4.每一个结果都有一个原因,这是肯定的。(what引导主语从句)

__________ is that every effect has a cause.

5.她兴冲冲地回到家里,却发现一个人也没有。(only to do...作结果状语)

She returned home excitedly, __________ nobody was in.

* 答案1.would rather help　2.had graduated　3.When was it that　4.What is certain　5.only to find

第三节 短文填空

　　根据课文内容,在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

　　Howard Carter was bright and curious　1　the world outside his home town. In 1891, he sailed to Alexandria, Egypt. By the 1920s, he　2　(become)an explorer　3　searched for the tombs of the Egyptian kings.

　　Carter's team found the tomb of King Tutankhamun.　4　people in Carter's team began to fall ill and die　5　(strange)not long after the tomb had been opened. Within seven years,21 people who had something to do with the opening of the tomb died.

　　Some people say the　6　(die)were just coincidence. Others believe that they were the result of the mummy's curse. Still others believe that there is a　7　(science)explanation, because inside the tombs　8　(be)many viruses.　9　is certain, though, is that "the curse of the mummy" remains　10　riddle to this day.

1.　　　2.　　　3.　　　4.　　　5.　　　

6.　　　7.　　　8.　　　9.　　　10.　　　

答案

1.about　考查短语搭配。be curious about sth."对......感到好奇"。

2.had become　考查时态。由前面的时间状语By the 1920s得知,要用过去完成时。

3.who/that　考查定语从句。先行词an explorer是人,所以要用who/that引导定语从句,且代替先行词在从句中作主语。

4.But　考查连词。与上文信息比较,下文团队里的人"生病"是没有想到的,所以用表示转折的连词。

5.strangely　考查副词。副词修饰动词,作状语,一般放在动词的后面。

6.deaths　考查词性转换。本题的上下文显示此处是说"死亡",所以用death的复数形式。