Eric's grandmother1 was a dancer when she was young. When Eric looks at her now, he has a hard time(1)ˍˍwhat she must have looked like as a young woman. She is now eighty years old and has a bad back that causes her a lot of (2)ˍˍ. She can't sit down for long and when she stands up, she has to bend3 over. He wishes he(3) ˍˍ make her young and beautiful again. Sometimes he sees her looking at old photographs4 of herself. She likes to tell him about when she was a girl. (4)ˍˍ always makes him sad to hear her stories, but it makes her happy to remember when she was able to leap5 in the air. He thinks that (5)ˍˍ her mind she is still young and beautiful.
1.(A)imagine2(B)to imagine (C)and imagines(D)imagining
2.(A)pain(B)joy (C)happiness(D)angry
3.(A)can(B)could (C)must(D)has to
4.(A)That(B)It (C)This(D)He
5.(A)for(B)to(C)in(D)on
艾瑞克的祖母年輕時是個舞者,艾瑞克現在看她時,很難想像她年輕時會是個什麼樣子。她現在八十歲了,背部不好造成她很大的痛苦,她不能久坐,站起來時得彎著腰,他期望能讓她恢復青春美麗,有時候他會看到她獨自注視著舊照片。她喜歡向他敘述有關她年輕時的事情,聽她說故事讓他感到悲傷,但是每當她回憶當年她能夠在空中跳躍的日子會使她很快樂,他覺得她仍有年輕美麗的心境。
答案:1.(D)2.(A)3.(B) 4.(B)5.(C)
單字一點通
1.grandmother n. 祖母
2.imagine vt. 想像
3.bend vi. 彎腰,屈身
4.photograph n. 照片
5.leap vi. 跳,躍
片語大補帖
1.look like...... 看起來像……
例:Though he looks like a bad man, he is kind indeed.
雖然他看起來像壞人,實則心地善良。
2.bend over 彎腰
例:I bent over and picked up the garbage.
我俯身把垃圾拾起來。
3.in the air 在空中
例:I see some butterflies dancing in the air.
我看到幾隻蝴蝶在空中飛舞。
精解
1.此處空格應選(D)理由:
a.have a hard time Ving=have difficulty Ving
從事……有困難
have a good time Ving=have fun Ving
從事……很愉快
例:I used to have a hard time learning Chinese.
我過去學中文有困難。
b."have a hard time Ving"為固定用法,故(D)應為正選。
2.此處空格應選(A)理由:
a.pain n. 痛苦
b.joy n. 歡喜
c.happiness n. 愉快
d.angry a. 生氣的
e.空格前有 has a bad back
(背部不好),因此此處應填入名詞pain,前後語意始連貫,故(A)應為正選。
3.此處空格應選(B)理由:
a.空格前有wish(希望),其用法如下:
wish之後接that子句時,一定要使用假設語氣;與現在事實相反時,要用過去式;與過去事實相反時,則用過去完成式。
例:I wish he were here. 我真希望他現在就在這裡。
I wish he had been here.我真希望他當時就在這裡。
b.根據上述說明,可知空格應填過去式,以表與現在事實相反之涵義, 故(B)應為正選。
4.此處空格應選(B)理由:
本句中真正的主詞為不定詞片語(to hear her stories),故其前應置虛主詞it,以代替其後之不定詞片語,因此,空格應選(B)。
例:It is necessary to read these books.= To read these books is necessary.
這些書必須念。
5.此處空格應選(C)理由:
a.in one's mind 在某人心中
例:In my mind, Judy is the most beautiful girl in our class.
在我心中,茱蒂是我們班上最美麗的女孩。
b.to one's mind 依某人之見
=in one's opinion
例:To my mind, he is a liar.
依我看,他是一個騙子。
c.on one's mind 為某人所關心
例:What is on your mind
你有什麼心思?
d.無for one's mind之用法。
e.根據語意,(C)應為正選。