Passage 1(东北三省四市教研联合体二模)Flying cars may soon become a 1 (real). Uber has asked 2 expert from NASA 3 (help) the company develop cars that can fly.Uber plans to use flying vehicles 4 the future to avoid traffic jams in and around cities. The company wants to use small, totally electric aircrafts, 5 could take off and land like a helicopter on top of parking garages. Uber said its flying vehicles would be much 6 (quiet), cost less to operate and produce less pollution than helicopters.One person in San Francisco 7 (write) on Twitter, “I used to think that flying cars was a ridiculous idea. 8 I changed my mind this morning when I was in heavy traffic.”Another person added from Mumbai, India, “I’m reading about Uber 9 (hire) a NASA engineer to build flying cars while I’m stuck in traffic. There is hope.”The expert predicts there will be several early models of cars that can’t fly 10 (they) but with human pilots within one to three years.答案[语篇解读]不久之后,飞行汽车也许会成为现实。
优步公司正在研究这种汽车,它将比直升机噪音更小、成本更低,而且还利于环保。
1.reality考查名词。
设空处在become后作宾语,根据冠词a可知填名词单数。
2.an考查冠词。
此处指“来自美国航空航天局的一位专家”,因为表示泛指,所以填不定冠词,根据expert可知答案为an。
3.to help 考查非谓语动词。
ask sb. to do sth.请求某人做某事;要求某人做某事。
4.in考查介词。
in the future在未来;在将来。
5.which考查定语从句。
先行词为aircrafts,故用关系代词which引导非限制性定语从句,并在从句中作主语。
6.quieter考查形容词。
根据句中的than可知此处用比较级。
7.wrote考查动词时态。
洛杉矶的一个人在推特上曾写道:……。
根据语境可知动作发生在过去,故用一般过去时。
8.But考查并列连词。
我过去认为飞行汽车是个荒唐的想法。
但是今天早上我遇上堵车时改变了自己的看法。
根据语境可知此处表示转折,故填并列连词But。
9.hiring 考查非谓语动词。
介词about后加动名词作宾语,Uber为hiring的逻辑主语。
10.themselves考查代词。
定语从句中的关系代词that指代models of cars,在从句中作主语,故宾语填反身代词。
长难句:The expert predicts there will be several early models of cars that can’t fly themselves but with human pilots within one to three years.这位专家预测,在接下来的一到三年中,会有几款早期的汽车型号,它们不能自己飞而是需要人类飞行员。
predicts后为宾语从句,that为关系代词,引导定语从句,修饰先行词models of cars,not...but...为常用结构,意为“不是……而是……”。
高级语块1.take off起飞2.change one’s mind改变主意Passage 2(黑龙江哈尔滨三中二模)The disappearance of dinosaurs has always been a mystery. Some scientists believe that dinosaurs died out because of an 1 (expect) incident. But wildlife today disappears or is in danger just 2 humans do harm to it. For example, tigers are hunted for fur to make carpets so that they can only live in secure reserves; grassland 3 (destroy)without mercy so that dust storms come into being 4 (affect)distant cities.Last year, scientists saw some monkeys rubbing themselves with a certain kind of insect to protect themselves from fierce mosquitoes. According to the result of the inspection, they found that the insect contains a powerful drug, so local farmers were employed 5 (catch) the insects. The ending was 6 the insects disappeared from the whole zone. When told that it was7 loss to humans, the farmers burst8 laughter and responded,“Our real loss is our decreasing income.”We should appreciate the9 (nature)balance and pay more attention10 the importance of wildlife protection. Not until wesucceed in letting wildlife live in peace, can we smile happily.答案[语篇解读]维护生态平衡,人类的生活才能更加美好。
但是由于人类的破坏,这种平衡正在被打破。
1.unexpected考查形容词。
句意:有些科学家认为恐龙灭绝是因为一次意外的事故。
设空处作定语;unexpected adj.意料之外的。
2.because考查状语从句。
根据语境可知设空处引导原因状语从句,故填because。
3.is destroyed考查动词时态和语态。
grassland与destroy之间为被动关系,且根据语境可知此处应该为一般现在时态。
4.affecting考查非谓语动词。
设空处作状语,因为逻辑主语dust storms与affect之间存在逻辑上的主动关系,故填现在分词。
5.to catch考查非谓语动词。
此处作目的状语,故填不定式结构。
6.that考查名词性从句。
设空处引导表语从句,从句中意思完整,故填that。
7.a考查冠词。
设空处表示泛指,故用不定冠词a。
8.into考查动词短语。
burst into sth.突然……起来。
9.natural考查形容词。
设空处作定语,修饰balance,故填形容词。
the natural balance表示“自然平衡”。
10.to考查动词短语。
pay attention to注意;关注。
长难句Not until we succeed in letting wildlife live in peace, can we smile happily.直到我们成功让野生生物安宁地生活,我们才能开心地微笑。
not...until...直到……才……。
本句中not until位于句首,故主句用部分倒装结构。
高级语块1.die out灭绝;逐渐消失2.without mercy残忍地e into being形成;产生4.burst into laughter突然大笑起来Passage 3(重庆一中一诊)The two features of life in England that 1 (possible) give visitors the worst impressions are the English weather and English cooking.2 former is a natural phenomenon and nobody can do anything about it. But cooking is something that can be learned. English food has often been described as3 (taste). Recently, the situation has changed somewhat because so many people have been spending their holidays abroad and4 (learn) to appreciate unfamiliar dishes. One of the traditional5 (complain) about English food is the way that vegetables are cooked. The only way that many British housewives know to cook green vegetables is6 (boil) them for too long in salt water and then to throw the water away so that all the vitamins are lost. To make matters7 (bad), they do not strain the vegetables sufficientlyso that they appear as a wet mass on the plate.However, it would be unfair to say that all English food is bad. Not only the raw ingredients are usually 8 very high quality, especially the meat and fish, 9 many traditional British dishes are as good as anything you can get anywhere. A visitor, 10 is invited to an English home might well enjoy steak and kidney pudding or pies, all sorts of smoked fish…答案[语篇解读]英国的天气和食物给人不好的印象,人力无法改变天气,但饮食却可以改善提高。