Question

At the entrance 1. a big office in London there was a book 2. all employees had to sign 3. they arrived each morning. At nine o’clock, the manager’s secretary, who lived in a small flat above the office, had to 4. a red line under the last name in the book, and anyone who came after that had to explain_ 5. he was late. 6. there was a thick fog in the city, the first person7. (arrive) late usually wrote “Delayed by fog” under the red line in the book, and then everybody 8. who came after that just put “ditto” underneath. But one foggy morning, the first man who arrived late wrote “My wife had a baby early this morning” ___9. of “delayed by fog” under the red line in the book. Twenty or thirty people who came____10. (介詞) him put “ditto” underneath this as usual.

Answer 1

1.to

2.which

3.when

4.draw

5.why

6.whenever

7.to arrive

8.else

9.instead

10.after

【解析】

1.】某地的入口處，entrance to someplace。

2.】先行詞是a book，在定語從句中作賓語，用which。

3.】當(dāng)大家早上到辦公大樓時，要簽字。填時間狀語when。

4.】秘書會在最后一名的名字下面畫上紅線，have to do后填動詞原形draw。

5.】在此之后到達(dá)的人要解釋為什么遲到。填原因狀語why。

6.】無論什么時候城市有濃霧，第一個遲到的人就寫上由于大霧耽擱。填 whenever。

7.】序數(shù)詞后用不定式結(jié)構(gòu)，填 to arrive。

8.】其余的所有遲到的人在下面寫同上，填其余的人else。

9.】而不是，固定短語instead of。

10.】在他之后到來的，填介詞after。

考點(diǎn)：詞匯的運(yùn)用