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专题四 语法填空
第六讲 情态动词、虚拟语气和特殊句式
真题验证
(2015·全国Ⅱ卷)
The adobe dwellings(土坯房) 1.built (build) by the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest are admired by even 2.the most modern of architects and engineers.In addition to their simple beauty,what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their 3.ability (able) to “air condition” a house without 4.using (use)electric equipment.Walls made of adobe take in the heat from the sun on hot days and give out that heat 5.slowly (slow)during cool nights,thus warming the house.When a new day breaks,the walls have given up their heat and are now cold enough 6.to cool (cool) the house during the hot day; 7.at the same time,they warm up again for the night.This cycle 8.goes (go) day after day:The walls warm up during the day and cool off during the night and are thus always a timely offset(抵消)for the outside temperatures.As 9.natural (nature) architects,the Pueblo Indians figured out exactly 10.how thick the adobe walls needed to be to make the cycle work on most days.
文章大意:你见过不用空调却能自动调节温度的房子吗?本文介绍了普韦布洛村落的印第安人神奇的土坯房及其自动调温的过程和原理。
❶ 解析:动词build和主语The adobe dwellings是逻辑上的动宾关系,所以用其过去分词built做定语。
❷ 解析:形容词最高级most modern前加the。
❸ 解析:代词their后接名词,所以用able的名词形式ability。
❹ 解析:介词without后接动名词,use去掉字母e再加-ing。
❺ 解析:用slow的副词形式slowly修饰动词give out。
❻ 解析:形容词加enough后接不定式表目的。
❼ 解析:at the same time是固定词组。
❽ 解析:根据上下文,此处用一般现在时态。这种循环日复一日。
❾ 解析:形容词做定语修饰名词architects。
解析:根据句意,应用how修饰形容词thick,连接宾语从句。
(2014·全国Ⅰ卷)
Are you facing a situation that looks impossible to fix?
In 1969, the pollution was terrible along the Cuyahoga River near Cleveland, Ohio. It 1.was (be) unimaginable that it could ever be cleaned up. The river was so polluted that it 2.actually (actual) caught fire and burned. Now, years later, this river is one of 3.the most most outstanding examples of environmental cleanup.
But the river wasn't changed in a few days 4.or even a few months. It took years of work 5.to reduce (reduce) the industrial pollution and clean the water