Question

【題目】How would we travel ____1____ maps? It would be a bit adventurous (冒險(xiǎn)的) to set off from Oxford University to go to London Bridge if there wasn't a ____2____ of the London Underground at each station.In fact, a lot of the early mapmakers were adventurers and explorers, especially in the 15th and 16th centuries.

So what did people do before there were maps? Well, ____3____ was quite easy to use natural signs like mountains and rivers and followed coastlines.And it was ____4____ more logical (合理的) to use time, not distance, to measure (計(jì)量) journeys: the next village is ____5____ threehour ride, for example.

In fact, in the earliest maps, people didn't draw landmarks.They drew the stars.It was very easy to see the night sky ____6____ use it for navigation (航行)．The sky was a lot clearer before the light pollution from cities ____7____we have today.When towns and cities were built, people drew road maps which gave correct distances and directions.

The London Underground was opened in 1863 and it also used a road map style.But a man ____8____ Henry Beck realized that traveling by train wasn't the same as driving your car across London.Passengers only needed to know which stations to change at.His new design (設(shè)計(jì)) for the Underground map wasn't very ____9____ with the train companies at first.But the passengers loved it and in 1933, 700,000 copies were printed.

These days, of course, you can ride a bike, drive a car or _____10_____ through a forest and know where you are exactly, using a GPS.It's really difficult to get lost!

Answer 1

【答案】without

map

it

much

a

and

that

called

popular

go

【解析】本文介紹了在地圖出現(xiàn)之前人們出名旅行不是按距離而是按照時(shí)間來(lái)計(jì)量。并且文中介

紹了最早的地圖以及英國(guó)地鐵地圖的設(shè)計(jì)。

【1】without

句意：沒(méi)有地圖我們?nèi)绾温眯�？根�?jù)It would be a bit adventurous (冒險(xiǎn)的) to set off from

Oxford University to go to London Bridge if there wasn't a ____2____ of the London

Underground at each station.可知表示這將是一個(gè)冒險(xiǎn)，因此是在沒(méi)有地圖的情況下旅行，

故為without。

【2】map

句意：如果在倫敦每一個(gè)地鐵站沒(méi)有一張倫敦地圖，從牛津大學(xué)出發(fā)到倫敦大橋?qū)⑹怯?/span>

點(diǎn)冒險(xiǎn)的。根據(jù)前文的How would we travel ____1____ maps?可知此處表示一張地圖，

故為map.

【3】it

句意：使用像山和河這樣的自然標(biāo)記是非常容易的。根據(jù)句型It is+形容詞+to do sth做

某事是……，故此處用it作形式主語(yǔ)。

【4】much

句意：使用時(shí)間不是距離來(lái)計(jì)量旅程是更合理的。修飾比較級(jí)more logical，故用much。

【5】a

句意：例如，下一個(gè)村子有三個(gè)小時(shí)的行程。修飾單數(shù)名詞ride,故用不定冠詞a。

【6】and

句意：看夜空和把它用于航行是很容易的。此處see the night sky和use it for navigation

并列作真正主語(yǔ)，表示遞進(jìn)關(guān)系，故用連詞and。

【7】that

句意：在城市的光污染之前的天空比我們今天擁有的天空更清楚。此處代指the sky，

故用代詞that。

【8】called

句意：但是一個(gè)名叫Henry Beck的人意識(shí)到坐火車旅行和開(kāi)車穿過(guò)倫敦是不一樣的。

此處作后置定語(yǔ)，表示被稱為，故用過(guò)去分詞called。

【9】popular

句意：他為地鐵設(shè)計(jì)地圖的新設(shè)計(jì)開(kāi)始不受火車公司的歡迎。be popular with受…..歡迎，

故為popular。

【10】go

句意：當(dāng)然現(xiàn)在你可以騎自行車，開(kāi)車或者穿過(guò)森林，而且使用一個(gè)全球定位儀，準(zhǔn)確

地知道你在哪里。go through穿過(guò)，位于情態(tài)動(dòng)詞can后，作謂語(yǔ)，故用動(dòng)詞原形，故

為go。