完形填空
第二节 （2018·云南昆明）完形填空
从A、B、C、D三个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳答案。（共10小题，每小题1分，满分10分）
Space travel is nothing new. The first spaceship with a human was sent up 36 space in 1961. Since then, people have not only travelled to space, 37 many of them have also lived there in space stations for some time.
The Soviet Union（苏联）sent the 38 space station into space in 1971. This space station was called Salyut I. It 39 as a place where people could live while they observed space and did experiments. The first group of astronauts lived there for 23 days. The Soviet Union went on to make seven more Salyut space stations. At about the same time, the United States had 40 own space station, called Skylab.
Astronauts 41 in these space stations for a short time. However, it wasn’t until the late 1980s when the Soviet Union sent the Mir space station that people began to live in space for a 42 time.
Living in space stations seems to be fun, but astronauts face many problems. One of them 43 food. All the 44 on space stations are put together on Earth and sent there by spaceship. Because the food has to last a long time, a lot of it has to be stored in cans. The space station does not have a fridge, but it has a cool room to keep fruit and vegetables fresh. Astronauts also eat many other foods 45 dried meat that do not need special care.
36. A. into B. with C. of
37. A. for B. but C. unless
38. A. ones B. one C. first
39. A. found B. was built C. was bought
40. A. them B. they C. its
41. A. lived B. played C. took
42. A. more B. shorter C. longer
43. A. am B. is C. are
44. A. apple B. vegetable C. meals
45. A. such as B. at last C. next to
主旨大意：本文是一篇科普说明文，主要介绍了宇宙飞船、太空站及宇航员的太空生活。
36. A考查介词辨析。由set up into“发射进入”可知。故选A。
37. B考查固定搭配。not only… but (also)为固定搭配，意为“不仅……；而且……”。故选B。
38. C考查数词。句意：1971年苏联向太空发射了第一个太空站。first表示“第一”。故选C。
39. B考查被动语态。be built意为“被修建为……”。故选B。
40. C考查代词辨析。根据主语the United States可知应选its“它的”。故选C。
41. A考查动词辨析。结合下句的“…began to live in space…”可知应选A。
42. C考查形容词辨析。结合上句中的“…for a short time”可知此处表示“时间更长了些”，故选C。
43. B考查主谓一致。one of them意为“其中之一”，为单数形式，故用is。故选B。
44. C考查主谓一致。根据此句中的are可知主语为复数形式，三个选项中只有C项是复数形式，故选C。
45. A考查固定搭配。such as例如；at last最后，终于；next to靠近，空后为空前many other foods所举的例子，故选A。
二、(2018·江苏徐州) 完形填空（共 15 小题，每小题 1 分， 满分 15 分 ）
根据短文内容，从各题所给的A、B、C、D 四个选项中选出最佳选项。
(2018·江苏徐州) What will the future world be like? Many people are glad to give their 16 . Here are two imaginations about the world of 17 .
●When people talk about the future, we like to think that we'll have our own personal flying car. We would fly at 480 kilometres per hour, avoiding traffic lights, 18 roads and speeding tickets. 19 , some people point to the disadvantages of flying cars. One big problem is: what will happen if the flying cars 20 ? Then there will be problems with traffic control. Also, if 21 become popular, there will surely be too much air traffic. 22 it seems that flying cars will face more than a few problems if they are to get off the ground!
