Question

【题目】

A. across B. succeed C. rough D. distances E. success

It wasn’t a long journey, only about 3 miles but the engineers hope to use it for longer 【1】. Drones could make these deliveries safer and quicker than other vehicles. As they are unmanned, they might even be cheaper to operate.

The operation was a 【2】 and the patient is now getting better in a hospital in the USA. “This whole thing is amazing,” she said. Drones are already being used 【3】 the world to help people and save lives. In Africa, drones are often used to deliver medicine to remote or hard-to-reach places. They’ve also been used in Australia to help find people caught in 【4】 seas and even deliver safety devices to people in danger. As this new technology develops, who knows what other uses we could find for drones?

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】E

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文，主要讲述无人机使运输安全而且更快速，无人操作所以更便宜。介绍了手术的成功，并讲述了无人机的广泛使用。

【1】

句意：这不是很长的旅程，只有大约3英里，但是工程师希望使用它来飞行更长的距离。

longer后面缺名词，根据“It wasn’t a long journey, only about 3 miles”可知此处指的是距离，用复数名词distances。故选D。

【2】

句意：手术很成功，病人现在在美国的一家医院逐渐好转。

不定冠词a后面用单数名词，根据“the patient is now getting better”可知手术很成功，此处用名词success。故选E。

【3】

句意：飞行器已经被用来在全世界使用来帮助人们挽救生命。

根据“the world”可知此处缺介词，用across the world表示“在全世界”。故选A。

【4】

句意：它们也已经在澳大利亚被使用来帮助找到困在风大浪急的海里的人们，甚至给那些在危险中的人们传递安全设备。

名词seas前用形容词修饰，根据“people caught in”可知此处用rough seas表示“风大浪急的海里”。故选C。