Question

It was the ambition of an eleven years old boy in Kansas City to be an enginedriver. Born without arms, he had been sent to special schools 1.he learned to use his 2.(foot)as “hands”. He spend all hiss spare time 3.(watch)trains and one day his dream came 4.(truth). Seeing a deserted engine, the boy climbed in, he had no 5.(difficult) in starting it up with his feet. Soon he was traveling along 6.forty miles an hour. Signalmen could not see the young driver, so they set out 7.(stop)the train. Meanwhile the boy reached Missouri, stopped the engine himself, and then 8.(make)it go backwards. When he was near home, a railwayman caught up with the engine and stopped it. At first, he was very angry, but he smiled when the boy said 9.(simple), “I like trains.” “Well, I’m glad you don’t like planes!” answered 10.railwayman.

Answer

1.wherer

2.feet

3.watching

4.true

5.difficulty

6.at

7.to stop

8.made

9.simply

10.the

【解析】这篇文章主要讲了一个十一岁的残疾男孩痴迷于火车，有一次做出疯狂举动的有趣故事。

1.考查定语从句。___1___he learned to use his ___2___(foot)as “hands”.是一个定语从句，修饰先行词special schools，关系词在从句中作地点状语，所以填关系副词where。

2.考查名词单复数。他学习把他的脚当作手来使用。“他的脚”是复数意义，所以填feet。

3.考查固定句型。Spend time (in) doing sth.花费时间做某事，是固定句型，所以填watching。

4.考查动词短语。Come true成为现实，是固定短语，所以填true。

5.考查固定句型。have no difficulty in doing sth. 做某事没有困难, 是固定句型，所以填difficulty。

6.考查介词。这句话的意思是很快他就可以以每小时40英里的速度行走。表示“以……的速度”，用介词at。

7.考查固定句型。set out to do sth.开始做某事，是固定句型，所以填to stop。

8.考查时态。and连接几个并列的谓语，前面reached与stopped都用得一般过去时，所以这个空也要用一般过去时，填made。

9.考查副词。修饰动词said，用副词，填simply。

10.考查冠词。特指前面提到的这名铁路员工，所以用定冠词the。

名师点睛：这道语法填空的题目中，最难的是小题1，考查了定语从句中关系词的选择。如何选择定语从句的关系词：定语从句的关系词有关系代词who， whom，whose，which，that， as；关系副词when， where，why。定语从句中关系词的选用主要看先行词在定语从句中作什么成分或者是定语从句中缺什么成分。 1．定语从句中缺主语，修饰人时用who ／that，修饰物时用which ／that引导。如： Is this the factory which ／that makes TV sets？ The man who ／that visited our school is from Australia． 2．从句中缺宾语，修饰人时用 who ／whom ／that或省略关系词；修饰物时用which ／that或省略引导词。如： Gone are the days which ／that we spent together in the village． He is the man who ／whom ／that I think to be worthy of our praise． 3．从句中缺时间状语，用when或介词＋which引导。如： The day finally came when ／on which I was given a job． We'll put off the outing until next week，when we won't be so busy． 4．从句中缺地点状语，用where或介词＋which引导。如： Please put the letter on the desk where ／on which he can easily find it． 5．从句中缺原因状语或先行词是 reason时，关系词用why ／for which ／ that。如： This is the reason why ／for which ／ that he didn't come to the meeting．

6．从句中缺定语，人和物都用 whose引导。如： A child whose parents are dead is called an orphan． Please pass me the dictionary whose cover is black． 7．当先行词是way时，其定语从句的关系词用in which ／that。如： The way in which ／that he looks at problems is wrong．