Question

  Car chases in the Los Angeles area are a(n) 1. (fair) regular occurrence. People like watching car chases. A viewer never knows 2. will happen next. Does the driver have a weapon? 3. the driver get into an accident?Many channels see their ratings increase quickly when they air car chases.

   Police are not always happy 4. the media covering car chases live on the air. Police worry that people 5. (try) to escape enjoy the attention. Police feel that broadcasting car chases encourages people 6. (escape) . Police also worry that the attention 7. (bring) innocent bystanders to the street. Someone could get hurt. The media insists they have the right to show car chases. They feel they are informing 8. public.

   Car chases happen for many reasons.Sometimes police will chase someone 9.stole a car. Other times the police may try to do a routine traffic stop. However,the driver with the 10.(break) taillight may have to be arrested,so off he drives.

Answer 1

1. whether。考查连词。whether ...or ...是固定搭配，意为“无论还是……”。

2. beneficial。考查形容词作表语的 用法。设空处作表语，且意为“有 益的”，故填 beneficial。

3. mentally。考查副词。and连接的 是两个并列的成分，故填副词形 式。

4. that。考查连接词。设空处引导表 语从句且从句意义及成分均完整， 故填that。

5. a。考查不定冠词。live a long life意为“活得久”。

6. was taught。考查一般过去时的被 动语态。主语yoga是谓语动作 teach的承受者，且这里说的是过去 发生的事，故填was taught。

7. meaning。考查动词-ing形式作定 语的用法。word与rr^an之间是逻 辑上的主谓关系，故域meaning。

8. our。考¥代词。由设空处后的名 词phones可知，在此填our。

9. normally。考查副词。设空处修饰 动词 close ,故填 normally。

10. that/ which。考查关系词。设空 处引导定语从舍修饰pleasures,且 在从句中作主语，故填that / which。