Question

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A. 阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容，在文章后的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每空一词。（毎空1分，满分10分）

July 16th was a bad day for Arthur Johnson. In the morning, he set off from his home in Santa Barbara, California. It was the start of his summer holidays, and he decided to visit his friends at Las Vegas. Then he hoped to go fishing at Lake Mead.

Johnson’s troubles started while he was driving happily across the Mojave Desert. His car broke down and he tried to repair it, but he failed. He telephoned a workshop to ask it to send a tow truck (拖车) to pull the car away and repair it.

When waiting for the tow truck, he fell asleep. While he was sleeping, a tow truck arrived from San Pedro (the nearest town) and pulled his car away. Later on, Johnson woke up and thought that somebody had stolen his car. Unwillingly, he started to walk back towards San Pedro, but a police car stopped him to find out why he was walking in the desert.

Johnson looked like a man wanted in California for robbery, so the police kept him at San Pedro for the night. The next day, Johnson’s friends came from California. They proved that Johnson was a harmless salesman, so they let him go.

Title:  A 1.   day for Arthur Johnson
Johnson’s 2.	1. To visit his friends at Las Vegas 2. To go 3.  at Lake Mead
Johnson’s troubles	1. His car didn’t4.  and he failed to 5. it. 2. As he was sleeping, a tow truck arrived from San Pedro and 6.  his car away. 3. Unluckily, he had to walk back towards San Pedro, but a police car 7.  him to find out why he was walking in the desert. 4. Johnson looked like a man wanted in California for8. , so the police kept him at San Pedro for the night.
In the end	Johnson’s friends 9. that Johnson was a harmless 10.  , so the police let him go.

Answer

1.bad

2.plan

3.fishing

4.work

5.repair

6.pulled

7.stopped

8.robbery

9.proved

10.salesman

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文主要讲述了七月十六日，对于亚瑟约翰逊是一个糟糕的一天，暑假开始时，他决定去拜访他的朋友，他希望去米德湖钓鱼，他的麻烦从他的车抛锚开始，他打电话给车间，要求派一辆拖车（拖车）把他的车拖去修理。他等拖车的时候，他睡着了，一辆卡车把他的车拖走了，警察把他当成了一个抢劫犯，最后通过他的朋友证明才把他释放了。

1. Johnson糟糕的一天。结合语境故填bad

2. Johnson的计划。结合语境故填plan

3. Johnson假期计划是1.拜访他的朋友2. 去米德湖钓鱼，结合语境故填fishing ，go fishing 定词组去钓鱼。

4. Johnson所遇到的麻烦。首先他的车不能启动了。故填work

5. Johnson所遇到的麻烦中车不能启动，他也没有修理成功，fail to do表示做某事失败；结合语境故填repair

6. he was sleeping, a tow truck arrived from San Pedro (the nearest town) and pulled his car away.可知当他睡着了，一辆卡车把他的车拖走了。故填pulled

7. he started to walk back towards San Pedro, but a police car stopped him to find out why he was walking in the desert.可知警车拦住他，询问他为什么在沙漠中走着。故填stopped

8. looked like a man wanted in California for robbery, so the police kept him at San Pedro for the night.可知Johnson看起来像一个在加利福尼亚抢劫的人。故填robbery

9. next day, Johnson’s friends came from California. They proved that Johnson was a harmless salesman可知他的朋友证明了约翰逊是一个无害的推销员，故填proved

10. next day, Johnson’s friends came from California. They proved that Johnson was a harmless salesman可知他的朋友证明了约翰逊是一个无害的推销员。所以填salesman 。

考点：补全短文。