Question

【題目】Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Voice for the Planet

It's the voice you notice first. In person, David Attenborough speaks in the same awestruck hush he has used in dozens of nature documentaries, a crisp half whisper 【1】 is often imitated but seldom matched. Sitting in his home in the Richmond neighbourhood of west London for one in a series of conversations, I feel obliged to drink 【2】 second cup of tea when he offers. It somehow seems wrong to say no.

In his native U. K. Attenborough is held in the kind of respect usually 【3】 (reserve) for royalty. Over decades - first as a television executive, then as a wildlife filmmaker and recently as a kind of elder statesman for the planet -- he has achieved near saintly（圣人的）status. He was knighted（封為騎士）by the Queen in 1985 and 【4】 (usually refer) to as Sir David.

Attenborough pioneered a style of wildlife film-making that brought viewers to remote landscapes and gave them a close perspective on the wonders of nature. In the autumn of his life, Attenborough has largely moved away from 【5】 these films are made but lends his storytelling abilities to wildlife documentaries in collaboration with filmmakers his storytelling abilities to wildlife documentaries in collaboration with filmmakers he has mentored. His most famous work, the 2006 BBC series Planet Earth, set a benchmark in the use of high-definition cameras and had a budget equal to 【6】 of a Hollywood movie. Among its highlights 【7】 (be) the first footage of a snow leopard, the impossibly rare Asian wildcat that hunts high in the Himalayas. More than a decade 【8】 it was first released, Planet Earth remains among the all-time best-selling nonfiction DVDs.

Now Attenborough is putting his voice and the weight of authority he has accumulated to greater moral purpose. In recent months he has stood 【9】 powerful audiences at the 2018 U. N. climate talks in Katowice, Poland, and the 2019 World Economic Forum at Davos, in Switzerland, to urge them into action on climate change. These kinds of event are not his chosen habitat, Attenborough tells TIME. "I would much prefer not to be a sign- 【10】 (carry) conservationist. My life is the natural world. But I can't not carry a placard（標(biāo)語(yǔ)牌）if I see what's happening."

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】that/which

【2】a

【3】reserved

【4】is usually referred

【5】where

【6】that

【7】was

【8】after

【9】in front of

【10】carrying

【解析】

本文是一篇記敘文，作者采訪了給《行星地球》配音的David Attenborough，介紹了他的成就，并提到他為地球發(fā)聲，在達(dá)沃斯等論壇發(fā)言，呼吁各國(guó)領(lǐng)導(dǎo)行動(dòng)起來(lái)，保護(hù)地球。

【1】

考查限定性定語(yǔ)從句。分析可知 is often imitated but seldom matched是限定性定語(yǔ)從句，先行詞a crisp half whisper 指物，引導(dǎo)詞在從句中做主語(yǔ)，應(yīng)該用which或that引導(dǎo)這個(gè)定語(yǔ)從句。故填which/that。

【2】

考查冠詞。此處指“第二杯茶”，a cup of“一杯……”符合句意，故填a。

【3】

考查過(guò)去分詞做定語(yǔ)。分析可知本句的謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞是is held, reserve在句中做respect的后置定語(yǔ)為非謂語(yǔ)，reserve與邏輯主語(yǔ)respect之間是邏輯上的被動(dòng)關(guān)系，應(yīng)該用其過(guò)去分詞形式，故填reserved。

【4】

考查語(yǔ)態(tài)和時(shí)態(tài)。分析可知refer在句中做謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞，與主語(yǔ)He之間是被動(dòng)關(guān)系，要用被動(dòng)語(yǔ)態(tài)。根據(jù)狀語(yǔ)usually（通常）可知這里要用一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，故填is usually referred。

【5】

考查連接副詞。句意：在他生命的秋天，Attenborough已經(jīng)很大程度上離開(kāi)了這些電影的拍攝地。分析可知 ____5____ these films are made做介詞from的賓語(yǔ)是一個(gè)賓語(yǔ)從句。結(jié)合句意，空格處在從句中做地點(diǎn)狀語(yǔ)應(yīng)該用連接副詞where引導(dǎo)這個(gè)賓語(yǔ)從句，故填where。

【6】

考查代詞。句意：他最著名的作品是2006年英國(guó)廣播公司(BBC)的《行星地球》(Planet Earth)系列，其在高清攝像機(jī)的使用方面樹(shù)立了一個(gè)標(biāo)桿，并且它的預(yù)算相當(dāng)于一部好萊塢電影（的預(yù)算）。根據(jù)句意，空格處應(yīng)該用一個(gè)代詞來(lái)指代前文中的a budget, 此處是同類比較，結(jié)合空格處后的of可知這里應(yīng)該填that。that of搭配在一起可以用來(lái)代替前面的某個(gè)內(nèi)容。故填that。

【7】

考查時(shí)態(tài)和主謂一致。分析可知Among its highlights ____7____ (be) the first footage of a snow leopard,是個(gè)倒裝句，be在句中做謂語(yǔ)，the first footage of a snow leopard是主語(yǔ)，表示單數(shù)意義，謂語(yǔ)動(dòng)詞也要用單數(shù)。此句是關(guān)于the 2006 BBC series Planet Earth（2006年BBC的《行星地球》系列），發(fā)生在過(guò)去，所以時(shí)態(tài)為一般過(guò)去時(shí)。故填was。

【8】

考查連詞。句意：《行星地球》發(fā)行十多年后，它仍是有史以來(lái)最暢銷(xiāo)的非小說(shuō)類DVD之一。分析可知 it was first released是個(gè)從句，要用一個(gè)連詞引導(dǎo)這個(gè)從句。根據(jù)句意，這里指的“《行星地球》發(fā)行十多年以后”，連詞after意為“在……之后”符合句意，故填after。

【9】

考查介詞詞組。句意：最近幾個(gè)月，他在波蘭卡托維茲舉行的2018年聯(lián)合國(guó)氣候會(huì)談和瑞士達(dá)沃斯舉行的2019年世界經(jīng)濟(jì)論壇上，站在有影響力的聽(tīng)眾面前，敦促他們就氣候變化采取行動(dòng)。根據(jù)句意，這里要表達(dá)的是“站在聽(tīng)眾前”，in front of意為“在……前面”符合句意，故填in front of。

【10】

考查現(xiàn)在分詞。句意：我非常希望不要成為一個(gè)帶有標(biāo)志的環(huán)境保護(hù)主義者。修飾名詞conservationist應(yīng)該用形容詞，所以空格處要和sign組成一個(gè)形容詞表示“帶有標(biāo)志的”，故用其現(xiàn)在分詞形式，故填carrying。