Question

【题目】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to. make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

It is a rough world out there. Step outside of a shopping mall and you could break your leg 【1】(slip)on the doormat. Luckily, if the doormat failed to warn of coming danger, a successful lawsuit(官司) might compensate you for your troubles. Since the early 1980s, juries have begun holding more companies responsible for the customers' misfortunes.

Feeling threatened, companies responded by writing longer warning labels, trying to anticipate every possible accident. Today, even ladders carry a label several inches long that 【2】(warn) among other things, that you might fall off. While warnings are often necessary for companies, many still feel uncertain whether those labels can protect 【3】 from legal responsibility if a customer is injured. Actually, about 50% of the companies lose when 【4】(take) to court by the injured customer.

Now the tide appears to be turning 【5】 personal injury claims continue to grow, some courts are beginning to side with defendants(被告), especially in cases【6】 a warning label probably wouldn't have changed anything. In May, Julie Nimmons, president of Schutt Sports successfully fought a lawsuit【7】(involve)a footballer who was paralyzed (t )in a game while wearing a Schutt helmet. " We are really sorry he has become paralyzed, 【8】 helmets aren't designed to prevent those kinds of injuries, "says Nimmons. The jury finally agreed that the nature of the game, not the helmet, was the reason for the injury. Meanwhile, the American Law Institute, a group of judges and lawyers, issued new guidelines stating that companies needn't warn customers of obvious dangers or annoy them with a lengthy list of possible ones 【9】information won't get buried in a sea of trivialities ( 琐事). If the moderate end of the legal community has its way, the information on products might actually be provided for the benefit of customers and not【10】 a protection against legal responsibility.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】slipping

【2】warms

【3】them

【4】taken

【5】As

【6】where

【7】involving

【8】but

【9】so

【10】as

【解析】

本文为说明文。本文就警告牌在使用的过程中出现了一些危险，导致消费者与公司之间发生纠纷而产生索赔展开了讨论。

【1】考查非谓语动词。句意：外面的世界很艰难。走出商场，你可能会在门垫上滑倒而摔断腿。根据语境可知，此空在句中作状语，其逻辑主语是you，二者是逻辑主谓关系，应使用现在分词，表主动。故填slipping。

【2】考查主谓一致及时态。句意：今天，甚至梯子上都有一个几英寸长的标签，上面写着“可能会掉下来”等警告。分析句子可知，本句是定语从句，其中定语从句修饰先行词a label，a label在定语从句中作主语，谓语动词要用单数形式。本句叙述的是现在的一个客观事实，故要用一般现在时。故填warms。

【3】考查人称代词。句意：但许多公司仍然不确定，如果顾客受到伤害，这些标签是否能使他们免于承担法律责任。根据上下文的语境可知，此处的主语是许多公司many(companies)，不知道这些标签是否能使他们免于承担法律责任。可知，本空指代上文中many(companies)，并在句中作动词protect的宾语，应使用代词的宾格。故填them。

【4】考查非谓语动词。句意：事实上，当受伤的顾客把公司告上法庭时，大约有50%的公司蒙受了损失。“take sb. to court”为固定搭配，意为“把……告上法庭”。分析句子可知，本空的逻辑主语是50% of the companies，二者是被动关系，此处是指公司被告上法庭，应使用过去分词，表被动。故填taken。

【5】考查状语从句的连接词。句意：随着人身伤害索赔的不断增加，形势似乎正在转变，一些法院开始站在被告一边。根据语境可知，本空应使用连接词as“随着”引导时间状语从句。故填As。

【6】考查定语从句。句意：一些法院开始站在被告一边，特别是在警告标签可能不会改变任何事情的情况下。分析句子especially in cases___6___ a warning label probably wouldn't have changed anything.可知，本句是定语从句，其中的先行词为cases，关系词在定语从句中作地点状语，应使用关系副词where引导，此处指“尤其是在这样的案件中”。故填where.

【7】考查非谓语动词。句意：今年5月，舒特体育总裁朱莉·尼蒙斯（Julie Nimmons）成功地打了一场官司，一名足球运动员戴着Schutt头盔而导致全身瘫痪的足球运动员。分析句子可知，本空在句中作定语，修饰名词 a law suit，它与动词involve二者是逻辑主谓关系，应使用现在分词，表主动。故填involving。

【8】考查连词。句意：我们真的很抱歉，他已经瘫痪了，但头盔的设计并不是为了防止这种伤害。分析句子可知，空格前后是转折关系，应使用but。故填but。

【9】考查连词。句意：与此同时，由法官和律师组成的美国法律研究所(American Law Institute)发布了新的指导方针，称公司不必提醒客户注意显而易见的危险，也不必用一长串可能的危险来惹恼他们，因此信息就不会被淹没在一大堆琐碎的小事中。分析句子结构及句意可知，此处使用连词so“因此”连接上下语境。故填so。

【10】考查介词。句意：这些产品的信息可能实际上是为了客户的利益而提供的，而不是作为对法律责任的保护。分析语境可知，本空缺少一个介词，根据语境可知，此处应使用介词as“作为”。故填as。