AnthonyBurgesswas40whenhelearnedthathehadonlyoneyeartolive.Hehadabraintumor(肿瘤)that1.(kill)himwithinayear.Heknewhehadabattleonhishands.Hewascompletelybrokenatthetimesohehad2.toleavebehind

Question

Anthony Burgess was 40 when he learned that he had only one year to live. He had a brain tumor(肿瘤) that 1. (kill) him within a year. He knew he had a battle on his hands. He was completely broken at the time so he had 2. to leave behind for his wife Lynne.

Brugress had never been a professional novelist in the past 3. he always know the potential was inside him to be a writer. So for the purpose of 4. (leave) something behind for his wife he put a piece of paper into a typewriter and began writing. He was not sure

5.the book would be published nor not but he couldn’t think of anything else to do.

“6.was January of 1960 ” he said “and according to the prognosis I had a winter and spring and summer 7. (live) through and would die with the fall of the leaf.”

In that time Burgress wrote energetically finishing a lot of novels before8. year was through. Burgress did not die. His cancer had gone into remission and then disappeared9.(magic). In his long and full life as a novelist he wrote more than 70 books 10.turns out to be an amazing achievement. Without the death sentence from cancer he may not have written at all.

Answer 1

1.would kill2.nothing3.but4.leaving5.whether6.It7.to live8.the9.magically10.which
1. killed。2.考查代词。nothing表是什么都没有，something表示某些事。由前文“He was completely broken at the time”知，这时他的身体已经完全被破坏了，所以他应该是没有什么为他的妻子留下了。故填nothing。3. but for等等but 表示转折的含义，但是……，根据上文“so he had to leave behind for his wife Lynne.”所以他没有什么为他的妻子琳恩留下和下文“he always know the potential was inside him to be a writer.”他一直知道作为一个作者，他是有潜在价值的。安东尼没有什么为他的妻子留下，但他是个著名的作家。故填but。4.考查动名词。动名词即动词的ing形式，是属于非谓语动词的一种，其语法作用就是相当于名词，可以做主语，宾语。介词后面不能直接接动词，必须接动名词。of属于介词，故填leaving。5.考查连词whether用法。whether和if都有否定之意，都能引导从句，但whether引导的从句常与or、or not等连用，而if则一般不能。句中出现了or not，故填whether。6.考查物主代词it用法。it常用来指代时间、距离、天气、温度等，这里指代时间“January of 1960”1960年二月，故填It。7. sth to do表示有某事要做，have sb doing sth表示使某人做某事，have sth done表示使某事被做。“I had a winter and spring and summer (live) through ”意思是我还有一个冬天，一个春天，一个夏天去活。故填to live。8.考查定冠词的用法。定冠词the ，表示某一个，某一些特定的人或者事，且在形容词或者副词的最高级前，序数词前也要用定冠词。“before year was through.”指的是在今年过完之前，这里特指最后安东尼人生中的最后一年。故填the。9.magically修饰动词disappeared。故填magically。10. wrote more than 70 books turns out to be an amazing achievement.缺少关系代词做主语，指代books，且用逗号隔开了，故填which。
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