Question

【题目】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill inthe blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For theblanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the givenword; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Asleep on a plane: a case for window seats

I love tosleep on planes, and I have an unusual ability to sleep well on them. There have even been one or two occasions 【1】 I have fallen asleep before takeoff and awakened upon the impact of landing, not having realized we had even left the ground. So when 【2】 (book) my flights, I always choose the window seat whenever possible. This allows me to lean my sleepy headagainst the wall of the plane for a bit 【3】 (much) comfort.

Some 【4】 argue that the aisle（走廊）seat is superior for the leg space and the ability to get off swiftly and eye the snack cart. But in reality, we’re all getting our drinks and snacks 【5】 few seconds. Also, I find that if a person knows he’s in a window seat, he’ll choose to use the bathroom before boarding so that he 【6】 (not need) to disturb his neighbor, which is just considerate. And he’ll seize the opportunity to get up when another seatmate gets up so that the seatmate needn’t 【7】(bother) more than once.

As a photographer and visually oriented person, the window seat gives me the best views of cottony clouds, or a great sunset, or golden sunrise, etc. Most of all, 【8】 I’ve been flying for years, I still get pleasure of seeing my departing city or country 【9】 (shrink) into the distance,and the butterflies in my stomach when I see the horizon of my destination come into view. And those feelings of adventure and excitement are 【10】keep me coming back , flight after flight, to my window seat.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】when

【2】booking

【3】more

【4】can/ may

【5】every

【6】doesn’t need

【7】be bothered

【8】even if

【9】shrinking

【10】what

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，讲述了作者乘坐飞机时总是尽可能选择靠窗的座位及其原因。

【1】考查定语从句。句意：有那么一两次，我在起飞前睡着了，在着陆的冲击中醒来，却没有意识到我们已经离开了地面。此处为定语从句，关系词指代先行词occasions并在从句中作时间状语，故填when。

【2】考查状语从句的省略。句意：所以在订机票时，我总是尽可能选择靠窗的座位。在when引导的时间状语从句中，当从句主语和主句主语一致且含有be的某种形式时，可省略从句的主语和be，I与book之间是主动关系，故填booking。

【3】考查形容词比较级。句意：这让我可以把昏昏欲睡的脑袋靠在飞机的舱壁上，稍微舒服一点。A bit修饰形容词比较级，故填more。

【4】考查情态动词。句意：有些人可能会说，靠过道的座位更好，放腿的空间更大，可以迅速下飞机，还可以看到零食车。空后是动词原形，所以此处填情态动词，根据句意可知此处表示“可能”，故填can/ may。

【5】考查固定表达。句意：但事实上，我们每隔几秒钟都会得到饮料和零食。every few seconds表示“每隔几秒钟”，故填every。

【6】考查时态。句意：我发现如果一个人知道他坐在靠窗的座位上，他会在登机前选择上厕所，这样他就不必打扰邻座了。need to do的否定形式是在need前加don’t，陈述的是客观事实，用一般现在时，主语是he，谓语动词用第三人称单数形式，故填doesn’t need。

【7】考查被动语态。句意：当另一个邻座人站起来时，他会抓住机会站起来，这样邻座人就不必被打扰多次了。seatmate与bother之间是被动关系，应该用被动语态，情态动词needn’t后用动词原形，故填be bothered。

【8】考查让步状语从句。句意：即使我已经坐了很多年的飞机，看到我即将离开的城市或国家渐渐远去，我还是会感到很快乐。根据句意可知前后是让步关系，此处表示“即使”，故填even if。

【9】考查非谓语动词。句意同上，see sb doing表示“看见某人正在做某事”，故填shrinking。

【10】考查表语从句。句意：那些冒险和兴奋的感觉让我一次又一次地回到靠窗的座位上。此处为表语从句，从句中缺少主语，故填what。