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【題目】Walking down the city streets,you look up and see【1】red telephone box.Behind it,on the road,a big red double-floor bus passes by,【2】(carry) citizens and tourists.This is London.And the red is what the city is famous 【3】.

Modern transportation has changed the way we lead our lives.One important means of transport has been the bus.In London,buses take on a bigger role.They are used to visit the city.Red tourist buses have open【4】(roof), which let people take photos,have an amazing view of the city and enjoy【5】(them) as they drive past Big Ben,the Thames and so on.

But how did the bus become unique to London culture?Horse-drawn buses enjoy a history of more than 180 years.They【6】(use) in London since 1829.By the early 20th century,motor-buses were driving around London.Bus companies used different colors at the time.One of the【7】(big) companies chose red because the bright colour made【8】easy for the citizens to pick out the bus.In 1933,when London transport was grouped into a single company,they chose the most【9】(wide)used color at the time-red.

And so the color red stayed in London.But it was in the mid-1950s【10】the red double-floor was born.Its name is the Routemaster.Built between 1954 and 1968,they still look traditional.Like they have been frozen in time.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】a

【2】carrying

【3】for

【4】roofs

【5】themselves

【6】have been used

【7】biggest

【8】it

【9】widely

【10】that

【解析】本文主要講述了英國(guó)倫敦的紅色文化，紅色的電話(huà)箱，紅色雙門(mén)巴士，主要講了紅巴士的歷史由來(lái)。

【1】you look up and see___1___red telephone box，句意：你抬起頭，看到一個(gè)紅色電話(huà)亭，不定冠詞a用來(lái)修飾以輔音開(kāi)頭的字母前，故填a。

【2】on the road,a big red double-floor bus passes by,___2___(carry) citizens and tourists.句意：在路上，一輛紅色雙層巴士經(jīng)過(guò)，載著市民和游客，現(xiàn)在分詞做伴隨狀語(yǔ)，故填carrying。

【3】This is London.And the red is what the city is famous ___3___.根據(jù)句意：這是倫敦。紅色是這個(gè)城市最出名的地方，be famous for 意為：以……著名，故填for。

【4】Red tourist buses have open___4___(roof), which let people take photos,句意：紅色的旅游巴士有開(kāi)放的屋頂讓人們拍照，roof為可數(shù)名詞，故填roofs。

【5】have an amazing view of the city and enjoy___5___(them)……，enjoy themselves意為：玩的開(kāi)心，故填themselves。

【6】They___6___(use) in London since 1829.現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)表示 過(guò)去發(fā)生的動(dòng)作對(duì) 現(xiàn)在造成的 影響或 結(jié)果或表示過(guò)去的動(dòng)作或狀態(tài) 持續(xù)到現(xiàn)在。Since是現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)的標(biāo)志，故填have been used 。

【7】One of the___7___(big) companies chose red because……，句意：最大的公司之一選擇……，the+形容詞最高級(jí)，意為：最……的，故填biggest。

【8】the bright colour made___8___easy for the citizens to pick out the bus.固定句式……make it easy for sth/sb to do sth意為……是容易對(duì)于某人/某物去做某事，故填it。

【9】they chose the most___9___(wide)used color at the time-red.句意：他們選擇了當(dāng)時(shí)最廣泛使用的顏色固定搭配the most+adj原形意為：最……的，故填widely。

【10】it was in the mid-1950s___10___the red double-floor was born.句意：那是在20世紀(jì)50年代中期，紅色的雙層地板誕生了。陳述句的強(qiáng)調(diào)句型：It is/ was + 被強(qiáng)調(diào)部分（通常是主語(yǔ)、賓語(yǔ)或狀語(yǔ)）+ that/ who（當(dāng)強(qiáng)調(diào)主語(yǔ)且主語(yǔ)指人）+ 其他部分。故填that。