Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

Everything that is alive needs energy. All animals get the energy they need from food. People are animals. Think about the human body as an 【1】(amaze) machine. It can do all kinds of things for us. Food is the fuel 【2】 helps keep the machine 【3】(run).

Plants use sunlight to make their own food. Animals are not able to do that. Some animals eat plants. Some animals eat other animals as meat. Some animals, like people, eat both plants 【4】 animals.

Since plants make their own food using sunlight, the sun’s energy is found in plants. The sun’s energy is very strong. It loses a lot of its 【5】(strong) by the time it goes into a plant.

When we eat plants, we get 【6】(much) of the sun’s energy than when we eat animals. That’s 【7】 it is good to eat fruits and vegetables. When an animal eats a plant, it gets less energy. The animal also used its energy 【8】(find) the plant to eat. When a second animal eats the first animal, it gets even less energy than the first animal got. 【9】 second animal used a lot of energy to chase the first animal.

Like a car that has to【10】(fill) with gasoline, living things have to eat again and again. Instead of gasoline, living things use food as fuel.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】amazing

【2】that/which

【3】running

【4】and

【5】strength

【6】more

【7】why

【8】to find

【9】The

【10】be filled

【解析】

【1】amazing 考查形容词。把人的身体看作一个令人惊奇的机器，修饰machine，故填-ing形式的形容词amazing。

【2】that/which 考查定语从句。食物就是保持机器运转的燃料。此处为定语从句，修饰先行词fuel，且从句中缺主语，故填that/which。

【3】running 考查动词短语。keep sb．/sth．doing保持…一直做…，故填running。

【4】and 考查连词。both．．.and...固定句型。

【5】strength 考查名词。太阳的能量是很强的，它在进入植物的时候会损失很多的力量。前面有形容词性物主代词its修饰，故填strength。

【6】more 考查形容词的比较级。根据后句中的than可知，此处应使用比较级，故填more。

【7】why 考查表语从句。这就是为什么吃水果和蔬菜有益于身体，故填why

【8】to find 考查非谓语动词。动物也会使用其能量寻找植物。此处为不定式作目的状语，故填to find。

【9】The 考查冠词。句意：第二个动物会花很多的能量去追捕第一个动物。序数词前加定冠词The。

【10】be filled 考查被动语态。就像一辆汽车需要被装满汽油一样。have to后面接动词原形，故填be filled。