Question

It is good news that more and more people choose the bicycle as the means of transportation in China because there is too much traffic in the busy streets.

Xu Shima was 16 in 1980 and had to learn a trade（买卖）. He c__1.___ bicycle repair. Over the next twenty years, it proved to be a wise d___2.__. At that time, China was known a___3.___ the "Kingdom of Bicycles" and was home to the world's largest number of people who ride bicycles. In the 1990s, Xu's business was the most s__4.__.

But in 2000, Xu had to g__5.___ up his trade because more and more people began to use electric bicycles and cars. He even made a living by s__6.___ fruits and working as a factory security guard (保安). He showed n___7.___ interest in returning to bicycle repair.

Yet the tide has again turned, and in 2009 Xu returned to his trade and now repairs a lot of bicycles a day. Xu is o___8.___ of 155 bike mechanics (修理工) at the Hangzhou Public Bicycle Transportation Development Co and fixes the company's n___9.___ 70,000 public bicycles in the city.

"I'm glad cycling is p___10.___ again," says Xu.

Inspired by the public bicycle system in Paris, Hangzhou government set up its own project in May 2008, hoping to ease the city's increasing traffic jams in this way.

 

Answer 1

1.chose

2.decision

3.as

4.successful

5.give

6.selling

7.no

8.one

9.nearly

10.popular

【解析】

试题分析：短文通过介绍一名自行车修理工从他开始选择这项职业到放弃修理工作，最后又选择了这项工作的经过，也从另一个角度说明了中国的交通方式的改变，从自行车王国到出行使用小汽车，人们认识到了环境的重要性，又开始让自行车成为大众化的交通工具。

1.考查动词及语境的理解。联系上文：现在越来越多的人选择了自行车出行。Xu Shima在十六岁的时候，不得不要学会了一门手艺。他选择了修理自行车。表示过去时间的动作用一般过去时。故填：chose

2.考查名词及语境的理解。联系句意：在超过二十年的时间里，证明了这是一个明智的选择。在那时中国以自行车王国而著名。在二十世纪九十年代，他的生意取得了很大的成功。联系下文，体现他选择的学艺是正确的决定。运用名词形式。故填：decision

3.考查连词及语境的理解。联系句意：在那时中国以自行车王国而著名。在二十世纪九十年代，他的生意取得了很大的成功。考查固定短语：be known as以……著名。故填：as

4.考查形容词及语境的理解。联系句意：在那时中国以自行车王国而著名。在二十世纪九十年代，他的生意取得了很大的成功。通过描述他的选择是正确的，因此说明他的生意是最成功的。运用成功的形容词形式。故填：successful

5.考查动词及语境的理解。联系句意：但是，在2000年，因为越来越多的人开始用电动车和小汽车。所以徐不得不放弃他的职业。分析：考查固定短语: give up 放弃。动词不定式后面用动词原形。故填：give

6.考查动词及语境的理解。联系上文：他放弃了修理自行车。他甚至通过卖水和成为工厂的保安来谋生。他没有体现出重新修理自行车的兴趣。分析：by介词，后接动词doing形式。故填：selling

7.考查词义及语境的理解。联系上文：他放弃了修理自行车。他甚至通过卖水和成为工厂的保安来谋生。他没有体现出重新修理自行车的兴趣。表示没有，用no.故填：no

8.考查代词及语境的理解。联系句意：然而，趋势发生了改变，在2009年他又重新做了以前的职业，现在每天修理许多自行车。他已经成为杭州公共自行车交通发展有限公司中155名修理工中的一员。分析：考查固定短语：one of +可数名词复数，……中的一员。故填：one

9.考查副词及语境的理解。联系句意：他们修理公司的接近七万辆公共自行车。考查单词接近nearly.故填：nearly

10.考查形容词及语境的理解。联系句意：徐说的一句话：“我很高兴，骑自行车又开始流行了。”分析：考查形容词，流行的popular.故填：popular

考点：日常生活类短文阅读。