Question

9．Many fourth graders would panic in an emergency situation，（61）yet/but  one Pennsylvania nine-year-old is being called a hero after discovering a  （62）dying  （die'） man and knowing exactly what to do to save his life．This past Friday，Owen Sambol  （63）was heading（head） home，from school on a cold，snowy day when he heard a faint noise that sounded like someone crying for help．（64）Without  hesitating，he ran behind the house to see where it was coming from and discovered  （65）a  man lying face down in the snow．
The little boy tried his（66）hardest （hard） to pull the man up，but he wasn't strong enough．Instead of panicking，he told the man he would get his mother，（67）who  is afire-fighter，and come right back for him．Mom Ashley Sambol called 911 right away，then pulled the man up and carried him into her home because she was afraid he had hypothermia（低体温）after（68）being left/having been left（leave）in the snow for so long．
"I take（69）pride （proud）in him，"Ashley said about her son，who stayed calm and saved a life that afternoon．"Had he been out there any longer and who knows．''（70）Thankfully（thank），the man was rescued just in time and is now healing in the hospital．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要讲述四年级学生Owen Sambol在雪地里救了个快要死亡的人而被叫做英雄．上周五，他放学回家，听到一个微弱的声音喊救命，他没有犹豫，找到那个喊救命的人，发现一个人面朝下躺在雪地里，他和他妈妈救了那个人．

解答 61．yet/but 考查连词．前后两个句子表示转折关系，用连词yet/but．    
62．dying 考查现在分词．dying意为"即将死亡的"．      
63．was heading 考查动词时态．was/were doing sth．when-did sth．意为"正在做某事，这时突然…"，是一种句式结构．
64．Without 考查介词．  hesitating是动名词，根据上下文语境，用介词without，意为"无，没有"．
65．a 考查冠词．man是可数名词，其前加不定冠词a表示泛指．
66．hardest 考查固定搭配．try one's hardest意为"尽某人最大努力"，是固定搭配．
67．who 考查定语从句．分析句子结构可知这是一个定语从句，先行词mother在从句中作主语，用关系代词who．
68．being left/having been left 考查动词动名词．after是介词，后后接动词时用动名词形式，he与leave之间是动宾关系，用动名的一般被动式或完成被动式．
69．pride 考查固定搭配．take pride in意为"以…为傲"，是固定搭配．           
70．Thankfully 考查副词．修饰句子用副词．

点评 在一篇200词左右的语篇（短文或对话）中留出10处空白，部分空白的后面给出单词的基本形式，要求考生根据上下文填写空白处所需的内容或所提供单词的正确形式，所填写词语不得多于3个单词．要做好语法填空题，理解短文是解题的前提，扎实的词汇、句型和语法知识是基础，英语国家的背景知识是必要的补充．考生须灵活运用语法知识，如单词词性、单词时态、名词单复数、连接词、代词、冠词等判断各空白处应填写的内容．答完后，还要通读全文，核对所填单词形式是否正确，是否符合语境．