Question

【题目】阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（不多于3个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。

British families started going on holiday to the seaside around the middle of the 19th century. The【1】(invent) of the railways made this possible. The first holidaymakers【2】(be) quite rich and went for their health and education. The seaside was a place to cure people of illness. And doctors recommended bathing in the sea and drinking sea water. At that time ordinary working people had very little time off work.【3】, in 1871 the government introduced four “Bank Holidays”, that is national holidays. This allowed people【4】(have) a day or two out now and then,【5】gave them a taste for leisure and seaside. At first, they went on a day trip, taking advantage【6】special trip tickets on the railways. By the 1880s,【7】(rise) incomes meant that many ordinary workers and their families could have holiday at the seaside. Welfare was reduced and cheap hotels【8】(build) for them. Holidaymakers enjoy【9】(sit) on the beach, bathing in the sea and eating ice cream. Cheap entertainment was on offer and holidaymakers went to have fun. Today【10】English seaside remains popular with more than 18 million holidays taken there each year.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】invention

【2】were

【3】However

【4】to have

【5】which

【6】of

【7】rising

【8】were built

【9】sitting

【10】the

【解析】试题分析：本文属于记叙文，介绍了英国家庭到海边度假的历史发展过程。

【1】invention考查名词。根据下文谓语动词made可知，此处应用名词在句中做主语,故填invention。

【2】were 考查主谓一致。根据空前面的名词holidaymakers可知谓语部分应该用be的复数形式，根据前文的the 19th century可知应用过去时，故填were。

【3】However 考查连词。句意：在那时普通工人很少有不工作的时候，然而在1871年，政府引起了“Bank Holidays”，这是国家法定家日子。前后句表示转折关系，故填However表示转折。

【4】to have 考查固定搭配。动词短语allow sb to do sth允许某人做某事。句意：这就允许人们有一两天的时间休息。

【5】which考查定语从句。本空后是定语从句，从句中缺少主语，且是非限制性定语从句，故用which引导。

【6】of 考查动词短语。短语take advantage of利用....。句意：起初，他们利用了火车上的特价票去旅游。

【7】rising 考查分词做定语用法。本句中名词incomes与rise是主动关系，应用现在分词形式作定语。

【8】were built 考查语态。名词hotels是build动作的承受者，同时叙述的是发生在过去的事情，故填一般过去时的被动语态形式were built。

【9】sitting 考查固定搭配。动词短语enjoy doing sth喜欢做某事；动词enjoy后跟动名词doing做宾语。

【10】the 考查定冠词。本句中名词seaside是中心词，后面有English修饰seaside，说明此处表示特指，故填the。