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【题目】Two weeks ago, we reported about developments with 【1】 (electricity) planes and flying cars. That technology could bring change to commercial and personal travel. Last week, two 【2】(company), Kitty Hawk and Uber, announced their plans to bring flying cars to reality. Sooner 【3】you think, flying cars may appear in the skies. Imagine never 【4】(have) to worry about traffic, stoplights, or road construction. A flying car could get somewhere much faster than one traveling by road.

Kitty Hawk is a start-up tech company supported by Google co-founder. Its first flying cars, 【5】travel at a speed of up to 40 kilometers an hour, 【6】(expect) to go on sale by the end of 2017. Uber expects to launch flying taxis in Texas and Dubai by 2020. 【7】says its flying taxis could travel up to 241 kilometers an hour, with the travel time 【8】(reduce) from 2 hours on the road to 15 minutes in the air between San Francisco and San Jose, California. Riders could use the Uber app 【9】(book) a flying taxi to take them to their destinations. It is estimated that flying taxi travel will be much 【10】 (expensive) compared with road taxi travel.

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【答案】

【1】electric

【2】companies

【3】than

【4】having

【5】which

【6】are expected

【7】It

【8】reduced

【9】to book

【10】more expensive

【解析】本文主要介绍了Kitty Hawk和Uber两家公司的飞行汽车上市进展情况。

【1】考查形容词。这里用形容词作定语，修饰名词planes，electric意为“电动的”，故填electric。

【2】考查名词复数。名词companies（公司）前有two修饰，所以要用复数形式，在句中作主语，故填companies。

【3】考查连词。句意：比你想的快得多，飞行汽车可能出现在天空中。根据句意，故填than。

【4】考查动名词。Imagine（设想）后总是接动名词作宾语，故填having。

【5】考查关系代词。定语从句，先行词是cars，用关系代词which在从句中作主语，故填which。

【6】考查时态。句意：第一辆飞行汽车有望在2017年底有售。expect在此是谓语动词，根据与主语Its first flying cars是被动关系，故要用一般现在时态的被动语态，故填are expected。

【7】考查代词。此处用代词it代替上文提到了Uber公司，特指，故填It。

【8】考查过去分词。With的复合结构：with+宾语+过去分词，此处the travel time与reduced之间是被动关系，故填reduced。

【9】考查不定式。固定搭配：use sth. to do sth（使用……去做……），用不定式表示目的，故填to book。

【10】考查形容词。句意：据估计，飞行的士要比陆地的士要更贵一些。要用形容词比较级作表语，故填more expensive。