Question

【题目】

The Dutch are used to living in a country which is always exposed to dangers of deadly floods. A country with a half of its land below sea level cannot afford 【1】(ignore)the problem of rising sea level, and Holland, which already has spent about U.S. $2.5 trillion (万亿)on flood【2】(prevent), plans to invest(投资)more over the next century. Life in these challenging【3】(circumstance) has inspired the Dutch to develop many excellent methods of 【4】(fight)floods. Thanks to the skill of Dutch engineers, flooding in Holland is rarely widespread, and is instead limited【5】certain areas of the country. Two such areas are the valleys of the Rhine and the Meuse Rivers. In spite of large flood wall, these rivers regularly flood the surrounding areas. During dry times, however, those areas are perfectly【6】(pleasure) to live in. one solution【7】(develop)now is a type of house that seems normal in every day, except that it can float during times of high water rather than【8】(simple) sink beneath the waves as normal houses would. Groups of houses would form floating neighborhoods in 【9】people could live together during times of high water, temporarily getting around by boat【10】the flood ends.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】 to ignore

【2】prevention

【3】circumstances

【4】fighting

【5】to

【6】pleasant

【7】is being developed

【8】simply

【9】which

【10】till/until

【解析】荷兰是个经常遭到洪水袭击的国家，荷兰人在多年对抗洪水的过程中也发明了很多好的办法。

【1】考查固定短语。afford to do sth负担得起做某事。

【2】考查词性的转换。on是介词，后面要加名词，故填prevention。

【3】考查名词数的变化。circumstance意为“环境，条件，状况”，是可数名词，根据前面的these可知，这里应该用复数。

【4】考查非谓语动词。根据前面的介词of可知，这里应该用动名词fighting。

【5】考查固定短语中的介词。be limited to“被局限于……”。

【6】考查词性的转换。空格处作表语，故用形容词pleasant。

【7】考查动词的时态和语态。根据时间状语now可知，这里应该用现在进行时，主语one solution 和develop之间是被动关系，所以用被动语态。综合起来可知，用现在进行时的被动语态。所以填is being developed。

【8】考查副词。此处用副词simply修饰动词sink。

【9】考查定语从句。先行词是floating neighborhoods，指物，又因为前面有介词in,所以只能用which。

【10】考查连词。这里表示在洪水来袭时，人们暂时住在漂浮的房子里，直到洪水结束。所以填till/until表示“直到”。