1、1语法填空(四) 马里青年的英雄之举+艾尔西艾勒的幸福生活阅读下面短文,在空白处填入一个适当的词,或填入括号中所给单词的正确形式。AA young man from Mali(马里) was praised as a hero after he climbed up an apartment building in Paris to save a four-year-old child hanging from a balcony(阳台).Mamoudou Gassama 1. (watch) a football match in a local restaurant when he hea
2、rd people shouting outside. He went out of the restaurant and saw a little boy 2. (hang)from the balcony of an apartment building. Without thinking 3. (two), the 22-year-old young man ran across the road and started climbing the building. He used the railings(金属栏杆) on each balcony to pull 4. (him) u
3、p to the next floor. 5. took him less than 30 seconds to climb up four floors to reach the boy. As he took the boy inside the apartment 6. (safe), people broke out in cheers. The video showing Gassama saving the little boy soon spread like wildfire online, and the young man 7. (give) the name “Spide
4、rman.” The boys family thanked Gassama later and called him a true hero. Gassama was also invited 8. (meet) French President Emmanuel Macron. He was given a certificate(证书) and a gold medal from the President 9. his bravery. He was also rewarded with an offer of French nationality and a job as a fir
5、efighter. The young man, 10. arrived in Paris a few months ago with the dream of making a better life for himself in the city, is expected to help more people with his skills in the future. B2At the age of 84, Elsie Eiler is still the mayor(镇长) of her home town of Monowi in the United States. She is
6、 not only the mayor, but also the clerk and secretary.This is 11. she is the only person that still lives in the town. Monowi had a population of 150 in the 1930s. As more and more people moved away in search of jobs in other towns and cities, the population 12. (drop) to 18 in 1980.Eventually, ther
7、e were only two people 13. (leave) in Monowi. They were Eiler and her husband. Eiler decided to stay in the town after her husband 14. (die) in 2004, which made her the only resident(居民) of the town. Eiler lives alone, 15. she is not lonely. She works twelve hours a day in a bar in Monowi. This is t
8、he only business in town; the post office and the three shops closed 16. 1967 and 1970, followed by the school in 1974. She served hamburgers, hot dogs and drinks in her bar. Most of her customers live within 20 to 30 miles; she 17. (know) them for much of her life. Others drive 200 miles from nearb
9、y cities to have a drink or play cards in the bar. There are also 18. (visit) coming from around the world to see her. Eiler says that she is happy 19. (live) in Monowi because she grew up there. She also keeps a list of abandoned(遗弃的) houses in her town, in case someone wants to move into one of them and doubles the 20. (town) population. 参考答案A 1.was watching 2.hanging 3.twice 4.himself5.It 6.safely 7.was given 8.to meet 9.for 10.whoB 11.because 12.dropped 13.left 14.died 15.but 16.between 17.has known 18.visitors 19.to live 20.towns
