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【題目】Like most people, I was brought up to look upon life as a getting. It was not until in my later thirties【1】 I made this important discovery: giving away things 【2】 (make) life so much more exciting. One discovery I made about giving away is that it is almost 【3】 (possibility) to give away anything in this world without getting something back, though the return often comes in 【4】 unexpected form. One Sunday morning the local post office delivered a letter to my home, though it 【5】 (address) to me at my office. I wrote the postmaster a note of 【6】 (appreciate). More than a year later I needed a post office box for a new business I was starting. I was told at the window that there were no boxes 【7】 (leave), and that my name would have to go on a long waiting list. As I was about to leave, the postmaster appeared in the doorway. He had overheard our conversation. “Wasn’t it you that wrote us a letter a year ago about 【8】 (deliver) a special delivery to your home?” I said yes. “Well, you are 【9】 (certain) going to have a box in this post office if we have to make one for you. You don’t know 【10】 a letter like that means to us. We usually get nothing but complaints.

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【答案】

【1】that

【2】makes

【3】impossible

【4】an

【5】was addressed

【6】appreciation

【7】left

【8】delivering

【9】certainly

【10】what

【解析】文章主要講述了作者通過一件事明白了給予事物讓生活更令人興奮。

【1】考查強(qiáng)調(diào)句。句意：直到我三十多歲的時(shí)候，我才發(fā)現(xiàn)了這個重要的發(fā)現(xiàn)。It was not until…that…直到...才...根據(jù)題意，故填that。

【2】考查動詞時(shí)態(tài)。句意：給予事物讓生活更令人興奮。“giving away things”動名詞作主語，謂語動詞使用第三人稱單數(shù)。根據(jù)題意，故填makes。

【3】考查形容詞作表語。句意：我的一個發(fā)現(xiàn)是，在這個世界上，如果沒有回報(bào)，幾乎不可能放棄任何東西。形容詞作表語，“it is impossible to do ”，根據(jù)題意，故填impossible。

【4】考查不定冠詞。句意：我的一個發(fā)現(xiàn)是，在這個世界上，如果沒有回報(bào)，幾乎不可能放棄任何東西。根據(jù)題意，故填an。

【5】考查被動語態(tài)。句意：一個星期日的早晨，當(dāng)?shù)剜]局給我的家發(fā)了一封信，盡管那封信地址是我的辦公室。be addressed to在(信封和包裹)上寫姓名地址；致(函)。根據(jù)題意，故填was addressed。

【6】考查名詞。句意：我寫了一封感謝信給郵局局長。介詞of后使用名詞。根據(jù)題意，故填appreciation。

【7】考查過去分詞作定語。句意：在窗口我被告知沒有箱子了。boxes與leave之間處于被動關(guān)系，故使用過去分詞作定語。根據(jù)題意，故填left。

【8】考查動名詞。句意：是不是你一年前給我們寫了一封信，遞送到你家？介詞about后使用動名詞。根據(jù)題意，故填delivering。

【9】考查副詞。句意：嗯，如果我們必須為你做一個，你肯定會在這個郵局里有一個盒子。副詞修飾動詞。根據(jù)題意，故填certainly。

【10】考查賓語從句。句意：你不知道那封信對我們意味著什么。由what引導(dǎo)賓語從句。根據(jù)題意，故填what。