Question

8．Flying cars may soon become a （61）reality（real）．The rideshare service Uber has asked（62）anexpert from NASA，the American space agency，（63）to help（help） the company develop cars that can fly．
Uber plans to use flying vehicles （64）inthe future to avoid traffic in and around cities．The company wants to use small，totally electric aircraft，（65）whichcould take off and land like a helicopter on top of parking garages．Uber said its flying vehicles would be much （66）quieter/more quiet（quiet），cost less to operate and produce less pollution than helicopters．
One person in San Francisco （67）wrote（write） on Twitter，"I used to think that flying cars was a ridiculous idea．（68）ButI changed my mind this morning when I sat in a heavy traffic．"Another person added from Mumbai，India："I'm reading about Uber （69）hiring（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 （70）themselves（they） but with human pilots within one to three years．

Answer 1

分析 本文主要讲述Uber公司准备在未来开发一种会飞的小汽车，以避开城市中拥堵的交通．但比直升机要安静，操作费用少且污染也要少．

解答 61．reality 考查名词．a后接名词，形容词real的名词是reality．
62．an 考查冠词．expert是可数名词，且读音是以发元音开头的，用不定冠词an表示泛指．
63．to help 考查动词不定式．ask sb．to do sth．意为"让/叫/要某人做某事"．
64．in 考查介词．in the future意为"今后，将来"，是固定搭配．
65．which 考查定语从句．分析句子结构可知这是一个定语从句，先行词electric aircraft在从句中作主语，用关系代词which．
66．quieter/more quiet 考查形容词比较级．根据句中than可知，要用形容词比较级．
67．wrote 考查动词时态．此处write动作已发生，要用一般过去时态．
68．But 考查连词．前后两个单句之间是转折关系，用连词but．
69．hiring 考查动名词．about是介词，后接动词时用动名词形式．
70．themselves 考查代词．根据句意：这种汽车的早期模型不能自己飞．用反身代词themselves．

点评 在一篇200词左右的语篇（短文或对话）中留出10处空白，部分空白的后面给出单词的基本形式，要求考生根据上下文填写空白处所需的内容或所提供单词的正确形式，所填写词语不得多于3个单词．要做好语法填空题，理解短文是解题的前提，扎实的词汇、句型和语法知识是基础，英语国家的背景知识是必要的补充．考生须灵活运用语法知识，如单词词性、单词时态、名词单复数、连接词、代词、冠词等判断各空白处应填写的内容．答完后，还要通读全文，核对所填单词形式是否正确，是否符合语境．