题目内容
【题目】仔细阅读下面短文,根据上下文填入适当的词语,或使用括号中的词语的适当形式填空。
Our modern world is founded on science and on technology too, which is the ___【1】___ (apply) of science to everyday affairs. Almost everything we do __【2】___ (depend) on our modern devices such as automobiles, record players and TV sets, and these ___【3】__ turn depend on scientific principles. Our future will depend on computers, robots, nuclear power and rockets ships, all of __【4】___ only make sense if we understand science.
If a person does not understand __【5】__ makes these things work, they might as well be magic. People without ___【6】__ understanding of science live in a world that makes no sense. They might say, “So what? All I want to do is ___【7】___ (make) a living, have a family and look at the scenery”. They may find this is not so easy. Surely, it will be ___【8】____(increase) important, as the years pass, for people to understand science if they are going to be expected to help make ____【9】__ (intelligence) decisions about how to use science to save the world and not to destroy it.
That is __【10】 __ it is important to study science even if one is not going to be a scientist.
【答案】
【1】application
【2】depends
【3】in
【4】which
【5】what
【6】an
【7】(to) make
【8】increasingly
【9】intelligent
【10】why
【解析】
【1】application 考查名词。句意:我们现代社会由科技建立起来的,这是日常生活的科技应用;
【2】depends 考查动词 。句意:几乎我们所做的每件事依赖现代科技,比如汽车,录像机和电视,这些东西反过来依赖科学法则;
【3】in 考查介词。In turn反过来;
【4】which 考查定语从句。句意:我们的将来依赖电脑,机器,核动力和飞船,如果我们理解科学,所有的一切才有意义;
【5】what 考查宾语从句。句意:如果一个人不能理解什么让这些东西工作,他们好象是有魔力的;what引导understand的宾语从句;
【6】an 考查冠词。A understanding of science科学的理解;
【7】(to) make 考查非谓语动词 。句意:所有我想做的是谋生。不定式做表语;
【8】increasingly 考查副词。句意:可以肯定地是,这将越来越重要,increasingly用来修饰形形容词。
【9】intelligent 考查形容词。Make intelligent decisions做出明智的决定。
【10】why 考查表语从句。句意:这是为什么即使不做科学家研究科学也是非常重要的;