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Our Future Homes

 What kinds of homes will we live         the future? Nobody can be sure,         architects, and scientists are         new ideas now.

  Some architects are thinking about          whole cities under huge glass domes. Of course, complicated heating and        systems will be necessary to control the climate in the domes.        , there will never be any rain      snow, and the temperature will be always        .

  Perhaps everyone will live in vertical(立体的)       . High rises are so large that they can contain all the necessities of life. Since vertical cities will use        land than horizontal cities, and provide homes for more people, they will be       for small countries that have      populations.

Another idea that will be helpful to        countries (and island countries) is

the      city. Monaco has already built homes, stores, and offices         the water of the Mediterranean Sea. And a Japanese       has made a plan for constructing buildings on bridges over Tokyo Bay.

  There are some people who think we will go back to living in       . But the caves of the future will be quite      the caves of the Stone Age. Computers will control light and climate. Farms and parks will be on the land      the cave city. When people want to go to the country or to a park, a short ride in       will take them there.

1.A. in                                             B. in at                         C. in in                                   D. in for

2.A. and                                B. or                    C. but                                    D. however

3.A. working out                B. working at         C. working on                  D. thinking

4.A. burying                             B. destroying            C. founding                          D. building

5.A. cooling                              B. cold                           C. living                     D. social

6.A. So                                 B. However                 C. Therefore                        D. Even if

7.A. or                             B. and                          C. but                                    D.  with

8.A. pleased                        B. happy                  C. content                              D. comfortable

9.A. towns                               B. villages                C. buildings                    D. cities

10.A. fewer                                   B. more                       C. larger                              D. less

11.A. practical                     B. expensive               C. unnecessary                  D. useless

12.A. big                              B. many                       C. much                              D. large

13.A. huge                                    B. small                        C. strong                    D. great

14.A. floated                            B. float                          C. floating                           D. to float

15.A. in                                          B. under                      C. over                               D. on

16.A. teacher                          B. sailor                         C. doctor                            D. architect

17.A. houses                            B. caves                        C. buildings                        D. cities

18.A. different from              B. similar with      C. equal to                   D. the same as

19.A. under                            B. in                           C. over                                 D. far from

20.A. a bus                                    B. ship                          C. an elevator              D. a train

 

【答案】

 

1.C

2.C

3.A

4.D

5.A

6.C

7.A

8.D

9.D

10.D

11.A

12.D

13.B

14.C

15.D

16.D

17.B

18.A

19.C

20.C

【解析】

试题分析:文章叙述了建筑师对未来家园的几种设想:圆顶的城市,立体的城市,漂浮的城市,山洞城市。

1.C考查介词。句意: 在将来我们住在什么样的房子里呢?因为宾语是房子,live居住,是不及物动词,带宾语时需加in,再有就是关键词the future,构成短语:in the future,所以C正确。

2.C考查连词。句意:没有人能够确定,但考古学家和科学家正在想出新的想法呢。根据前后两句之间的关系应该是转折关系,but是连词,而however是副词,因为前后是两个句子,应该用连词,所以C正确。

3.A考查动词短语辨析。句意: 但考古学家和科学家正在设计新的想法呢。A. working out          设计出,计算出       B. working at从事             C. working on     从事     D. thinking认为,根据句意应该是设计出,所以A正确。

4.D考查动词辨析。句意:一些考古学家正在考虑在巨大玻璃圆顶下建一座城市。A. burying        埋 B. destroying毁坏C. founding成立         D. building建造,根据句意所以D正确。

5.A考查词义辨析。句意:当然了,复杂的加热和冷却系统将是必要的。把握关键词and,前后连接并列成分,前面是加热,后面应该是冷却,A. cooling  冷却B. cold      冷的C. living     生活D. social社会的,社交的,所以A正确。

6. C考查副词。句意:将不会有雨也不会有雪,根据前后句之间当然是因果关系,A. So 因此(连词)B. However然而 C. Therefore因此(副词)D. Even if(即使),根据空后的逗号,所以是副词,所以C正确。

7.A考查连词。句意: 将不会有雨也不会有雪,根据句意是连续否定,所以用or .

8.D考查形容词。句意:温度将是总是让人舒服的。根据前句既有圆顶,又有冷却和加热系统,A. pleased 高兴的    B. happy高兴的C. content满意的D. comfortable舒适的,所以D正确

9.D考查名词。句意:或许大家都愿意住在立体的城市里。根据后线索:Since vertical cities will use        land than horizontal cities,,所以是城市,D正确

10.D考查形容词和语境理解。句意:由于立体的城市将比地面上的城市使用更少的土地。根据句意和语境理解,因为是立体的,所以使用的土地更少,所以D正确。

11.A考查形容词。句意:由于用地少,为更多的人提供的家园,所以对于人口多的小城市来说更加实用。A. practical实用的B. expensive昂贵的      C. unnecessary不必要的D. useless无用的,所以A正确

12.D考查形容词。句意: 对于人口多的小城市来说更加实用。根据固定用法:人口的多少不用many,much,而应该用large和small,所以D正确

13.B考查语境理解。句意:对于小的国家和岛国有帮助的另外一个想法就是漂流的城市。根据前线索:they will be      for small countries,float意思为"漂浮",此处为现在分词短语作定语。所以B正确

14.C考查语境理解。句意: 对于小的国家和岛国有帮助的另外一个想法就是漂流的城市,根据后线索:and offices         the water of the Mediterranean Sea.,所以C正确

15.D考查介词。句意: 摩纳哥已经在地中海的海面上建了家园,商店和办公室。因为是漂在水面上的,所以用on,所以D正确

16.D考查名词和语境理解。句意:一个日本的建筑师做了一个跨越东京湾建房的计划。. A. teacher老师B. sailor       船员C. doctor  医生D. architect建筑师,所以D正确。

17.B考查名词。句意:还有人认为我们将回到山洞里居住。go back to doing sth.意思为"重操旧业"。这里是指又重新生活在洞穴里,所以B正确。

18.A考查形容词短语。句意未来的山洞和石器时代的山洞很不同。根据后线索Computers will control light and climate,当然是不同了,所以A正确。

19.C考查介词。句意:农田和公园将在山洞城市的上面A. under在。。。下面 B. in        在。。。里C. over      在。。。上方      D. far from远离,over是指在洞穴的上方,所以C正确

20.C考查名词。句意:当人们想去乡村或者公园时坐电梯一会就到。根据前线索:Farms and parks will be on the land      the cave city,是往上走,所以C正确。

考点:社会生活类短文理解。

 

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