(2)B 第一个空是 hear sb. do sth. 结构, "听见某人做某事", 第二个空修饰的是cry这一表现出老妇人的情感的词, 所以用frightened。实际上,此时若强调"我"的感受,选A项也可以。
(3)D 第一个空"看见大蛇", "看"的逻辑主语是the little girl, 所以要用现在分词表示主动;后一个空指的是小女孩吓得掉了魂, 指人, 用过去分词。
2. last v. &adj.
(1)v. continue, go on"持续, 延续(无被动)", 后面常接表示一段的时间状语, 且状语前可带或不带for。
The hot weather will last until September.
酷热天气将会延续到九月。
The war lasted(for)5 years.
战争持续了5年。
(2)v. to remain of use耐久; 耐用
This kind of cloth lasts long.
这种布耐穿。
(3)v. to be enough for足够
The food will last for three days.
食物还能维持3天。
(4)adj. the one after all the others最后的
He was the last person to arrive at the party.
他是最后一个到达聚会的。
Saturday is the last day of a week.
星期六是一周的最后一天。
(5)adj. not possible最不可能的
He is the last man to tell lies.
他是最不可能说谎的人。
(6)adj. past 过去的
Great changes have taken place in China in the last ten years.
在过去10年里中国发生了很大变化。
(7)n. things or people remaining in the end 最后的人或事物
These are the last of our books.
我们就剩下这些书了。
[拓展]
at last最后
the last. . . but one倒数第二的
to the last直到最后
last of all在最后
lasting adj. 持久的, 永恒的
练习
It is said that the weather will_____________ hot for another three or four days.
A. look B. last C. stay D. get
答案:C 天气将继续热三四天。last后面通常要加表示时间的短语。
3. The wind blew the sand high around the houses, and some cars were almost completely buried by the sand.