Question

【题目】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。

Facebook has a new idea to keep users 【1】 (engage) in its social network. It connects them with strangers. The firm is testing a feature in the United States 【2】 shows interests, employment history and public groups that you share in common with random users.

When someone you don’t know comments on a public post, Facebook will show information on 【3】 you live in the same city or want to go to the same school.

Facebook hopes the feature, which is being tested currently by 【4】 number of users, will spark conversations with people you might otherwise have never met. Facebook emphasizes that the tool, which 【5】 (know) as Things in Common, will only use data that is already available 【6】 (public) on your profile.

Above the 【7】 (name) of people who have left comments, Facebook will highlight things you have in common with each user. Next 【8】 one name a label might read “You both went to the University of Manchester” or “You were both born in Bristol”. The feature is part of Facebook’s efforts 【9】 (make) public discussions on its network more 【10】 (meaning).

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】engaged

【2】that/which

【3】whether

【4】a

【5】is known

【6】publicly

【7】names

【8】to

【9】to make

【10】meaningful

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。Facebook目前正在测试一项功能，让用户参与其社交网络，从而将用户与陌生人联系起来。

【1】考查非谓语动词。句中宾语users与engage之间为被动关系，所以用过去分词作宾语补足语。故填engaged。

【2】考查定语从句。此处为限定性定语从句，句中先行词为feature，在定语从句中作主语，指物，所以用关系代词that/which。故填that/which。

【3】考查短语。根据后面的or可知，这里考查短语whether…or…“是……还是……”。故填whether。

【4】考查冠词。句意：目前许多用户正在测试这一功能。这里考查短语a number of“许多”。故填a。

【5】考查时态及主谓一致。短语be known as“众所周知……”，非限定性定语从句中的先行词为tool，为单数名词，从句中谓语动词用单数形式，结合文中时态可知，应用一般现在时。故填is known。

【6】考查副词。根据前面的形容词available可知，用副词形式。故填publicly。

【7】考查名词的数。名词name为可数名词，根据of people可知，用复数形式。故填names。

【8】考查固定短语。固定短语next to“临近，靠近，在……旁边”。故填to。

【9】考查非谓语动词。句意：这项功能是Facebook努力使其网络上的公开讨论更有意义的一部分。effort表示“努力”时，其后可接动词不定式作其定语。故填to make。

【10】考查形容词。此处是make+sb./sth.+adj.“让某人或某事怎么样”，根据more可知，这里用形容词原级。故填meaningful。