英语语法填空题组练
Test 1
For the fifth year in a row, Finland is the world's 1 (happy) country, according to World Happiness Report rankings based 2 (large) on life evaluations (评估) from the Gallup World Poll.
The Nordic country and 3 (it) neighbors Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Iceland all score very well on the measures the report uses 4 (explain) its findings: healthy life expectancy, GDP per capita, social support in times of trouble, and high social trust, generosity in a community 5 people look after each other and freedom to make key life 6 (decision).
Denmark comes in at No.2 in this year's rankings, 7 (follow) by Iceland at No.3. Sweden and Norway are seventh and eighth, respectively. Switzerland, the Netherlands and Luxembourg take places 4 through 6, 8 Israel coming in at No.9 and New Zealand rounding out the top 10.
Another bright spot in this year's report: Worry and stress dipped in the pandemic's second year. “For the young, life satisfaction has fallen, 9 for those over 60, it has risen,” according to the report.
John Helliwell, one of the report's three founding editors, acknowledges that there's a sense that crises bring out either the best or the worst in societies.
“But in general, people are too pessimistic about the goodwill in the societies they live in, so when the actual disaster 10 (happen) and they see other people responding positively to help others, it raises their opinion both of themselves and of their fellow citizens,” Helliwell said.
语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。在联合国最新公布的《2022年世界幸福报告》排名中,北欧国家芬兰再次高居榜首。
1.happiest 考查形容词。空前的the world's暗示这里应用happy的最高级形式,表示“世界上最幸福的国家”。
2.largely 考查词形转换。空前是动词based,因此应用副词来修饰。largely表示“主要地;很大程度上”。
3.its 考查代词。空后是名词neighbors,因此应用形容词性物主代词来修饰。
4.to explain 考查非谓语动词。measures后面是一个省略了关系代词which/that的定语从句,这里动词不定式短语to explain its findings在该从句中作目的状语。
5.where 考查定语从句。空前的community是先行词,这里填入关系副词where引导一个定语从句。
6.decisions 考查名词的单复数。decision是可数名词,根据语境应用复数形式。
7.followed 考查非谓语动词。本空所填词与它前面修饰的Denmark是被动关系,因此填入过去分词followed作句子的伴随状语。
8.with 考查介词。这里是一个由“with+名词+动词-ing形式”构成的独立主格结构。
9.while/but 考查连词。这里前后两个分句存在转折关系,因此填入连词while(然而;却)或but。
10.happens 考查时态。根据上下文可知,这里应用一般现在时。
Test 2
Pop music is often easy to remember, but it seems that you really can infect friends with your music taste.
Dora Rosati, lead author of a study from Canada along with colleagues, wondered 1 they could learn anything about how songs become popular using mathematical tools that are more 2 (usual) applied to study the spread of infectious diseases.
The team turned to a database of almost 1.4bn individual song downloads from MixRadio. 3 (focus) on the top 1,000 songs downloaded in the UK between 2007 and 2014, they 4 (measure) how well a standard model of epidemic disease, called the SIR model, fitted trends in song downloads over time.
The research, 5 (publish) in Proceedings of the Royal Society A:Mathematical and Physical Sciences, found the model performed just as well when describing song download trends 6 it did when describing the spread of a disease through the population.
Rosati said:“It supports the idea 7 both music and infectious diseases depend on social 8 (connection) to spread through populations.”
“With a disease, if you come into contact with someone who is ill, then you have a certain chance of 9 (catch) that disease. With songs, it looks very similar. The big 10 (different) is that for songs, it doesn't necessarily have to be physical contact — it could be that my friend used this cool new song in their Instagram story, so now I'm going to go and find it.”
语篇解读:本文是一篇说明文。加拿大学者的一项研究表明,歌曲的流行和传染病的流行有很多相似的地方。
1.whether/if 考查宾语从句。wonder意为“好奇;想知道”,根据语境可以,这里应填whether/if,引导宾语从句。
2.usually 考查副词。根据语境可知,这里需要填入一个副词来修饰谓语动词。
3.Focusing 考查非谓语动词。本句的主语是they,focus是由主语发出的主动的动作,因此用动词-ing形式作状语。
4.measured 考查时态。根据上下文语境可知,这里应用一般过去时。
5.published 考查非谓语动词。该研究结果是“被发表”,因此这里用过去分词作后置定语。
6.as 考查状语从句。as well as表示“跟……一样好”,这里as引导状语从句。as it did相当于as the model performed。
7.that 考查同位语从句。这里that引导同位语从句,修饰前面的名词idea。
8.connections 考查名词的单复数。这里connection是可数名词,表示“关联”,此处用作复数。
9.catching 考查非谓语动词。本空前面是介词of,因此这里需要填入动词-ing形式作宾语。
10.difference 考查词形转换。根据本空前面的The big可知,这里需要填入一个名词。
Test 3
Microsoft officially announced its latest PC 1 (operate) system update in 2021, called Windows 11. It includes visual improvements, Microsoft Teams integration for people working from home and a new Microsoft store, among other 2 (change).
Perhaps one of the most major improvements Windows 11 brings is a Start menu and new Start button. The menu opens a window with pinned apps, “recommended” recently 3 (open) documents.
Another improvement that makes it 4 (easy) to switch between tasks: saved desktops with personalized wallpapers for home, school, work and gaming.
The company rebuilt the Microsoft Store “from the ground up” with speed in mind. Consumers also now have more app choices with 5 new Microsoft Store, which includes Android apps from the Amazon App Store. That means users are able to access thousands of Android apps on their PC.
For the present, Windows 10 6 (run) on around 1.3 billion devices worldwide, according to CCS Insight. Compared to the substantial change 7 Windows 8 to Windows 10, Windows 11 isn't a “revolutionary step”, CCS CEO Geoff Blaber said.
8 (improve) the experience for PC users is important after a year 9 everyone has spent more time on their devices. Global shipments of PCs grew 13% year-over-year in 2020, the highest rate of 10 (grow) in a decade, according to data from market research firm the Intern