Question

【题目】语法填空

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

Flying cars may soon become a 1 (real). The rideshare service Uber has asked 2 expert from NASA, the American space agency, 3 (help) the company develop cars that can fly.

Uber plans to use flying vehicles 4 the future to avoid traffic in and around cities. The company wants to use small, totally electric aircraft, 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 sat in a heavy traffic.” Another person added from Mumbai, India： “I’m reading about Uber 9 (hire) a NASA engineer to build flying cars, while Fm 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.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】reality

【2】an

【3】to help

【4】in

【5】which

【6】quieter/more quiet

【7】wrote

【8】But

【9】hiring

【10】.themselves

【解析】

【文章大意】本文介绍了租车服务软件Uber。

【1】 考查词性转换。不定冠词后跟名词，故用reality。

【2】 考查冠词。根据句意：曾经来自NASA的一名专家，故用an。

【3】 考查非谓语动词。此处动词不定式to help表示目的，故用to help。

【4】 考查介词。In the future“在未来”为固定搭配，故用in。

【5】 考查定语从句。此处which代替前面的一句话，故用which。

【6】 考查形容词的比较级。much用来修饰形容词的比较级，故用quieter/more quiet。

【7】 考查动词的时态。此句表达的是过去的事，故用一般过去时态wrote。

【8】 考查连词。根据前文I used to think that flying cars was a ridiculous idea.语境可知此处形成转折，故用But。

【9】 考查非谓语动词。此处Uber与动词之间是逻辑上的主动关系，故用hiring。

【10】考查代词。当主语与做宾语的代词同指一个事物的时候，要用反身代词，故用themselves。