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，在空格处填入适当的词（不多于3个单词）或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。

One day the employees of a large company in St.Louis, Missouri returned from their lunch break. They were greeted with ____1.____sign on the front door. The sign said, “Yesterday the person who had been preventing your growth in this company passed away. We invite you to join the funeral____2.___(prepare)in the gym.

At first everyone was sad to hear that one of their colleagues had died, ____3.____after a while they started getting curious___4.___who this person might be. The __5.___(excite) grew as the employees arrived at the gym to pay_6.___last respects.

One by one the employees got close to the coffin. When they looked inside, they ____7.___(sudden) became speechless. They stood by the coffin, ____8.___ silence. They stood there as if someone___9.____(touch) the deepest part of their soul. There was a mirror inside the coffin: everyone ___10.____ looked inside it could see himself. There was also a sign next to the mirror that said, “There is only one person who is capable to set limits to your growth: it is you.”

Answer

1.a

2.prepared

3.but

4.about

5.excitement

6.their

7.suddenly

8.in

9.had touched

10.who

【解析】

1.a 考查冠词。句意：不久前的一天,密苏里州圣路易斯市一家大公司的员工午休回到公司时,看见公司前门上贴着一则告示。

2.prepared 考查非谓语动词。句意：我们邀请你参加准备在健身房里举行的葬礼。过去分词做后置定语用来修饰the funeral

3.but 考查连词。句意：起先,听说有一位同事去世了,每个员工都很伤心。但过了一会儿,他们便变得好奇起来

4.about 考查介词 。be curious about 对。。感到好奇；

5.excitement 考查名词。句意：在员工们来到健身房准备向死者告别时,他们的好奇心越来越强。

6.their 考查代词。句意：在员工们来到健身房准备向死者告别时,他们的好奇心越来越强。

7.suddenly 考查副词。句意：当他们进来 时，突然无语了。

8.in 考查介词 。in silence沉默；

9.had touched 考查动词的时态 。句意；他们站在那好象有人触动他们的灵魂。

10.who 考查定语从句。句意：每个向棺材里望的人都能从镜子中看到自己

考点 ：语法填空。