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4.I had just woken up when I ____1____a call from Pepe at La Gaviota restaurant. He told me that some big names were coming for lunch. I left my house as soon as I had phoned my editor to check what shots he wanted. I arrived at 11 am and ____2____ behind the bushes with my camera. I had been there ____3____ about two hours before an interesting car arrived. I saw George Clooney and his new girlfriend get out.____4____, I couldn’t get a good photo. Then, suddenly, I realised that they were going to the back door of the restaurant. I got on my motorbike and____5____their limousine. This time, I took a ____6____ shot of Clooney; he even smiled at me! I put the film in my pocket. Just then Clooney’s bodyguard saw me. He wanted the film. We fought and I just managed to ____7____. I rushed to the office on my bike, but when I arrived and searched____8____ the film, I realised that it had ____9____out of my pocket during the fight. I felt really ____10____!
A
with
B
for
C
till
答案解析
正确答案：B
解析：
这道题考查的是介词在表示时间段时的用法，具体针对第3空 `I had been there ____3____ about two hours...`。
**解析如下：**
1. **语境分析**：
句子意思是：“我在那里待了大约两个小时，直到一辆有趣的汽车到达。”
这里需要填入一个介词，用来连接“had been there”（待在那里）和“about two hours”（大约两小时这一段时间长度）。
2. **选项辨析**：
* **A. with**：通常表示伴随、拥有或使用工具，不能用来引导时间段。例如：*I went with him.*（我和他一起去的。）
* **B. for**：常与完成时态连用，用于表示动作或状态持续的**一段时间**（duration）。结构为：`for + 时间段`。例如：*I have lived here for ten years.*（我在这里住了十年。）
* **C. till / until**：表示“直到……为止”，后面通常接具体的**时间点**或事件，而不是时间段。例如：*I waited till 5 pm.*（我一直等到下午5点。）虽然句意中有“直到车来”的意思，但空格后紧跟的是 `about two hours`（时间段），如果用 till，语意会变成“我待在那里直到‘两小时’这个概念结束”，逻辑不通。正确的 till 用法应该是 *I had been there till a car arrived*。
3. **结论**：
因为空格后是 `about two hours`，这是一个表示持续长度的时间段，所以必须使用介词 **for**。
* 完整句子：*I had been there **for** about two hours before an interesting car arrived.*
* 翻译：在那辆有趣的汽车到达之前，我在那里已经待了大约两个小时。
因此，正确答案是 **B**。
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