Question

用方框中所給的單詞的適當形式填空，使短文正確、通順。每詞限用一次。

seat  hold  start  arrive  old  hurry  travel  crowd  provide  comfort

   Many large cities have a subway system. The subway is called tube in London. In San Francisco, it is called BART (Bay Area Rapid Transit). Some subway systems, like Chicago’s, are quite 1.____________. It opened in 1897. Others are more recent (近代的). For example, Mexico City’s subway 2.____________ in 1969.

Most subways are very modern and clean, but sometimes they get very3.____________. So people have to follow certain rules to make the trip more 4.____________. In London, when people use the tube, they must stand on the right so that people in a 5.____________ can walk on the left. They let passengers get off the train before others get on, and people are expected to give their 6.____________ to the old and disabled people.

 Some subways 7.____________ excellent services. In most subways, there is a station about every one kilometer. Trains 8.____________ at a station about every two minutes. Subways carry a lot of passengers. The number of people 9.____________ one way each hour in London can be about 30,000. However, in some other cities it is much higher. Hong Kong’s subway10.____________ the record of about 80,000 passengers an hour!

 

Answer 1

【答案】

 

1.old

2.started

3.crowded

4.comfortable

5.hurry

6.seats

7.provide

8.arrive

9.traveling

10.holds

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述了全球地鐵的情況。

1.考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意：一些地鐵系統，像芝加哥的，是相當舊了。根據It opened in 1897可知，應填old。

2.考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：例如墨西哥的地鐵開始于1969年。根據Others are more recent可知，應填started。

3.考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意：但是有時它們變得非常擁擠。根據Most subways are very modern and clean, but sometimes…可知，應填crowded。

4.考查形容詞及語境的理解。句意：所以人們必須遵循一定的規則以便使旅途更舒適。根據people have to follow certain rules可知，應填comfortable。

5.考查名詞及語境的理解。句意：他們必須站在右邊以便匆忙的人們可以在左邊行走。根據in a hurry“匆忙地”可知，應填hurry。

6.考查名詞及語境的理解。句意：人們盼望著把他們的座位讓給老人和殘疾人。根據to the old and disabled people可知，應填seats。

7.考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：一些地鐵提供極好的服務。根據excellent services可知，應填provide。

8.考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：火車大約每兩分鐘到達一個站點。根據arrive at“到達”可知，應填arrive。

9.考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：人們每小時來倫敦旅游的數量大約是30,000。根據traveling“旅行”的意思可知，應填traveling。

10.考查動詞及語境的理解。句意：香港的地鐵保持的記錄大約是一小時80,000旅客。根據hold the record“保持記錄”可知，應填holds。

考點：短文填空。