Question

阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

I was feeling sad because my mother was out of job. It left me wondering 1. was going to happen to us.

I got off the college shuttle bus and started walking. Then I heard piano music and singing rising above the noise of the people and the traffic. I walked much 2.  (slow) so I could find out where it was coming 3. . Through the crowd I saw4.young lady sitting at a piano with a carriage next to her. She was singing songs with love and keeping on trying. The way she was singing comforted me a bit. I stood there 5. (watch) her play for about fifteen minutes, thinking that 6. must take courage to perform7.her own in the middle of a crowd.

She must have felt my presence because she would often look in my direction. By now I was telling myself that if she could perform in front of hundreds of people8.she didn’t know, I could at least tell her how good she sounded. I walked over, put some money in her carriage and 9. (say), “Thank you. I have been going through a hard time 10.(late), but you’ve made me hopeful again.”

Answer

1.what  

2.slower

3.from  

4.a 

5.watching      

6.it

7.on    

8.who/ whom/ that   

9.said  

10.lately

【解析】

试题分析：

1.what  语法分析题，本句中的what在宾语从句中做主语。

2.slower 副词Much修饰比较级的形式，我喜欢较缓慢的音乐。

3.from      固定词组come from…来自…；我能够发现这种音乐的来源。

4.a  lady是一个可数名词，故前面用a修饰。

5.watching      动词watch与位于动词stand是同时发生的事情，故使用现在分词表示。

6.it 本句中的it是形式主语，真正的主语是后面的不定式结构。

7.on    固定词组on one’s own独自，靠自己。

8.who/ whom/ that   语法分析题。That/who/whom指代先行词在句中做know的宾语。

9.said  本句是三个动词的并列，walked和put以及said三个动词是并列的结构，都使用过去式。

10.lately 副词lately表示近来，与现在完成时连用

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