Question

Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?

In 1969,the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River Cleveland, Ohio. It 1. （be）unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it 2. (actual)caught fire and burned. Now, ears later, this river is one of 3. most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.

But the river wasn’t changed in a few days 4. even a few months. It took years of work 5. (reduce ) the industrial pollution and clean the water. Finally, that hard work paid off and now the water in the river is 6. (clean) than ever.

Maybe you are facing an impossible situation. Maybe you leave a habit 7. is driving your family crazy. Possibly you drink too much or don’t know how to control your credit card use. When you face such an impossible situation ,don’t you want a quick fix and something to change immediately?

While there are 8. (surprise) stories of instant transformation, for most of us the 9. (change) are gradual and require a lot of effort and work, like cleaning up a polluted river. Just be 10. (patience)

 

Answer 1

1.was

2.actually

3.the

4.or

5.to reduce

6.cleaner

7.that/which

8.surprising

9.changes

10.patient

【解析】

1.根據(jù)前一句In 1969,the pollution was terrible得知本文敘述過去的事情使用一般過去時，填 was。

2.】“事實上”用副詞形式修飾動詞“著火”，填actually。

3.表示形容詞最高級“最”用 the+形容詞最高級或 the+most +形容詞原形.填the。

4.這條河幾天或者甚至幾個月都沒有變化，表示選擇關(guān)系用 or。

5.】花費幾年工作做某事“It took years of work to do”填to reduce。

6.】現(xiàn)在這條河比以前干凈了許多，填比較級cleaner。

7.】先行詞“習(xí)慣”habit在定語從句中做主語，指物可以用that/which。

8.令人驚嘆的故事，用形容詞修飾名詞，填 surprising。

9.從謂語動詞are 推斷出主語是復(fù)數(shù)形式，填changes 。

10.】耐心點 be動詞后用形容詞形式，填patient。

考點：詞匯的運(yùn)用。