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。

A week ago, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan 【1】 Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee, were promoting the Summer Olympics in Tokyo as the comfort the world needed 【2】 (show) victory over the coronavirus pandemic.

On Tuesday, the virus won out. I.O.C. and Japan 【3】 (formal) agreed to Postpone Tokyo Olympic Games, 【4】 had been scheduled to begin in late July, until 2021.

The decision became all but inevitable after the 【5】 (nation) Olympic committee in Canada announced on Sunday that it was withdrawing from the Games, and Australia’s committee told its athletes that it was not possible to train under the widespread 【6】 (restriction) in place to control the virus.

At a time when Japan’s economy is already 【7】 trouble, the delay of the Olympics could deal a serious blow. In a report early this month, Nikko Securities predicted that a cancellation of the Games 【8】 (reduce) by 1.4 percent of Japan’s economic output.

The complications will spread beyond the Games themselves. The international 【9】 (govern) bodies for track and field and swimming, for example, planned to hold world championships in 2021 and will have to work with 【10】 (they) athletes and host cities to possibly reschedule those events.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】and

【2】to show

【3】formally

【4】which

【5】national

【6】restrictions

【7】in

【8】would reduce

【9】governing

【10】their

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要说明了一周前，日本首相安倍晋三和国际奥委会主席Thomas Bach在东京宣传夏季奥运会，认为这是世界战胜冠状病毒大流行所需要的安慰。而在周二，国际奥委会和日本正式同意将原定于7月下旬举行的东京奥运会推迟到2021年。并指出奥运会的推迟可能会对已经陷入困境的日本造成严重打击。

【1】考查连词。句意：一周前，日本首相安倍晋三和国际奥委会主席Thomas Bach在东京宣传夏季奥运会，认为这是世界战胜冠状病毒大流行所需要的安慰。此处表示并列关系，应用连词and。故填and。

【2】考查非谓语动词。根据短语need to do sth.表示“需要做某事”，后跟不定式。故填to show。

【3】考查副词。修饰后文动词agree应用副词formally，表示“正式地”。故填formally。

【4】考查定语从句。句意：国际奥委会和日本正式同意将原定于7月下旬举行的东京奥运会推迟到2021年。此处为非限定性定语从句修饰先行词Tokyo Olympic Games，且先行词在从句中做主语，故用关系代词which。故填which。

【5】考查形容词。修饰后文名词短语Olympic committee应用形容词national，national Olympic committee表示“国家奥林匹克委员会”。故填national。

【6】考查名词的数。restriction为可数名词，根据上文widespread“广泛的”可知数量大于一应用复数形式。故填restrictions。

【7】考查介词。根据短语be in trouble表示“陷入困境中”。故填in。

【8】考查动词时态。此处为宾语从句，根据上文predicted可知从句中应用过去的某种时态，且表示从过去的某一时间来看将来要发生的动作或呈现的状态应用过去将来时。故填would reduce。

【9】考查形容词。修饰后文bodies应用形容词governing，表示“管理的”。故填governing。

【10】考查代词。后文athletes为名词需要形容词性物主代词修饰，故填their。