Question

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

There is a change in the air at the Tea Factory in Kenya. Now it 【1】 (be) free of the dark smoke that rises from the boilers of Kenya’s tea factories.

The Makomboki company has begun to use a 【2】 (little) costly and more environmentally friendly fuel. Instead of burning wood, the tea maker is burning briquettes(煤砖) 【3】 (make) of plant and animal material waste.

John Gitau is the manager of the factory. He expressed 【4】 (excite) about the change in fuel at the factory. He said Makomboki had not used any firewood in the last six months.

In 2010, the International Trade Center started a training project. It aimed 【5】 (teach) Kenyan tea makers new production methods that would help limit the release of climate change gases.

As 【6】 result, Makomboki company leaders decided to change 【7】 (they) fuel source from firewood to briquettes. Since then, the factory 【8】 (increase) its use of alternative fuels and stopped depending on firewood.

【9】 trading firewood for sawdust(木屑), Makomboki alone will have saved 60,000 trees in one year. And, if all the factories in Kenya did this, a lot of trees would be saved.

Nowadays representatives from other factories have visited Makomboki to learn more about the alternative fuel.

【10】 (hope), they will follow Makomboki’s lead.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】is

【2】less

【3】made

【4】 excitement

【5】to teach

【6】 a

【7】 their

【8】 has increased

【9】 By

【10】 Hopefully

【解析】

【文章大意】肯尼亚的茶制造商如今不再使用木材做燃料，而是开始燃烧由植物和动物粪便制成的砖坯，这样有效地减少了空气污染。

【1】is 考查谓语动词。从语境判断用一般现在时，根据主谓一致的原则可知用第三人称单数形式，故填is。

【2】less 考查比较级。and连接并列成分，根据more environmentally friendly判断此处用比较级，故填less。

【3】made 考查过去分词。句中缺少briquettes的后置定语，动词make和被修饰词briquettes之间是被动关系，用过去分词，故填made。

【4】 excitement 考查名词。express后面缺少宾语，应该用名词形式，故填excitement。

【5】to teach 考查不定式。aim to do sth表示＂力求做某事＂，为固定用法，故填to teach。

【6】 a 考查固定短语。固定短语as a result的意思是＂因此＂，故填a。

【7】 their 考查代词。修饰名词用形容词性物主代词，故填their。

【8】 has increased 考查动词时态。根据时间状语Since then判断句子用现在完成时，根据主谓一致的原则可知应填has increased。

【9】 By 考查介词。此处表示一种方式，用＂by+动名词＂，故填By。

【10】 Hopefully 考查副词。所填词是作状语，用副词形式，故填Hopefully。