短文填空,根据短文内容意思和首字母提示完成下面短文。
A Cold Welcome
On Wednesday evening, we went to the Town Hall. It was the l 1 day of the year and a large crowd of people had gathered u 2 the Town Hall clock. It would strike twelve i 3 twenty minutes' time. Fifteen minutes p 4 and then, at five to twelve, the clock stopped. The big minute h 5 did not move. We waited and waited, b 6 nothing happened. S 7 someone shouted, “It's two minutes past twelve! The clock has stopped!”I looked at my watch. I 8 was true. The big clock r 9 to welcome the New Year. At that moment, e 10 began to laugh and sing.
答案与提示:
1.last(根据文章的意思可判断:故事发生在一年的最后一天。)
2.under (句意是:人们聚集在大钟下面。)
3.in (句意是:20分钟之后大钟将会敲响。)
4.passed (句意是:十五分钟过去了。)
5.hand (钟里的“手”指的是“时/分针”。)
6.but (这里应该是转折关系。)
7.Suddenly (句意是:突然有人喊。)
8.It
9.refused (这里是引申的含义:在新年即将来临之际,钟停了就好像是“拒绝”欢迎新年。)
10.everybody (句意是:大伙开始谈笑和唱歌了。)
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