Question

Five months ago. I 1.(happen) to be upstairs at dusk when the window was open. I didn’t go downstairs until the window had to 2.(shut). The dark, rainy evening, the wind and the thundering clouds held me 3.(entire) in their power.

It was the first time in one and a half 4.(year) since we found shelter here that I’d seen the night face to face. Sadly I am only able to look at nature through dirty curtains 5.(hang) before very dusty windows.6.is no pleasure looking through them because nature is one thing 7.really must be experienced. One evening when it was so warm. I stayed 8.(wake) on purpose until half past eleven in order to have 9.good look at the moon by myself. But as the moon gave far too much light, I 10.(not dare) to open the window.

Answer

1.happened

2.be shut

3.entirely

4.years

5.hanging

6.It

7.tha t/which

8.awake

9.a

10.didn’t dare

【解析】本文介绍作者在躲避追捕的一年半中，没有接触大自然，对大自然变得陌生，渴望亲身去体验大自然。

1.:happened to 碰巧，发生，根据five months ago,全文用过去式。句意：我碰巧在楼上。

2.根据the rainy evening, the wind下雨刮风，所以窗户必须被关上，故此处用be shut 。句意：直到所有的窗户都被关上，我才下楼。

3.打雷让我全省颤抖，故此处用entirely完全的，彻底的。句意：漆黑的雨夜夹杂乌云雷鸣让我全身颤抖。

4.句意：一年半之内。名词用复数形式，可知答案为years。

5.句意：我只能通过悬挂在充满灰尘的窗前的脏窗帘看大自然。根据句意可知此处是现在分词做后置定语，修饰curtains，可知答案为hanging。

6.固定句式：It is no pleasure doing sth.做某事不快乐，可知答案为It。

7.此处one thing是先行词，指物，在后面的定语从句中做主语，可知答案为tha t/which。句意：大自然是一种一定要亲身体验的事情。

8.句意：我有目的处于醒着的状态。此处stay使处于某种状态，是连系动词，后面用形容词作表语，可知答案为awake。

9.句意：为了自己看一眼月亮。have a look at看一眼。可知答案为a。

10.句意：我不敢打开窗户。此处dare是实义动词，用一般过去时态，可知答案为didn’t dare。

【名师点睛】

现在分词作定语时的前置与后置

1. 单个的现在分词作定语时，它总是位于被修饰的名词之前，说明被修饰名词的性质或特征等。如：She found herself in an embarrassing position. 她发现自己处于尴尬的地位。

偶尔也可见到单个的现在分词用作后置定语的情形，但主要见于有较强的动词意义时(接近一个定语从句时)：Oh, it’s the cake burning. 噢，糕点烤焦了。

2. 如果是现在分词短语作定语，则总是位于所修饰的名词之后。如：There is a door leading to the garden. 有一座门通往花园。There were some children swimming in the river. 有些小孩在河里游泳。