Question

Tony and I are good friends. We tried to walk across the United States of America. We're not exactly sure 　1.　 we were doing it. Part of it was to test ourselves; to see if we could face the challenges. When I was 　2.　 teenager I often daydreamed that I was going to walk across the United States 　3.　I graduated from high school. 　 4.　，I didn't do that. Before I knew it I was in my thirties, married, 　 5.　 (have) a job, yet still had this idea in my mind with each　6.　(pass) year. I figured I was too old and my opportunity had passed. Then, a few years ago，I met Tony,　 7.　 was in his thirties and quit his job as a civil engineer in New York City to walk across the United States. He wasn't doing it for a cause　8.　 as part of an organization. He was doing it　9.　（simple) because he loved to walk and discover. The idea was back and I no longer had an excuse. We planned on averaging 20 miles a day and taking some days off to rest, so we expected the walk to. take about 6 months realizing it could take　10.　（long). We were in no hurry: The total distance would have been about 3,100 miles.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.why

2.a

3.after

4.However

5.had

6.passing

7.who

8.or

9.simply

10.longer

【解析】

試題分析：文章介紹作者和Tony步行穿越美國的事情，介紹他們?yōu)槭裁匆�這么做，如何計劃準(zhǔn)備的。

1.我們不確定為什么這么做。用疑問詞why

2.當(dāng)我還是個年輕人的時候，泛指a teenager

3.我高中畢業(yè)后要步行穿越美國。連詞after “在…后”

4.然而我沒有做。表示轉(zhuǎn)折：However

5.和was，married并列用had

6.每年過去了 ，我還是有這種想法。Passing是定語修飾year

7.who引導(dǎo)的是定語從句，修飾Tony

8.他不是因為一個原因或是一個組織的一部分這么做的。或者“or”

9.他這么做只是因為他喜歡步行。副詞：只是，簡單地：simply

10.我們預(yù)計這次旅行要花六個月，意識到可能時間會更長。形容詞比較級：longer

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