【題目】The adobe dwellings(土坯房)1(build) by the Pueblo Indians of the American Southwest are admired by even 2 most modern of architects and engineers. In addition to their simple beauty, what makes the adobe dwellings admirable is their 3(able) to “air condition” a house without 4(use)exact equipment. Walls made of adobe take in the heat from the sun on hot days and give out that her5(slow)during cool nights,thus warning the house. When a new day breaks, the walls have given up their heat and are now cold enough 6 _ (cool) the house during the hot day: 7 the same time, they warm up again for the night This cycle 8 (go) day after day: The walls warm up During the day and cool off during the night and thus always a timely offset(抵消)for the outside temperatures. As 9(nature) architects, the Pueblo Indians figured out exactly10thick the adobe walls needed to be to make the cycle work on most days.

【答案】

1built

2the

3ability

4using

5slowly

6to cool

7at

8goes

9natural

10how

【解析】試題分析:土坯房比現(xiàn)在的房子好在冬暖夏涼,F(xiàn)代的建筑師都很羨慕這樣的房子不用空調(diào)就能很好地調(diào)節(jié)室內(nèi)的溫度,不過關(guān)鍵是這房子的墻的厚度。

1built 動詞build和定語The adobe dwellings是邏輯上的動賓關(guān)系,所以用其過去分詞built做定語。

2the 形容詞最高級most modern前加the

3ability 代詞their后接名詞,所以用able的名詞形式ability.

4using 介詞without后接動名詞use去掉字母e再加-ing

5slowly slow的副詞形式slowly修飾動詞give out.

6to cool 形容詞加enough后接不定式。

7at at the same time是固定詞組。

8goes 根據(jù)上下文,此處用一般現(xiàn)在時態(tài)。這種循環(huán)日復(fù)一日。

9natural 形容詞做定語修飾名詞architects。

10how 根據(jù)句意,應(yīng)用how修飾形容詞thick,連接賓語從句。

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