Question

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

He was a professor. At the age of 90, he still worked eight hours every day regardless      1. the weather.

His secretary said: “He was extremely old, but he forced himself to walk from his living place to the office through two blocks.  2.    would take him an hour to do so, but he insisted because it made him get a sense of    3.  (succeed).”

One day, a university student  4.(step) out of his office with a pile of books. He complained: “He always answers my questions with just a yes or no. However, he always gives me dozens of books and suggests me   5.   (find) the answer on my own.”

By chance, the professor knew    6.    the student complained about. He explained to him with a smile: “This is the method I have learnt---the  7.    (hard) you work independently, the better solutions you will find. If you can make full use of the books, you will  8.     (probable) become a good lawyer in the future.”

This 90-year-old man was Pound, 9.     was the president of Law College of Harvard. He believed “all slopes are easy10.  ( go)”, of which he often reminded his students.

Answer

1.of

2.It

3.success

4.stepped

5.finding

6.What

7.Harder

8.Probably

9.Who

10.to go

【解析】

1.of考查短语。Regardless of意为“不管，不顾”，符合语境，不管天气条件怎么样他都会工作。故填of。

2.It考查固定句型。It take sb.+时间+to do意为“做某事花费某人多少时间”，是固定句型，故填It。

3.success考查名词。a sense of意为“一种”，后面接名词，故填seccess。

4.stepped 考查时态。根据后面，complained，可知这里讲述的是过去的事情，应该用一般过去时，故填stepped。

5.finding考查固定结构。Suggest doing意为“建议做某事”，故填finding。

6.what考查宾语从句。从句中缺少宾语，先行词是know，所以这里应用what引导的宾语从句，故填what。

7.harder考查比较级。根据后面，the better，可知前面也应该用比较级，表示越……越……，故填harder。

8.probably考查副词。句中成分没有残缺probably用来修饰动词becom，起到强调作用，故填probably。

9.who考查主语从句。先行词是Pound，表示人，引导词在从句中作主语，所以这里是who引导的主语从句，故填who。

10.to go考查固定结构。Be+adj.+to do，是固定结构，故填to go。

考点：考查词汇和语法的运用能力。