Question

閱讀短文，從方框中選擇適當的詞并用其正確形式填空，使短文通順、意思完整。請將答案填寫在答題卡的相應位置。每空限填一詞，每詞限用一次。方框中有兩個詞是多余的。

Electricity is of great  小題1: to our life. What would life be like without electricity? “That’s terrible!” most people would say. But it’s life in Ethiopia.
When I was in that country, the power went off  小題2:every few days. This happened not only in small towns, 小題3:even in the capital.
One day when I went to the airport, the power was  小題4:. I didn’t know which flight to take. At the same time, the Internet was of course  小題5: The weather was very hot. To my 小題6:, restaurants only served warm drinks. Time after the sunset, between 6:00 p.m. and 8:30 p.m., was  小題7:. Without any light, I stayed in my room, walking or  小題8: in bed. How boring!
I wondered what 小題9: I would get into if there was no power in America. So I had a try. At 8:30 a.m., I turned off the power. Then I 小題10: nothing but rest at home. Things were not so difficult because it was summer and the sun didn’t set until 8:00 p.m. I’ll try this again in winter, and I hope to learn what I can do without electricity.

Answer 1

小題1:importance
小題2:almost
小題3:but
小題4:off
小題5:impossible
小題6:surprise
小題7:hard
小題8:lying
小題9:situation
小題10:did

試題分析：這篇文章講述的是作者在埃塞俄比亞的一次經歷，當時在這個國家時每隔幾天就停電，同時文中還提到作者去機場是停電所發生的事情，以及回到美國后有體驗了一下停電的感受。
小題1:根據句意：電對我們的生活有著非常大的重要性，所以此空填吧important的名詞importance。
小題2:根據句意：當我在那個國家時，幾乎每個幾天就停電，所以填almost（幾乎）。
小題3:此題句意：這種情況不僅發生在小城鎮，而且甚至在首都也發生，此題是not only …but(also)結構，所以填but。
小題4:此題句意：一天我在飛機場的時候，停電了，此處用的是be off，所以選off。
小題5:此題句意：（因為沒電）上網是當然不可能了，所以填possible的反義詞impossible。
小題6:根據句意是：使我驚訝的是……,所以此空是to one’s  surprise,因此填surprise。
小題7:此題句意：在太陽落山后，下午6:00到8:00的時間是難熬的，所以此處填hard。
小題8:此題句意：我只好呆在房間里，散步或躺在床上，此處和walking并列，所以用lie的ing形式lying。
小題9:此題句意：我想知道在美國如果沒電我會遇到什么情況，所以此空填situation（情況，情境）。
小題10:此題句意：然后我什么事情也沒做只是在家休息，所以此空填do的過去式did。