In the last years of the 1920s, hundreds of record flights were made. A few were

In the last years of the 1920s, hundreds of recordflights were made. A few were made by women. But no woman had flown across theAtlantic Ocean. A wealthy American woman, Amy Guest,  1. (buy)a plane to do this. However, her family were against the idea. 2. shelooked for another woman to take  3. place.Friends suggested Amelia Earhart, who became interested in flying while  4.  (live)in Toronto. American publisher George Putnam had helped organize the AtlanticOcean flight 5.  made Amelia famous. Afterwards,  6. continued to support her flying activities. In 1931, George and Ameliawere married. He helped provide her7. financial support.

8.  May 20th, 1932, Amelia took offfrom Newfoundland. She headed east in  9.  small redand gold plane. Amelia had problems with ice on the wings, and fog from theocean. At one point, her plane dropped  10.   (sudden)900 meters. She regained control. And after 15 hours she landed inIreland. She had become the first woman to fly across the Atlantic Ocean alone.

试题答案

【答案】

1.bought

2.So

3.her

4.living

5.which/ that

6.he

7.with

8.On

9.a

10.suddenly

【解析】

1.发生在过去的事情，故用一般过去时

2.然而她的家人反对这个主意，所以她寻找了另外一位女士，故用So

3. 她的飞机，故用her

4.Amelia Earhart与live是主动关系，故用现在分词living

5. 定语从句，先行词是物，故用which/ that

6. 根据In 1931, George andAmelia were married. He helped provide her with

financial support.

7.固定句型 provide sb. with sth.给某人提供某物

8.on表示具体的某一天

9.表示泛指，用不定冠词 “a”

10.副词修饰动词

考点：词汇，语态考查题

点评：做这类题，不但要选择正确意义的词，还要根据具体语境，选择适当的时态、语态及使用正确的词形。把握全文意思，分析句子之间的关系至关重要。