People have always wanted to fly1. They have hoped to be like ˍˍ. They have hoped to fly up into the sky. Long ago people thought that they would ˍˍ be able to fly. But now people know how to fly. They fly in airplanes.
In the 1890s, two men thought about making an airplane2. They started by finding every book about flying. Then they did a lot of ˍˍ. At last they put down the books and started to work. They made the airplane in 1903. One of the men went up in it. It could fly!
The first airplanes could not fly very high. They wereˍˍ, too. Birds could fly faster than them. But soon people found out how to makeˍˍ airplanes. Today airplanes can fly high and fast.
1.(A)trees(B)air(C)fish
(D)birds
2.(A)always(B)usually
(C)never(D)often
3.(A)reading(B)sleeping
(C)singing(D)talking
4.(A)broken(B)strange
(C)slow(D)funny
5.(A)better(B)more
(C)closer(D)fresher
人類長久以來一直想要飛翔,他們一直希望像鳥一樣;他們一直想飛向天空。很久之前,人們還認為他們絕對無法飛行。不過,現在人類知道怎麼飛了,他們乘坐飛機飛翔。
一八九○年代,有兩名男子考慮要製造飛機,他們的第一步就是遍尋所有有關飛行的書籍,接著他們便大量閱讀。最後,他們放下書本開始著手製造飛機,他們於一九○三年造好了飛機,其中一個人坐了進去,它真的飛起來了。
最初的飛機飛得並不高,速度也蠻慢的,小鳥都比它們飛得快,但沒多久人們就發現如何製造更好的飛機,現代的飛機可以飛得又高又快。
答案:1.(D)2.(C)3.(A)
4.(C)5.(A)
單字一點通
1.fly〔娹婖婛埩〕vi. 飛翔(三態為:fly、flew、flown)
2.airplane〔婄瑎寀歅孮婖婍婜〕n.飛機(常縮寫成plane)
片語大補帖
1. hope to V 希望……
2. be able to V 能夠……
3. put down... 放下……
4. find out... 發現……
精解
1.此處空格應選(D)理由:
a.空格前面句子有關鍵字fly(飛行),因此,根據語意,此處應選(D)。
b.trees(樹)、air(空氣)、fish(魚,單複數同型)均不符語意,故(A)、(B)、(C)均不可選。
2.此處空格應選(C)理由:
a.always(總是)、usually(通常)、often(常常)均為頻率副詞,因不符語意,故(A)、(B)、(D)均不可選。
b.never(絕不)亦為頻率副詞,置入空格後,符合前後文語意,故(C)應為正選。
3.此處空格應選(A)理由:
空格前一句有finding every book about flying(尋找有關飛行的每一本書),因此,空格應置入reading,以使前後語意相符而連貫,故(A)應為正選。
4.此處空格應選(C)理由:
a.(A)broken〔婄婈寀孲婑瑆婜〕a.故障的
例:My car was broken, so I had to take the bus to school this morning.
我的車壞了,所以我今天早上必須搭公車上學。
(B)strange〔屙崞寀婍婜娾甝〕a. 奇怪的
(C)slow〔屙婖孲〕a. 緩慢的
(D)funny〔婄娹瑔婜埩〕a. 好笑的
b.根據空格後語意,故(C)應為正選。
5.此處空格應選(A)理由:
a.(A)better〔婄婈瑎崞櫹〕a. 更好的
(B)more〔婂孲寀〕 a. 更多的
(C)closer〔婄婑婖孲崨櫹〕a. 更靠近的
(D)fresher〔娹寀瑎瓿櫹〕a. 更新鮮的
b.根據語意,故(A)應為正選。