Question

Today we are going to celebrate the coming of winter with an adventure story.

Our story begins on a distant mountaintop. It is in the coldest part of winter, with the wind1. (howl) outside. Snow mixed with freezing rain has wiped out the 2. (safe) of the roads for travel. Even walking outside is dangerous. So, the four chandlers of our story, as well as a small group of other travelling bird-watchers, 3. (stick) indoors at the Ice Castle Inn. 4. the name suggests, the inn, located at a remote mountaintop, is an old castle that is now a vacation spot for bird-watchers.

These four people are total 5.(strange). The only thing they have in common is a 6. (share) interest on snow birds. But for now, they all have to postpone their plans 7. the winter storm passes. What they don’t know is that the 8. (violence) storm outside is just the tip of the iceberg. More danger exists, but they cannot see 9..

As the days go by, the snow only falls harder 10. the Ice Castle Inn. The land line phones no longer work. Neither do cell phones. No rescue vehicles have come to clear the roads. They are truly snowed in.

Answer

1.howling

2.safety

3.are stuck

4.As

5.strangers

6.shared

7.until /till

8.violent

9.it

10.on

【解析】本文是一片记叙文，讲述了几个观鸟者在冬天里的一次冒险经历，他们被暴风雪困在一个古老的城堡中无法出来。

1.考查非谓语动词。此处为with的复合结构，wind与howl之间是逻辑上的主谓关系，所以用现在分词表示主动，故填howling。

2.考查词形转换。分析句子结构可知此处缺少名词，safe的名词形式是safety，表示“安全（性）”，故填safety。

3.考查时态语态和主谓一致。主语the four chandlers of our story与stick是被动关系，要用被动语态，且文章基础时态是一般现在时，故填are stuck。

4.考查介词。由句意可知，此处表示“正如”，故填As。

5.考查词形转换。由句意可知此处表示“陌生人”，再由these are 判断应该用复数，故填strangers。

6.考查词形转换。由句子结构可知，此处缺少形容词作定语，再由句意可知此处表示“共享的”，故填shared。

7.考查介词。由句意可知，此处表示“直到……为止”，故填until 或till。

8.考查词形转换。由句子结构可知，此处缺少形容词作定语，violence 的形容词形式是violent，表示“猛烈的”，故填violent。

9.考查代词。此处指代 前面的danger作动词see的宾语，故填it。

10.考查介词。由句意可知，此处表示“在……的表面上”，故填on。

【名师点睛】语法填空中经常会考查主谓一致，同学们一定要注意当主语后有as well as构成的短语修饰时，谓语动词仍与短语前的主语保持一致，可构成这类短语的有with, along/together with, besides/except/but, in addition to, including, rather than等。