六、语法填空(10 分)
Saroo Brierley, a 4-year-old boy, lived in rural (农村的) India. One day, he played with his brother along the rail line and fell asleep (睡着的). When he woke up, he found himself alone (独自). A train was in front of him. "Maybe my brother 1.
is playing
(play) on the train," Brierley thought.
Brierley got on the train to look for his brother. That train took him a thousand 2.
miles
(mile) away from his home to a strange (陌生的) city. He had a hard time.
Brierley is a famous 3.
writer
(write) now. In his new book, *A Long Way Home*, he wrote he 4.
really
(real) missed (想念) his hometown, but he didn't know 5.
its
(it) name. It seemed hard to find a small neighbourhood in a large country.
Then he found a digital (数字的) map on the internet. He spent years 6.
looking
(look) for his hometown on it. In 2011, he found something familiar (熟悉的). He was looking at the town centre. He thought, "On the right side, there are some trains"—and there they were. "And on the left side, there 7.
is
(be) a big fountain (喷泉)"—and there it was. Everything matched! He was 8.
excited
(exciting).
In front of the house where he grew up as a child, he saw a lady 9.
standing
(stand) at the door. It took him a few seconds 10.
to find
(find) out that she was his mum.