Question

【题目】Over time I 【1】(change) quite a lot. I could simplify difficult sums when I began as a calculating machine. After I was programmed by an 【2】(operate), I could logically produce an answer quicker than any person. At that time it was considered a 【3】(technology) revolution. In 1936, I could solve difficult problems as a universal machine. From then on, my memory has developed so much that I never forget anything I have been told. Since the 1970s, many new 【4】 (apply) have been found for me. For example, I have been sent to explore the moon. My goal is 【5】(provide) humans with a life of high quality.

Daisy desired to help 【6】 (endanger) species of wildlife because a large number of animals are 【7】(die) out. One day, a 【8】 (fly) carpet took her to a distant land 【9】she could find antelopes that gave fur to make sweaters. Then she met an elephant in Zimbabwe and was told that elephants used to be hunted 【10】 mercy. But now people know the importance of wildlife protection.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】have been changed

【2】operator

【3】technological

【4】applications

【5】to provide

【6】endangered

【7】dying

【8】flying

【9】where

【10】without

【解析】短文第一部分介绍了电脑的发展过程；第二部分讲述Daisy做的梦，这个梦是关于濒危动物的处境和保护动物的重要性的。

【1】have been changed.

考查时态语态。时间状语Over time和现在完成时连用，句中主语I和动词change是被动关系，指我被改变。故填现在完成时的被动形式have been changed。

【2】operator.

考查名词。由by an修饰，指我被操作员程序化，用表示人的名词。故填operator。

【3】technological.

考查形容词。此处修饰名词revolution用形容词，指技术革命。故填technological。

【4】applications.

考查名词。此处由many new修饰，故空格处用名词，指许多新应用。故填名词applications。

【5】to provide.

考查动词不定式。此处是不定式作表语，表示目标是为人类提供高质量生活。故填to provide。

【6】endangered.

考查形容词。此处修饰名词species用形容词，指濒危物种。故填endangered。

【7】dying.

考查动词时态。此处是现在进行时，动词用-ing形式。指正在灭绝，故填dying。

【8】flying.

考查形容词。此处修饰名词carpet用形容词，指飞毯。故填“飞行的”flying。

【9】where.

考查关系副词。句中包含定语从句，先行词是land，在定语从句中作状语，表示“在土地上”，用关系副词引导。故填where。

【10】without.

考查介词。表示“毫无怜悯”用without mercy，故填without。