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。（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
In 1863 the first underground passenger railway in the world opened in London. It ran for just under seven kilometers and allowed people to avoid terrible (crowd) on the roads above as they travelled to and work. It took three years to complete and was built using an interesting method. This included digging up the road, (lay) the track and then building a strong roof over top. When all those had been done, the road surface was replaced.
Steam engines (use) to pull the carriages and it must have been(fair) unpleasant for the passsengers, with all the smoke and noise. However, the railway quickly proved to be a great success and within six months, more than 25,000 people were usingevery day.
Later, engineers (manage) to construct railways in a system of deep tunnels (隧道）, which became known as the Tube. This development was only possible with the (introduce) of electric-powered engines and lifts. The central London Railway was one of the most (success) of these new lines, and was opened in 1900. It had white-painted tunnels and bright red carriages, and proved extremely popular with the public.

Answer 1

【答案】crowds；from；laying；the；were used；fairly；it；managed；introduction；successful
【解析】
⑴句意：1863年，世界上第一个地铁客站在伦敦开放。它只运行7公里，让人们避开上面的上下班时的拥挤的人群。avoid后跟名词，terrible修饰名词，而crowd是可数名词，前面没有冠词，故用复数表示泛指，故填crowds。
⑵短语：to and from work上下班。故填from。
⑶句意：这个地铁花了三年时间才完工，用一种有趣的方法建的。这包括挖开路面，铺设铁轨然后在它的上面建一个结实的顶。根据and building可知是三个并列的动名词，故填laying。
⑷此处指在地铁的上面，是特指，故填the。
⑸句意：蒸汽机被用来牵引车厢。根据上下文可知指过去的被动，故填were used。
⑹句意：有那么多的烟和噪音，对于乘客们来说肯定是非常的令人不愉快的。此处修饰形容词unpleasant，故用副词fairly。
⑺句意：然而，地铁很快证明是非常成功的，在六个月内，超过2.5万人在每天用地铁。此处指地铁，故填it。
⑻句意：后来，工程师们设法在更深的隧道建铁路，这就是著名的管道运输。此处是句子的谓语，本文全篇都是一般过去时，所以这里也应用一般过去时，故填managed.
⑼句意：随着电动机和电梯的引进这个发展才变得可能。由the可知此处是名词，故填introduction。
⑽句意：伦敦中心地铁站是这些新的线路中最成功的。由the most可知用形容词构成最高级，故填successful。