1Wednesdayevening,wewenttotheTownHall.2wasthelastdayoftheyearandalarge3ofpeoplehadgatheredundertheTownHallclock.Itwouldstrike4(twelve)intwenty5time.Fifteenminutespassedandthen,atfive6

Question

__1__ Wednesday evening,we went to the Town Hall.__2__ was the last day of the year and a large __3__ of people had gathered under the Town Hall clock.It would strike __4__( twelve ) in twenty __5__ time.Fifteen minutes passed and then,at five __6__ twelve,the clock stopped The big minute hand did not move.We waited __7__ waited,__8__ nothing happened.__9__( sudden ) someone shouted,'It's two minutes past twelve!The clock has stopped!' I looked at my watch.It was true.The big clock refused to welcome __10__ New Year.At that moment everybody began to laugh and sing.
4.为什么填twelve 5.为什么填minutes’
这篇是新概念英语上的原文

Answer 1

故事背景是新年前一天晚上,所以大家都在等大钟敲响十二点的钟声,所以是twelve;
还差二十分钟的时间就到十二点了,twenty minutes这个复数的名词短语作定语修饰time,后面要加上 ’s表示修饰关系,而minutes本身以s结尾,所以省略了s,只用’就可以了.