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【题目】Several days ago, a letter attracted a lot of attention on the Internet. It was written to NASA by 9-year-old Jack Davis 【1】 (ask) to be considered for a job working with astronauts. He wrote to apply 【2】 a planetary protection officer position at NASA. Despite his young age, he thought he would be fit for the job 【3】 (perfect).

With a pencil, he wrote: “I may be nine, but I think I would be 【4】 good fit. My sister says I am an alien. Also, I.【5】 (see) all the space and alien movies in the past years.” Jack ended the letter stating the other 【6】 (factor) that would make him perfect for the position, such as his great video game skills and his youth,【7】 would make it easy to learn to think like an alien. He then signed the letter, “Jack, Guardian of the Galaxy.”

The position of planetary protection officer is well-paid every year. The job, however, is more about science and biology and 【8】 (little) about fighting aliens. The officer must make sure that no new species or plants 【9】 (bring) to other planets, and doesn’t return from trips to space with anything that might harm Earth. The recent announcement of the position created in the 1960s has caused a lot of 【10】 (excite) in the public, according to a NASA’s statement.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】asking

【2】for

【3】perfectly

【4】a

【5】have seen

【6】factors

【7】which

【8】less

【9】are brought

【10】excitement

【解析】 本文为记叙文。9岁的杰克·戴维斯给NASA写了一封信，申请保护行星主任一职。他认为尽管他很小，但他认为他能胜任这份工作。这封信在互联网上引起了广泛的关注。

【1】 考查非谓语。9岁的Jack Davis写给美国宇航局的信，在信里申请一份与宇航员一起工作。分析句子可知，本句中的9-year-old Jack Davis 作介词by的宾语，而Jack Davis 的ask作宾语补足语，二者是主动关系，所以要用动词的ing 形式，因此本题中要填 asking。

【2】 考查固定搭配。apply for…为固定搭配，意为“申请…..”，故填for 。

【3】考查副词。尽管他很小，但他认为自己能胜任这份工作。分析本句可知，形容词perfect在句子中修饰动词be fit，修饰动词要用副词形式，故填 perfectly。

【4】 考查冠词。我九岁，但我认为我是一个很恰当的人选。分析句子可知，本句中表示量词“一”。故填a。

【5】考查时态。根据本句中的时间状语in the past years。可知，本句要用现在完成时。故填 have seen。句意：在过去的几年里，我看了所有的有关太空和外星类的电影。

【6】考查名词复数。根据本句后的such as his great video game skills and his youth,可知，有很多因素。故填 factors。

【7】考查定语从句。如他的非常棒的电子游戏技巧和他的年轻，这将使他很容易学会像外星人一样思考。分析句子可知，本句中的先行词是his great video game skills and his youth ，在从句中做主语，指物，故填which。

【8】 考查比较级。这项工作更多的是关于科学和生物学，而很少与外星人作战。根据前一句more about science a可知，本句中要用比较级，因此用little的比较级less。

【9】 考查谓语动词。官员必须确保没有新的物种或植物被带到其他行星。分析句子可知，make sure 后的宾语从句中的主语是 no new species or plants，而其谓语动词bring，与主语是被动关系。主语是复数，本句是一般现在时，故填 are brought。

【10】考查名词。 动词excite被a lot of 修饰，作其宾语，因此要用名词形式，故填excitement。