题目内容
【题目】The Sydney Opera House has a very interesting history. 【1】 all started in the 1940s, when the Sydney Symphony Orchestra had nowhere to play. The orchestra’s conductor, Eugene Goossens, asked the Australian government to think about building a place and the government 【2】 (final) agreed to build an opera house in 1954.
The government held an 【3】 (nation) competition to find a design for the opera house. Many of the 233 designers from around the world 【4】 entered the competition were famous, but the design of an unknown Danish architect 【5】 (name) Jorn Utzom was chosen as the 【6】 (win).
While drawing up the plans, Utzon remembered the temples he 【7】 (see) in Mexico before and used them as his inspiration for the base 【8】 the opera house in Sydney The building of the opera house began in 1958, but Utzon had still not finished his plans He did not like his first plan as the concrete roof shells did not work. His new idea was 【9】 (make) the shell shapes on the roof into the shape of a ball. That way, the same ball mould (模型) could be used for several roof 【10】 (part). In 1962, the government agreed to the new ball roof idea. The building was completed and in November 1973, the Sydney Opera Hope was opened by Queen Elizabeth II.
【答案】
【1】It / That
【2】finally
【3】international
【4】who / that
【5】named
【6】winner
【7】had seen
【8】of
【9】to make
【10】parts
【解析】文章介绍了悉尼歌剧院设计构思的征集、思路的变化和修建的过程。
【1】It / That.
考查代词。此处指The Sydney Opera House是单数,在句中作主语,故填It / That.
【2】finally.
考查副词。此处修饰动词agree用副词,指最后同意,故填finally.
【3】international.
考查形容词。此处根据an 和名词competition可知用形容词修饰,指一场国际竞争,故填international.
【4】who / that.
考查关系代词。句中包含定语从句,先行词是designers指人,在定语从句中作主语,用关系代词who / that引导,指参加竞赛的设计者们,故填who / that.
【5】named.
考查过去分词。句中an unknown Danish architect和Jorn Utzom是被动关系,用过去分词作定语。指被叫做Jorn Utzom的建筑师,故填named.
【6】winner.
考查名词。此处由the修饰,指被选为获胜者,用名词。故填“获胜者”winner.
【7】had seen.
考查动词时态。此处指Utzon想起他以前在墨西哥见过的寺庙,主句动词用的是过去时remembered,发生在它之前的动作用过去完成时,故填had seen.
【8】of.
考查介词。the base of…指“…的基础”,of表示“…的”,故填of.
【9】to make.
考查不定式。此处是不定式用于系动词was后作表语,指他的新想法是把顶上的贝壳形状变成球形。故填to make.
【10】parts.
考查名词。此处part是可数名词由several修饰,指几部分用复数形式。故填parts.