Question

【题目】

A. survive B. drops C. created D. survey E. go ahead

For the first time, a heart needed for a life-saving operation was delivered by a flying drone! It’s not often that life-saving help 【1】 in from the sky, but that’s just what happened to one patient in a city in the United States. She had been waiting for a heart transplant for eight years and had finally heard that the operation could 【2】.

These operations are where organs, such as a heart, are taken from one person’s body and put into the body of someone else, who needs it to 【3】. It’s really important to get the organ to the person as quickly as possible. Previously, they have usually been delivered by ambulance or plane. This patient’s new heart, however, was the first to be flown by a specially designed drone! This drone was 【4】 to deliver medical supplies and organs, and could keep the essential heart safe and at the right temperature.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】E

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】

这是一篇记叙文，文章主要讲述第一次一颗拯救生命的手术所需的心脏被一架无人机运输，使得美国一位女士的心脏手术得以进行。

【1】

句意：从空中进行救生援助不是经常发生，但是这就是发生在美国一位病人身上的事情。

主语life-saving help后面缺谓语动词，主语是单数，用动词的第三人称单数形式；此处用drops in表示“突然到访”。故选B。

【2】

句意：她等待心脏移植等了八年，最后听说手术可以进行了。

could后面用动词原形，根据“the operation”可知此处用动词短语go ahead表示“进行”。故选E。

【3】

句意：这些手术是从一个人的身体里取出器官，比如心脏，然后放入另一个人的身体里，那个人需要靠这个器官才能活下来。

need it后面用动词不定式做目的状语，此处用动词原形survive表示“活下来，生存”。故选A。

【4】

句意：这种无人机是为运送医疗用品和器官而制造的，它可以在适当的温度下保证心脏的安全。

主语this drone是“被人创造”，此处用的是一般过去时态的被动形式，故选C。