Question

Never before in history ____1.____ a city been so completely destroyed. San Francisco is gone. Nothing is left of it ___2._____ memories and some houses far from the centre of the city. Its businesses are gone. The factories, hotels and palaces are all gone too. Within an hour __3.____ the earthquake, the smoke of San Francisco’s fires could be seen 160 kilometres away. The sun was red in the dark sky. There was no stopping the fires. There was no way to organize ____4.___ communicate. The steel railway tracks were now ___5.____(use). All of the ways ___6._ man had made to keep the city safe were gone in the thirty seconds the earth moved.

Out at sea it was calm. No wind came up. ____7.____ from all direction---east, west, north, and south, strong winds blew upon the ___8.____ (luck) city. Man himself had to make ruins of some of the city’s best buildings ____9._____ that they would not be a danger to those in the streets. A list of buildings undestroyed was now only a few addresses. A list of the brave men and women would fill a library. A list of all ____10.____ killed will never be made.

Answer

1.has

2.but

3.after

4.or

5.useless

6.that

7.Yet

8.unlucky

9.so

10.those/the

【解析】

1.has 首先要对该句进行主谓宾的句法分析，发现主语和宾语都有，缺少一个谓语，根据句意和时态，所以填写has。

2.but 考查语境分析及上下文关系，此句子与上文之间表示转折关系，所以用but，不能使用however，因为若使用however必须后面跟一个逗号。

3.after 句子是想表明发生地震几个小时之后，所以填写after。

4.or 该空前面两个词都是动词，所以填写一个连接词，但是要明确是转折，并列，还是选择关系，根据语境可以判断是选择关系。

5.useless 根据下午的“gone...”说明，地震后的轨道系统都失去作用了，所以将use变为useless。

6.that 本题考查定语从句的连接词，因为前面有限定成分，所以只能填写that，不能填写which。

7.Yet 根据语境，这里想表达的是一个前后对比的关系，所以用yet。

8.unlucky 因为这个城市发生地震了，所以是不幸的，将lucky变为反义词unlucky。

9.so so that...以便，以至于...考查固定搭配

10.