Question

【题目】根据短文内容，从方框内选择合适的单词并用其适当形式填空，使短文完整、连贯。

start, take, modern, remain, increase,

large, destroy, build, occur, thousand

start, take, modern, remain, increase,

large, destroy, build, occur, thousand

Tokyo, the capital of Japan, is one of the 【1】 cities in the world. It is one of the world’s most 【2】 cities. Twice in the 20th century, the city was【3】 and rebuilt (重建).

In 1923, there was a great earthquake in the city.【4】 of people were killed and millions left homeless. It 【5】 people there seven years to rebuild the city.

During World War Ⅱ, Tokyo was destroyed once again. After the disasters (灾难), nothing 【6】 in the downtown area of old Tokyo.

After the war, the people of Tokyo began to rebuild their city. The city was 【7】 at a high speed (高速地) between 1945 and 1960, and the city’s population 【8】 very fast. As a result of this quick development, however, many problems have 【9】, such as housing shortage (短缺), pollution and unemployment (失业). But the government has 【10】 several programs to solve them.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】largest

【2】modern

【3】destroyed

【4】Thousands

【5】took

【6】remained

【7】built

【8】increased

【9】occurred

【10】started

【解析】

本文讲述了日本首都东京两次被破坏和重建。

【1】largest

句意：日本的首都东京是世界上最大的城市之一。根据Twice in the 20th century,可知此处表示它很大，修饰名词cities，故用形容词，根据in the world可知此处用最高级，故用largest。

【2】modern

句意：它是世界最现代化的城市之一。修饰名词cities，故用形容词，根据the city was____3____ and rebuilt (重建).可知这座城市被重建过，因此它是现代化的，故为modern。

【3】destroyed

句意：在20世纪，那座城市两次被破坏，然后重建。根据后文的In 1923, there was a great earthquake in the city.可知这座城市发生了地震，因此被破坏了，故用过去分词destroyed。

【4】Thousands

句意：好几千人死去，数百万人无家可归。thousands of好几千人，故为Thousands。

【5】took

句意：重建这座城市花费了那里的人们七年的时间。根据句型It takes sb time to do sth“做某事花费某人时间”，根据in 1923可知此处用一般过去时，故为took。

【6】remained

句意：灾难过后，在旧的东京城的市中心地区什么也没有留下。根据During World War Ⅱ, Tokyo was destroyed once again.可知第二次世界大战后，东京被破坏，市中心什么也没有留下，故用动词remained。

【7】built

句意：那座城市于1945年和1960年之间快速地被建成。根据前文的After the war, the people of Tokyo began to rebuild their city.可知东京被重建，主语the city与谓语build之间是被动关系，故用被动语态，故为built。

【8】increased

句意：那座城市的人口增长得非常快。根据As a result of this quick development,可知城市快速发展，因此人口增长了，根据between 1945 and 1960,可知此处用一般过去时，故为increased。

【9】occurred

句意：由于快速的发展，许多问题出现了，例如住房短缺，污染和失业。根据句意，表示许多问题出现了，故为occurred。

【10】started

句意：但是政府已经启动了几个项目来解决它们。根据to solve them可知为了解决它们，政府启动了几个项目，位于助动词has后，故用过去分词，故为started。