Question

Once a man got on a bus for New York. He hid in toilet, because he did not want to pay. But a passenger saw her. She tapped the person in front of her on the shoulder and say, "There's a bum(流浪汉) in the toilet. Tell the bus driver." The message was past from person to person. But anywhere along the way, it changed. The bus driver was told that there was a bomb in the toilet. He immediate stopped the bus and telephoned the police. When the police came in, they told the passengers to get off the bus or stay far away. Then they closed the highway. This soon caused a 15-miles-long traffic jam. Under the help of a dog, the police searched for two hours. Of course they found no bomb!

Answer

1.in—in the

2.her—him

3.say—said

4.past--passed

5.anywhere--somewhere

6.immediate--immediately

7.去掉in

8.or--and

9.miles--mile

10.Under--With

【解析】

试题分析：这篇文章讲述了一个有趣的故事。在公交车上，一个流浪汉为了逃票躲到了厕所，一位女士看见后，告诉了前排乘客，让他往前传递消息告诉司机。但是消息在传播的过程中发生了改变，司机听到的是有个炸弹在厕所里。于是，司机立即报警，警察搜索了两个小时却未发现炸弹。

1.in—in the 考查冠词。toilet是可数名词，其前需要加冠词，此处指公交车上的厕所，是特指，故加上the。句意为：他躲在了厕所里。

2.her—him 考查代词。这里的代词指代的是上文出现的a man，故用him而非her，句意为：但是一个乘客看见了他。

3.say—said 考查时态。根据上文的tapped可知时态为一般过去时。故把say改成said。句意为：她碰了碰坐在她前面的人的肩膀。

4.past—passed 考查动词。本句考查past和passed之间的区别，有很多考生都经常混淆这两个单词。past是介词，表超过；或形容词表过去的。而passed是动词pass的过去式或过去分词，意为传递。本句句意为：消息一个传一个。故把past改成passed。

5.anywhere—somewhere 考查副词。anywhere意为任何地方；而somewhere意为不知道在什么地方、在某处。根据句意应该用somewhere，意为：但是不知道在中途什么地方，消息发生了变化。

6.immediate—immediately 考查副词。此句考查副词担当状语，故用immediately，表示立即、马上。句意为：他立即停车并报警。

7.去掉in 考查副词。短语come in意为进来，而此处表达的是警察来了，故去掉in，直接用came表示来到。

8.or—and 考查连词。or之前的动作是get off the bus，之后的动作stay far away。这两个动作是顺延的，并没有选择关系，故把or改成and。

9.miles—mile 考查固定搭配。考查固定搭配：a 15-mile-long，此时mile不要用复数，故把miles改成mile。句意为：很快就导致了15英里的交通堵塞。

10.—With 考查固定短语。本句考查固定短语：with the help of，意为：在…的帮助下。句意为：在一条狗的帮助下，警察搜索了两个小时。