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语法填空练6 易混易错题+从句类
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(侧重训练并列连词和从句)
Exercise 1 (外刊原味23) 体裁:说明文 主题语境:科学 难度:★★★☆☆
In mid-September, howls of laughter could be heard in science faculties and labs around the world. It wasn’t an earth-shattering knock-knock joke but the reaction to some of the boldest science 1 (discover) of the year—the Ig Nobel Prizes.
2 the prestigious Nobel Prizes mark 121 years this month, their comparatively poorer cousins—the Ig Nobels—first appeared in 1991. Their aim is 3 (celebrate) research that “first makes people laugh, and then makes them think”. The brains behind the awards is Marc Abrahams, editor and co-founder of the Annals of Improbable Research, 4 remains central to its continued success.对点题
Each year, Ig Nobel prizes are awarded across a range of disciplines. There are 5 you’d expect: medicine, physics, engineering and biology, plus others 6 (choose) at random. Winning an Ig attracts high praise among the lab-coat set, 7 envy over the winners’ pretend banknotes and paper cube trophies—both presented by an actual Nobel Prize laureate (获奖者)—can’t be underestimated. 对点题
While playing to perceptions that scientists have weird and wacky insights, the Ig Nobels also foster a wider, mainstream interest in the 8 (end) fun science offers. After all, science 9 (rely) on creativity and exploration, and even playfulness, and the scientific community finds the research valuable—a fact 10 (it) that has been investigated. (Reader’s Digest)
答案与解析
搞笑诺贝尔奖(Ig Nobel Prize)其名称来自Ignoble (不名誉的)和Nobel Prize (诺贝尔奖)的结合。主办方为科学幽默杂志(Annals of Improbable Research, AIR),其目的是选出那些“乍看之下令人发笑,细看之后发人深省”的研究。
1.discoveries 考查词形转换和名词的数。空处作介词to的宾语, 且空前是some of the, 故空处填复数名词discoveries。
2.While/Though/Although 考查状语从句。“著名的诺贝尔奖本月迎来121周年纪念”与“其相对贫穷的表亲——搞笑诺贝尔奖于1991年首次出现”是转折让步关系, 故应填表“尽管”的从属连词While/Though/Although。
3.to celebrate 考查非谓语动词。空处作表语, 解释说明主语aim的具体内容, 应用不定式,填to celebrate。
4.who 考查定语从句。该句是非限制性定语从句, 先行词是Marc Abrahams,指人, 从句中缺少主语, 故用关系代词who引导定语从句。
5.what 考查主语从句。“ 5 you’d