Question

【题目】How would we travel ____1____ maps? It would be a bit adventurous (冒险的) 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 (计量) 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 (设计) 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】本文介绍了在地图出现之前人们出名旅行不是按距离而是按照时间来计量。并且文中介

绍了最早的地图以及英国地铁地图的设计。

【1】without

句意：没有地图我们如何旅行？根据It would be a bit adventurous (冒险的) to set off from

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

Underground at each station.可知表示这将是一个冒险，因此是在没有地图的情况下旅行，

故为without。

【2】map

句意：如果在伦敦每一个地铁站没有一张伦敦地图，从牛津大学出发到伦敦大桥将是有

点冒险的。根据前文的How would we travel ____1____ maps?可知此处表示一张地图，

故为map.

【3】it

句意：使用像山和河这样的自然标记是非常容易的。根据句型It is+形容词+to do sth做

某事是……，故此处用it作形式主语。

【4】much

句意：使用时间不是距离来计量旅程是更合理的。修饰比较级more logical，故用much。

【5】a

句意：例如，下一个村子有三个小时的行程。修饰单数名词ride,故用不定冠词a。

【6】and

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

并列作真正主语，表示递进关系，故用连词and。

【7】that

句意：在城市的光污染之前的天空比我们今天拥有的天空更清楚。此处代指the sky，

故用代词that。

【8】called

句意：但是一个名叫Henry Beck的人意识到坐火车旅行和开车穿过伦敦是不一样的。

此处作后置定语，表示被称为，故用过去分词called。

【9】popular

句意：他为地铁设计地图的新设计开始不受火车公司的欢迎。be popular with受…..欢迎，

故为popular。

【10】go

句意：当然现在你可以骑自行车，开车或者穿过森林，而且使用一个全球定位仪，准确

地知道你在哪里。go through穿过，位于情态动词can后，作谓语，故用动词原形，故

为go。