺满了地面，可知没有风能把他们吹走，故填 them

6.bridges also fell or were not safe for __________ （travel）介词for后多接动词ing形式，本句意为桥也毁坏了对于旅行也不再安全，另travel 变ing形式有两种变化方法，故填traveling/ tarvelling

7.Half a million pigs and millions of chickens were __________ （die）be动词后不能用动词原形，且根据句意，猪和鸡都死了，应用形容词表示死了的，故填dead

8. of，固定短语表示而不是、代替，根据句子Sand now filled the wells instead __________ water井里都是沙而不是水，故填 of

9.another big quake ________ was almost as strong as the first one shook Tang Shan可知. ________ was almost as strong as the first one应是作quake的定语从句，且在从句中要做主语，故填which

10. to do sth.难以….根据句子food and electricity were hard __________ （get）可知本句意为食物和电难以得到，故填to get

考点：考查词形变换，介词搭配，定语从句，固定短语