Question

【题目】语法填空

阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。

Walking down the city streets, you look up and see 1 red telephone box. Behind it, on the road, a big red double-floor bus passes by, 2 (carry) citizens and tourists. This is London. And the red is what the city is famous 3 .

Modern transportation has changed the way we lead our lives. One important means of transport has been the bus. In London, buses take on a bigger role. They are used to visit the city. Red tourist buses have open 4 (roof), which let people take photos, have an amazing view of the city and enjoy 5 (them) as they drive past Big Ben, the Thames and so on.

But how did the bus become unique to London culture? Horse-drawn buses enjoy a history of more than 180 years. They 6 (use) in London since 1829. By the early 20th century, motor-buses were driving around London. Bus companies used different colors at the time. One of the 7 (big) companies chose red because the bright colour made 8 easy for the citizens to pick out the bus. In 1933, when London transport was grouped into a single company, they chose the most 9 (wide)used color at the time-red.

And so the color red stayed in London. But it was in the mid-1950s 10 the red double-floor was born. Its name is the Routemaster. Built between 1954 and 1968, they still look traditional. Like they have been frozen in time.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】a

【2】carrying

【3】for

【4】roofs

【5】themselves

【6】have been used

【7】biggest

【8】it

【9】widely

【10】 that

【解析】

【语篇解读】文章对英国伦敦的公交车为什么选择红色作为装饰颜色进行了介绍。

【1】考查冠词。此处指“一个红色的电话亭”。red是辅音音素开头的单词。故填a。

【2】考查非谓语。句子有谓语passes by，主语a big red double-floor bus与carry之间是主动关系， 所以用现在分词作伴随状语。故填carrying。

【3】考查介词。此处表示“伦敦因为红色而出名”，运用be famous for…短语。故填for。

【4】考查名词。根据前面的buses可知，此处用复数，指公交车的车顶。故填roofs。

【5】考查代词。enjoy oneself是固定搭配，指“玩得高兴”。故填themselves。

【6】考查时态和语态。根据时间状语since 1829可知，本句用现在完成时；主语they指代 Horse-drawn buses，与use之间是被动关系。故填have been used。

【7】 考查形容词。此处指最大的公司之一；one of the+形容词最高级+可数名词的复数形式。故填biggest。

【8】考查代词。在此it作形式宾语，真正的宾语是for the citizens to pick out the bus。故填it。

【9】考查副词。此处指“最广泛使用的颜色”，修饰形容词used用副词。故填widely。

【10】 10. 考查强调句。本句运用了强调句式“it is/ was+强调部分+that+句子其他部分”，在此强调了时间状语 “in the mid-1950s”。故填that。