On our way to the house, it was raining 56． hard that we couldn’t help wondering how long it would take 57．(get) there. It was in the middle of Pearl City.
We were first greeted with the barking by a pack 58． dogs, seven to be exact. They were well trained by their masters 59． had great experience with caring for these animals. Our hosts shared many of their experiences and 60．(recommend) wonderful places to eat, shop, and visit. For breakfast, we were able to eat papaya(木瓜) and other fruits from their trees in the backyard.
When they were free from work, they invited us to local events and let us know of an interesting 61．(compete) to watch, together with the story behind it. They also shared with us many 62．(tradition) stories about Hawaii that were 63．(huge) popular with tourists. On the last day of our week-long stay, we 64．(invite) to attend a private concert on a beautiful farm on the North Shore under the stars, 65．(listen) to musicians and meeting interesting locals.
56．so
57．to get
58．of
59．who
60．recommended
61．competition
62．traditional
63．hugely
64．were invited
65．listening
【分析】
这是一篇记叙文。作者讲述了他们去夏威夷度假途中的经历以及到了主人家后受到的礼遇，主人热情招待他们，还在工作之余带他们参加了很多当地的活动。
56．考查副词。句意：在我们去那座房子的路上，雨下得如此大以至于我们不能不想还要多久才能到达那里。“so...that...”意为“如此……以至于……”，固定句型。故填so。
57．考查固定搭配。本句运用了take...to do sth.，意为“花费……做某事”，故此处应填to get。
58．考查介词。“a pack of”意为“一群……”。故填of。
59．考查定语从句。句意：它们被他们的主人训练地很好，它们的主人在照顾这些动物方面很有经验。先行词为masters（主人），且从句缺主语。故关系词填who。
60．考查一般过去时。句意：我们的主人跟我们分享了很多他们的经历并推荐了一些很好的吃饭、购物和参观的地方。“and”前后两个动作“shared”与“recommended”是并列关系，时态一致。故填recommended。
61．考查名词。由空格前的不定冠词an与空格后的不定式to watch可以确定空格处应该填名词形式。故填competition。
62．考查形容词。空格修饰名词stories，应用形容词形式，tradition的形容词为traditional，故填traditional。
63．考查副词。空格处修饰形容词popular，应用副词形式，huge的副词为hugely，故填hugely。
64．考查一般过去时的被动语态。句意：我们被邀请去参加一场私人音乐会。由“on the last day of our week-long stay”可知，句子时态为一般过去时，用被动语态。主语为we，故填were invited。
65．考查非谓语动词。本句谓语动词为“were invited”，所以空格处动词listen应用非谓语动词形式。听音乐这个动作是由we发出的，所以选用现在分词形式。也可由and前后连接两个并列的结构这一规律解题，and后meeting interesting locals为分词形式，故空格处填listening。