Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?

In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River Cleveland, Ohio. It 1.   (be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it 2. (actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of 3. most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.

But the river wasn’t changed in a few days   4. even a few months. It took years of work 5.  (reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is 6.  (clean) than ever.

Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you leave a habit 7. is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation, don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?

While there are   8. (amaze) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the   9.  (change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be   10.  (patience)

Answer

1.was

2.actually

3.the

4.or

5.to reduce

6.cleaner

7.that/which

8.amazing

9.changes

10.patient

【解析】

1.was 考查动词时态和主谓一致。根据In 1969可知，本段叙述的是过去发生的事情。the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio在过去被污染地如此地严重，所以说过去没有人能够想象到这条河被清理干净。主语“It”为三单，故填was。

2.actually 考查副词。本句中使用副词actually作状语修饰谓语动词caught。故填actually。

3.the 考查最高级。横线后是形容词最高级most outstanding，形容词最高级前要加the，故填the。

4.or 考查连词。从语境可知，这条河流的改变不是几天或者几个月的事情。用or表示“或者”。

5. 考查固定句式。固定句式：It takes sb st to do sth某人做某事花了多少时间。故填to reduce。

6. 横线后面有than，说明横线上应该使用比较级的形式。故填cleaner。

7. 考查定语从句。本句是一个定语从句，先行词是a habit，定语从句中使用关系代词that/which指代先行词，在句中作主语，故填which/that。

8. 考查形容词。凡是-ed结尾的都是形容人的，表示“人感到……”，-ing结尾都是形容物的，表示“令人感到……”。此处修饰stories“故事”，所以要用amazing。故填amazing。

9. 考查名词复数。横线后面是系动词are，说明横线处主语应该是一个复数形式的名词，所以填changes。

10. 横线前面有系动词be，说明此处应用形容词，本句是一个祈使句be patient耐心一点。

考点：考查对文章的理解和词汇、语法运用能力

【名师点睛】

定语从句关系词只能用that的情况：

1.先行词被序数词或形容词最高级所修饰，或本身是序数词、基数词、形容词最高级时，只能用that，而不用which.例如：

He was the first person that passed the exam.他是第一个通过考试的人。

2.被修饰的先行词为all，any，much，many，everything，anything，none，the one等不定代词时，只能用that，而不用which.例如：

Is there any thing that you want to buy in the shop？你在商店里有什么东西要买吗？

3.先行词被the only，the very，the same，the last，little，few等词修饰时，只能用that，而不用which.例如：

This is the same bike that I lost.这就是我丢的那辆自行车。

4.先行词里同时含有人或物时，只能用that，而不用which.例如：

I can remember well the persons and some pictures that I saw in the room.我能清楚记得我在那个房间所见到的人和一些照片。

5.以who或which引导的特殊疑问句，为避免重复，只能用that.例如：

Who is the girl that is crying？正在哭泣的那个女孩是谁？

6.主句是there be结构，修饰主语的定语从句用that，而不用which.例如：

There is a book on the desk that belongs to Tom.桌子上那本书是汤姆的。