2021届高考英语考前冲刺精选训练：时事语法填空 美国18岁女子舍身救人 附答案

语法填空 美国 18 岁女子舍身救人 阅读下面短文，在空白处填入 1 个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。 Minnesota police say 18-year-old Raina LynnNeeland drowned after carrying several children to safety who ___1___(be) near a dam. Police responded to a call about a ___2___(drown) on Monday evening, according to the Clearwater County Sheriff's Office. Clearwater County is about 250 miles northwest of Minneapolis. Witnesses told ___3___(office) several children had been swimming in a river near the Clearwater Dam on Clearwater Lake. Some got ___4___(catch) up in rushing waters that came from the dam and according to police, "could not free ___5___(they)." "The water level at the dam was ___6___(considerable) higher due to the large amount of rain received recently," the sheriff's office said. An 8-year-old girl was pulled out of the water and resuscitated( 苏 醒 ). Neeland,___7___ witnesses said had been underwater for about 10 minutes, was also pulled out ___8___ remained unresponsive despite several life-saving efforts by witnesses and medics. Neeland pulled several of the younger children to safety before she went under water, police said. A GoFundMe campaign ___9___(share) by the sheriff's office Facebook page says Neeland drowned while saving her younger cousins. "Raina loved cooking with her grandma.She also loved helping take care___10___ her siblings and cousins," the campaign says. 明尼苏达州警方说，18 岁的雷娜·林恩·尼兰德（Raina Lynn Neeland）把几个孩子救到大坝附 近的安全地带，但不幸自己溺水身亡。 1.were 考查谓语动词时态。因先行词为复数名词 children,且是过去发生的事，故填 were。 2.drowning 考查词类转换。因空格前有 a，将动词 drown 转换为名词 drowning（溺水），作介 词 about 的宾语。 3.officers 考查名词复数。 可数名词前面没有限定词，考虑填复数。 4.caught 考查被动。“get+过去分词”表被动。 5.themselves 考查代词。could not free 的主语是 some （children），而后接的宾语也指代 some （children），所以用反身代词。 6.considerably 考查词类转换。 considerable [kənˈsɪdərəbl] adj.相当多（或大、重要等） 相当 多（或大、重要等）的。considerably [kənˈsɪdərəbli] adv.非常；很；相当多地。形容词 considerable 转换为副词 considerably, 修饰形容词 higher。 7.who 去掉插入成分 witnesses said 可知从句主干为,___7___ had been underwater for about 10 minutes，用 who 引导定语从句,指代先行词 Neeland 并在从句中作主语。 8.but 救出了水面但没有反应，转折关系，用 but 连接。 9.shared 句中已有谓语动词 says，且与所填动词之间没有连词，考虑填非谓语。因是“被分享”的， 用过去分词表被动。 10.of 考查介词。短语 take care of 照顾。