2020年全国I卷
第二节 (共10小题;每小题1.5分, 满分15分)
阅读下面短文, 在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。
China has become the first country to land a spacecraft on the far side of the moon. The unmanned Chang’e-4 probe (探测器) -- the name was inspired by an ancient Chinese moon goddess -- 61 (touch) down last week in the South Pole-Aitken basin. Landing on the moon’s far side is 62 (extreme) challenging. Because the moon’s body blocks direct radio communication with a probe, China first had to put a satellite in orbit above the moon in a spot 63 it could send signals to the spacecraft and to Earth. The far side of the moon is of particular 64 (interesting) to scientists because it has a lot of deep craters (环形山), more so 65 the familiar near side. Chinese researchers hope to use the instruments onboard Chang’e-4 66 (find) and study areas of the South Pole-Aitken basin. “This really excites scientists,” Carle Pieters, a scientist at Brown University, says, “because it 67 (mean) we have the chance to obtain information about how the moon 68 (construct).” Data about the moon’s composition, such as how 69 ice and other treasures it contains, could help China decide whether 70 (it) plans for a future lunar (月球的) base are practical.
答案解析:
61. touched
解析:根据句意,嫦娥-4探测器上周已经着陆,所以应该用过去式。选项(touch)的过去式是touched。
62. extremely
解析:这里需要一个副词来修饰形容词challenging。选项(extreme)的副词形式是extremely。
63. where
解析:这里需要一个连接副词来引导定语从句,修饰先行词a spot,并在从句中作地点状语。选项是where。
64. interest
解析:这里需要一个名词来表示对月球远侧的兴趣。选项(interesting)的名词形式是interest。
65. than
解析:这里需要一个连词来与more so搭配,构成比较级结构。选项是than。
66. to find
解析:这里需要一个不定式来表示目的,与hope to搭配。选项(find)的不定式形式是to find。
67. means
解析:根据句意,这里应该用一般现在时,因为句子的主语是第三人称单数。选项(mean)的一般现在时第三人称单数形式是means。
68. is onstructed
解析:根据句意,这里应该用被动语态,因为月亮是被构建的。选项(construct)的被动语态是is constructed。
69. much
解析:这里需要一个形容词来修饰不可数名词ice。选项是much。
70. its
解析:这里需要一个形容词性物主代词来修饰后面的名词plans。选项(it)的形容词性物主代词形式是its。