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。

Elias’ Story

Elias, a poor worker in South Africa, said that the time 1. he first met Nelson Mandela was a very difficult period of his life. In 1952, he went to see Nelson Mandela, a black lawyer for advice. Mandela was generous with his time, for2. Elias was very grateful.

He began school at six, but he had to leave school two years later 3. his family couldn’t afford the school fees and the bus fare.4. a result, he had very little education. After 5. (try) hard, he got a job in a gold mine. However, to live in Johannesburg, one had got to have a passbook. Not having one ,because he was not born there, he worried about6. he would become out of work.

Then Mandela helped him, telling him how to get the correct papers 7. (stay) in Johannesburg. He became more hopeful about his future and later joined the ANC Youth League 8.(organize) by Mandela. Just as Mandela put it, the blacks were so badly treated that they had reached a stage 9. they had almost no rights at all.

In 1963, he helped Mandela blow up some government buildings. He knew that only by answering violence 10. violence could they achieve their dream of making black and white people equal.

Answer

1. when

2. which

3. because

4. As

5. trying

6. whether

7. to stay

8. organized

9. where

10. with

【解析】

本文为记叙文。文章讲述了黑人斗士伊莱亚斯的故事。

1.考查定语从句。先行词是time，从句中不缺少成分，Nelson Mandela是met的宾语。只能增加一个状语，用关系副词when来充当时间状语，引导定语从句。故填when。

2.考查定语从句。句意：曼德拉很慷慨，为此伊莱亚斯表示非常感谢。此处为非限定性定语从句，指代主句描述的事情，应使用关系代词which引导。故填which。

3.考查原因状语从句。句意：他六岁开始上学，但是两年后他不得不离开学校，因为他的家庭负担不起学费和车费。故填because。

4.考查固定短语。固定短语：as a result“结果”。句意：结果，他几乎没有受过什么教育。故填As。

5.考查非谓语动词。after后没有主语，应为介词，后接现在分词形式。句意：经过努力之后，他在金矿找到了一份工作。故填trying。

6.考查宾语从句。句意：没有工作，因为他不是在那里出生的，他担心自己是否会失业。此处为介词about的宾语从句，只能用whether “是否”引导。故填whether。

7.考查非谓语动词。句意：然后曼德拉帮助他，告诉他如何得到正确的文件留在约翰内斯堡。根据句意及句子成分分析可知，此处应使用不定式作宾语补足语。故填to stay。

8.考查非谓语动词。句意：他对自己的未来充满了希望，后来加入了由曼德拉组织的非洲人国民大会青年团。根据句意及句子成分分析可知，此处为过去分词做后置定语。故填organized。

9.考查定语从句。句意：正如曼德拉所说，黑人受到如此恶劣的对待，以至于他们已经到了几乎没有任何权利的地步。根据句意及句子成分分析可知，此处为定语从句，先行词为stage，从句主谓宾齐全，缺少地点状语，应使用关系副词where引导。故填where。

10.考查介词。句意：他知道，只有以暴制暴，他们才能实现黑人和白人平等的梦想。此处指“用暴力回应暴力”，应使用介词with。故填with。