题目内容
【题目】语法填空
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Walking down the city streets, you look up and see 1 red telephone box. Behind it, on the road, a big red double-floor bus passes by, 2 (carry) citizens and tourists. This is London. And the red is what the city is famous 3 .
Modern transportation has changed the way we lead our lives. One important means of transport has been the bus. In London, buses take on a bigger role. They are used to visit the city. Red tourist buses have open 4 (roof), which let people take photos, have an amazing view of the city and enjoy 5 (them) as they drive past Big Ben, the Thames and so on.
But how did the bus become unique to London culture? Horse-drawn buses enjoy a history of more than 180 years. They 6 (use) in London since 1829. By the early 20th century, motor-buses were driving around London. Bus companies used different colors at the time. One of the 7 (big) companies chose red because the bright colour made 8 easy for the citizens to pick out the bus. In 1933, when London transport was grouped into a single company, they chose the most 9 (wide)used color at the time-red.
And so the color red stayed in London. But it was in the mid-1950s 10 the red double-floor was born. Its name is the Routemaster. Built between 1954 and 1968, they still look traditional. Like they have been frozen in time.
【答案】
【1】a
【2】carrying
【3】for
【4】roofs
【5】themselves
【6】have been used
【7】biggest
【8】it
【9】widely
【10】 that
【解析】
【语篇解读】文章对英国伦敦的公交车为什么选择红色作为装饰颜色进行了介绍。
【1】考查冠词。此处指“一个红色的电话亭”。red是辅音音素开头的单词。故填a。
【2】考查非谓语。句子有谓语passes by,主语a big red double-floor bus与carry之间是主动关系, 所以用现在分词作伴随状语。故填carrying。
【3】考查介词。此处表示“伦敦因为红色而出名”,运用be famous for…短语。故填for。
【4】考查名词。根据前面的buses可知,此处用复数,指公交车的车顶。故填roofs。
【5】考查代词。enjoy oneself是固定搭配,指“玩得高兴”。故填themselves。
【6】考查时态和语态。根据时间状语since 1829可知,本句用现在完成时;主语they指代 Horse-drawn buses,与use之间是被动关系。故填have been used。
【7】 考查形容词。此处指最大的公司之一;one of the+形容词最高级+可数名词的复数形式。故填biggest。
【8】考查代词。在此it作形式宾语,真正的宾语是for the citizens to pick out the bus。故填it。
【9】考查副词。此处指“最广泛使用的颜色”,修饰形容词used用副词。故填widely。
【10】 10. 考查强调句。本句运用了强调句式“it is/ was+强调部分+that+句子其他部分”,在此强调了时间状语 “in the mid-1950s”。故填that。
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