Question

My friend Henry, with who I studied in the same class, didn’t like studying at school. That’s because he couldn’t go to high school. He had to return back to his hometown, where his father wished him to learn to manage our small shop. However, the young man was not interesting in it and didn’t do as his father said. He spends a lot of time reading and he also learned how to repair cars. Last month, I received an e-mail from him inviting me take my vacation on his hometown. I started off. Seeing that he was such successful, I said, “Henry, all road lead to Rome. You are great!”

Answer

1.who→whom

2.because→why

3.去掉back

4.our→their

5.interesting→interested

6.spends→spent

7.take前加to

8.on→in

9.such→so

10.road→roads

【解析】1.考查定语从句关系词。句意：我的同班同学Henry，在学校不喜欢学习。根据结构可知，Henry后构造了由介词加上关系代词引导的非限制性定语从句，介词 with 后应该用宾格形式，故who改为whom。

2.考查表语从句以及对语意的理解。句意：那就是他不能上高中的原因。根据句意可知，这里用why引导表语从句，表示结果，故because改为why。

3.句意：他不得不回到他的家乡。return本来就有come or go back之意，故去掉back。

4.考查代词。句意：他不得不回到他的家乡，在那里他的爸爸希望他学会管理他们的小商店。与主语一致，故our改为their。

5.考查形容词。句意：然而，这个年轻人对此并不感兴趣，他并不像他爸爸说的那样做。interesting“有趣的”，主语通常是物；interested“感兴趣的；对……感兴趣”，主语通常是人，多用于be / get / feel / become interested in结构中，故interesting改为interested。

6.考查时态。句意：他花很多时间阅读，也学会了如何修车。根据上下文语境可知，这里要用一般过去时，故spends改为spent。

7.考查动词搭配。句意：上个月，我收到他的一封电子邮件，邀请我去他的家乡度假。invite sb to do“邀请某人做某事”，故take前加to。

8.考查介词。in his hometown“在他的家乡”，故on改为in。

9.考查副词。句意：看到他如此成功，我说：“Henry，条条大路通罗马，你很棒！”这里用so修饰形容词successful，such修饰名词，故such改为so。

10 .考查名词的数。句意：条条大路通罗马。用all修饰名词，名词用复数，故 road 改为roads。

【名师点睛】

why和because引导表语从句的区别

why和because有自己的意思；另外，虽然why和because都可引导表语从句，但前者强调结果，后者强调原因。

He was ill. That’s why he was sent to the hospital. 他病了，那就是为什么他被送到医院来。

He was sent to the hospital. That’s because he was ill.

他被送到医院，是因为他生病了。

There was something wrong with his car. That was why he came late.

他的车出问题了。那就是他迟到的原因。

The boss scolded him. That was because he came late.

老板责骂了他。那是因为他迟到了。