Question

Two years ago, Jo acted as a teacher in Papua New Guinea. There was no electricity, water or textbooks in the school. When she knew that the students 1. (die) to learn chemistry, she tried to show 2. (they) chemistry experiments every week. Sometimes, she doubled whether chemistry was relevant 3. these students, because most of them would go back to their villages. Actually, they had no 4. (person) ambition. The local people had a hard life. Their hut was so dark that it took time for one’s eyes 5. (adjust). The only possessions 6. could be seen were one broom, a few tin plates and cups and a couple of jars. They didn’t speak much of the local English dialect. When 7. (sit) around, she loved listening to them softly talking to each other in their language.8. (occupy) with teaching, she had no time for social 9. (activity). Instead, she often joined in their family party. She felt it was 10. privilege to spend a day with them.

Answer

1.were dying

2.them

3.to

4.personal

5.to adjust

6.that

7.sitting

8.Occupied

9.activities

10.a

【解析】考查故事类文章。两年前，Jo在巴布亚新几内亚担任教师。学校里没有电、水和课本。当她知道学生们渴望学化学时，她尽力每周给他们演示化学实验。这儿的生活很苦，人们没有什么野心。Jo忙于教学，几乎没有时间参加社会活动，但她经常参加他们的家庭聚会，她觉得与他们一天呆在一起是一种荣幸。

1.were dying

考查谓语动词的时态。句意：两年前，Jo在巴布亚新几内亚担任教师。学校里没有电、水和课本。当她知道学生们渴望学化学的时候, 她尽力每周给他们演示化学实验。be dying to do…为固定搭配，意为“迫切想要做…..，渴望做….”分析时间状语“Two years ago”可知，要用一般过去时，故填were dying 。

2.them

考查人称代词的格。根据文章可知，they在本句中用动词show的宾语，故要用宾格them。

3.to

考查固定搭配。be relevant to…为固定搭配，意为“与……相关”。故填介词to.

4.personal

考查形容词作定语。分析本句可知，本句的名词person在此作ambition（抱负，追求）的定语，作定语故要用形容词，而person是名词，故用其形容词personal作定语。句意：事实上他们没有个人的野心。

5.to adjust

考查固定句式。句意：当地人过着艰苦的生活。他们的小屋太暗了，需要一段时间才能适应（黑暗）。It takes time to do sth，为固定搭配，意为“花费时间做某事”，故本句填to adjust。

6.that

考查定语从句。句意; 唯一能看见的财产是一把扫帚，几块锡盘子和杯子，还有几个罐子。分析本The only possessions__6___could be seen were one broom,….句可知，the possession为先行词在从句中作主语，但先行词被only修饰，指物时要用that，故本题填 that。

【名师点睛】定语从句中关系词只能用that不能用which的情况。

1）当先行词既有人又有物时，用that 。

The writer and his novel that you have just talked about are really well known .

当先行词是：all , any , anything , everything , nothing或被它们修饰时。例如：

Is there anything that I can do for you ? 有什么可以为你做的吗？

2）当先行词被no,little,only,very,the last等修饰时，常用that。例如：

The only thing that could be done is to find

our way home.唯一能做的事情就是要找到回家的路。

3）当先行词有：the only , the very , the last 等修饰时。例如：

My necklace is not the only thing that's missing . 我的项链不仅是丢掉的东西

4）当先行词是序数词、形容词最高级或被序数词或形容词最高级修饰时，常用that。

The first(thing)that should bed one is to get the book.应该做的第一件事是弄到那本书。

This is the best place that I've ever visit-ed.这是我曾参观过的最好的地方。

5)在以which，who开头的句子中常用that。例如：

Which is the car that killed the man?撞死那个男子的小车是哪一辆？

7.sitting

考查省略句。句意：当她闲坐时，她喜欢听他们用他们自己的语言轻声交谈。 本句为省略句。还原为：When she sat around, she loved listening to them softly talking to each other in their language Sit sitting 。分析本句可知，本句中的主从句的主语是一致的，即she，因此从句的主语可省略。从句中的she与谓语动词sit是主动关系，故省略从句的主语she时，把sat还原为原形，用分词sitting。故本句填sitting。

8.Occupied

考查固定搭配。be occupied with,,,为固定搭配，意为“忙于做…..”，分析本句可知，occupy的逻辑主语是主句的主语she，被省略了，故填occupied。

9.activities

考查名词的复数。句意：由于忙于教学，她没有时间参加社交活动。分析句子可知，本句中的activitiy，要用复数形式activities。

10.a

考查冠词。句意：相反，她经常参加他们的家庭聚会。她觉得和他们在一起度过一天是一种荣幸。It is a privilege to do sth…为固定搭配，意为“做…..为某人的荣幸”，故本句中用a。。