Question

根据短文内容,用方框内所给单词的适当形式填入短文空格内,使短文意思正确、通顺，每词限用一次。

two, question, between, use, easy,  know, he, ago, find ,stay

At 8:30 this morning the body of a man was _1_________. Someone murdered (谋杀) _____2_____. A small knife was found near the body. The murderer might _3_________ that knife. The police doctor said, “The man died about eight hours _4_________.” So the murder had possibly happened_5________ midnight and one o’clock.

The police __6_______ three men. They didn’t tell the men about the murder.

The first man said he had been at home the whole evening. He had watched television and went to bed early.

The ___7_______ man told the police that he had spent the evening 8_________ with some friends. They had been to the cinema together. He got home at about eleven o’clock.

The third man said he ___9______ nothing about the murder. He told the police, “And I have not owned a knife. I was sleeping at midnight. I didn’t murder Jim Wilson.” The police ___10_______ found who the murder was!

Answer

 found

 him

 use

 ago

 between

 questioned

 second

 staying

 knew

 easily

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要记述了一起凶杀案以及对三个嫌疑人的审问过程。

 联系上下文，可知一个男人的尸体被发现了。结合语境可知本句主语是动作对象，故用被动语态，根据所给单词，可知填过去分词found，发现。

 联系上文，可知此处指的是前文提到的男人，根据所给单词，可知填宾格人称代词him，他。

 联系上下文，可知此处指的是凶手可能用的那把小刀。根据前文助动词might及所给单词，可知填原形动词use，用。

 联系上文，可知此处指的是这个男人死于八个小时前。结合所给单词，可知填副词ago以前。

 联系下文，可知此处指的是在午夜和一点之间。结合所给单词，可知填介词between，在……之间。

 联系下文，可知此处指的是警方讯问了三个人，结合语境可知本句描述的是过去发生的动作，故用一般过去时态。根据所给单词可知填过去式动词questioned，讯问，审问。

 联系上文，可知此处指的是第二个男人，结合所给单词，可知填序数词second，第二个，做定语。

 考察spend用法。spend用于sb spend...on sth或者sb spend...in doing sth（in可以省略），spend的主语必须是人，可以指花费时间、也可以指花费金钱；联系下文，可知此处指的是和朋友们呆在一起。结合所给单词，可知填动名词staying，停留，呆。

 联系下文，可知他说他对这起凶杀一无所知。结合语境可知本句描述的是过去发生的动作，故用一般过去时态。根据所给单词可知填过去式动词knew，知道。

 结合语境可知警方轻易地发现了谁是凶手。根据所给单词，可知填副词easily，轻易地，作状语。

考点：选词填空