五、阅读短文,在文中空白处填入1个适当的单词,或用括号内所给单词的正确形式填空。
Learning Chinese may seem difficult to foreigners outside China. 1 , Daisy Raffan, an 18-year-old girl in Britain, hopes to bring the language to the young people.
Daisy has been learning Putonghua since the age of five. Two years ago, after she decided to pass on what she had learned, she came up with 2 idea for the website, kidschineseclub. com.
She said, “People are afraid 3 (learn) Putonghua. One of the main 4 (reason) is that they think it's a(n) 5 (possible) language to learn, but I have had fun 6 (do) it. And I hope what I have done is easy and fun.”
Daisy's website has 7 (win) the support of several important persons—the teenager says she has received a letter 8 (praise) her work from Gordon Brown, who is the British Prime Minister. She said, “I wrote to him and told him what I was doing and got a letter 9 him. He said that what I was doing was a really good idea. I thought it was amazing. I was 10 (excite) that someone so important was supporting what I was doing.”
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
6. 7. 8. 9. 10.

1. However 2. an 3. to learn 4. reasons 5. impossible 6. doing 7. won 8. praising 9. from 10. excited

【分析】
先通读短文把握主旨，逐空结合上下文逻辑、语法规则和固定搭配分析：1. 前后句为转折关系，需用表转折的连词；2. 此处表泛指的可数名词单数，且以元音音素开头，用对应冠词；3. 涉及固定短语搭配；4. 需用名词复数形式；5. 根据语境填合适的形容词；6. 考查固定搭配的非谓语形式；7. 句子为现在完成时，需用动词过去分词；8. 考查非谓语动词作定语；9. 涉及固定短语搭配；10. 修饰人需用对应的形容词形式。
【解析】
1. 考查连词：前后句为转折关系，且有逗号隔开，故填However；
2. 考查冠词：idea是可数名词单数，表泛指且以元音音素开头，故填an；
3. 考查固定搭配：be afraid to do sth，故填to learn；
4. 考查名词复数：one of后接可数名词复数，故填reasons；
5. 考查形容词：根据语境，人们觉得学中文不可能，故填impossible；
6. 考查固定搭配：have fun doing sth，故填doing；
7. 考查现在完成时：has后接动词过去分词，win的过去分词是won，故填won；
8. 考查非谓语动词：letter与praise是主动关系，用现在分词作定语，故填praising；
9. 考查介词：get a letter from sb是固定搭配，故填from；
10. 考查形容词：修饰人用-ed形式的形容词，故填excited。
【答案】
1. However 2. an 3. to learn 4. reasons 5. impossible 6. doing 7. won 8. praising 9. from 10. excited
【知识点】
固定搭配；冠词用法；语法运用
【点评】
本题为英语短文填空，主要考察基础语法和固定搭配，难度适中，学生掌握常见语法规则即可完成。
【难度系数】
0.8

六、跨科学·无人驾驶汽车阅读理解。
Have you ever seen a car without a driver? It sounds crazy, but these computer-driven driverless cars will soon be filling roads near you. Companies are testing these cars—they just need to see if they're valuable to earn money and run final tests to check if they can run alongside human-driven cars on the road.
So how do they work? The cars have sensors(传感器) all around which can detect other cars on the road. Sensors on the wheels also help know how far it is from other cars when parking. Cameras read road signs, and satellite navigation systems(卫星导航系统) help the car know where to go. You only need to type in the address! Finally, a central computer system takes in all information it receives from the sensors and cameras and works out the best route.
People don't need to worry about remembering directions to the places they want to go. They can drive more safely than people. They can follow the traffic rules and have quicker reactions(反应) when they are in danger. No one needs a driving license(驾驶执照) and they can help save money for everyone.
However, many people worry about the driverless cars. They are concerned that computers in driverless cars may have difficulties making ethical(道德的) decisions. If a child runs into the road, will the computer choose to hit the child or make a turn and it may kill people in cars? There are many things that people have to think about. They need to decide whether to allow children or drunk people to be in a driverless car by themselves. Or do we need to have an adult with a driving license in the car all the time?
I'm not sure I'd want a driverless car because there are still many things that I can't understand.
()1. What can the sensors on the wheels of a driverless car help people do?
A. Read road signs clearly.
B. Find the best driving way.
C. Connect to the satellite navigation system.
D. Know how far it is from other cars when parking.
()2. What good point of driverless cars is mentioned in the passage?
A. They don't need any money.
B. They are faster than other cars.
C. They can drive more safely than people.
D. They don't need to follow the traffic rules.
()3. What do people worry about driverless cars?
A. They may have difficulties making ethical decisions.
B. Little children can be in the driverless cars at any time.
C. Drunk people will drive the driverless cars by themselves.
D. They will hit the child and kill people in cars at the same time.

1. D 【点拨】根据“Sensors on the wheels also help know how far it is from other cars when parking.”可知,车轮上的传感器可以帮助在停车时知道与其他车辆的距离。故选D。
2. C 【点拨】根据“They can drive more safely than people.”可知,无人驾驶汽车比人类驾驶更安全。故选C。
3. A 【点拨】根据“However, many people worry about the driverless cars. They are concerned that computers in driverless cars may have difficulties making ethical(道德的) decisions.”可知,人们担心无人驾驶汽车的计算机在道德决策方面存在困难。故选A。

【分析】本题为英语阅读理解的细节理解题，解题思路是根据每道题的题干关键词，快速定位原文对应段落，对比原文信息与选项，选出匹配的答案。第1题关键词为"sensors on the wheels"，定位至第二段；第2题关键词为"good point"，定位至第三段；第3题关键词为"worry about"，定位至第四段。
【解析】1. 根据原文第二段“Sensors on the wheels also help know how far it is from other cars when parking.”可知，车轮上的传感器可帮助在停车时知晓与其他车辆的距离，对应选项D。2. 根据原文第三段“They can drive more safely than people.”可知，无人驾驶汽车的优点是比人类驾驶更安全，对应选项C。3. 根据原文第四段“However, many people worry about the driverless cars. They are concerned that computers in driverless cars may have difficulties making ethical(道德的) decisions.”可知，人们担忧无人驾驶汽车的计算机难以做出道德决策，对应选项A。
【答案】1.D 2.C 3.A
【知识点】英语阅读理解、细节理解题
【点评】本题为跨学科英语阅读理解题，结合无人驾驶汽车的科技主题，考查学生对原文细节信息的定位与理解能力，题型常规，难度适中，需准确查找原文对应内容。
【难度系数】0.7