Question

【题目】Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.

The Trunkster, a bag with built-in smart features might just challenge the standard roller bag. The main security feature: It’s zipperless (无拉链). A sliding roll top-door design allows for easy 【1】by the owner, but reduces the risk of theft or accidental opening during baggage

【2】. If airport security has to search the bag, there is a TSA-approved combination lock. Need to juice up your phone? A 【3】battery can charge portable devices through a USB connection. Perhaps the coolest part — especially if your holiday shopping habits put you at risk of going beyond baggage weight 【4】— is a built-in digital scale. Want to know how much stuff you’re pulling? Lift the bag and the display on the handle shows weight in pounds or kilograms.

Trunkster co-founder Jesse Potash said he and his co-founder, based in New York, created the luggage in 2014, after finding nothing they believed prioritized accessibility. They wanted to “completely 【5】” the classic case — with zippers — for “the modern’ minimal (极简的) traveler,” Polash says. He adds that they didn’t want to 【6】the user with “as many features as possible” because that would not be required.

One more feature you can add on? Tracking. Airlines are 【7】 doing a better job these days of not losing bags. But for those who want to 【8】 their cases there are stand-alone gadgets (精巧的装置) like the Trakdot or Pocket-Finder Luggage Tracker. For an extra $40, you can add a subscription-free, removable GPS to the Trunksler.

But smarting up a 【9】 object comes with a problem. “When you have this much technology in a suitcase ... there are more things to break,” says George Hobica, a world traveler. Besides, the Trunkster is all black, and we all know that finding a black-colored bag in a sea of suitcases is like searching for a blade of grass on a football field. Attention, luggage manufacturers looking to 【10】 the typical pattern: Go bolder with unusual colors and designs.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】I

【2】K

【3】A

【4】C

【5】D

【6】G

【7】F

【8】J

【9】B

【10】E

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一个新型的带有内置智能功能的行李箱。

【1】考查名词。句意： 一个滑动滚门设计方便主任使用，但减少了行李处理过程中被盗或意外打开的风险。 easy access“方便使用”，根据语境，滑动滚门对于主人是方便使用的。故选I。

【2】考查动词。句意同上。根据语境可知，此处指行李在处理过程中的偶然的打开。During是介词，后接动名词作宾语，handle“处理”。故选K。

【3】考查形容词。句意：可移动电池可以通过USB连接给便携式设备充电。修饰名词用形容词，给行李箱的电池充电，应使用可移动电池，removable“可移动的”。故选A。

【4】考查名词。句意：也许最酷的部分是一个内置的数字秤——特别是如果你的假日购物习惯使你有可能超越行李重量限制时。根据“holiday shopping habits”和“ at risk of going beyond”可推断，因为购物导致超越重量限制，restriction“限制”符合题意。故选C。

【5】考查动词。句意：波拉什说，他们想“完全改变”经典的箱子——有拉链——为“现代的”极简旅行者。根据语境可知，此处表示“改变”经典的有拉链的行李箱。alter“变更；更改”符合题意。故选D。

【6】考查动词。句意：他补充说，他们不想用“尽可能多的功能”使用户负担过重，因为那是不需要的。根据because后的原因可推断，overload“使负担过重”符合题意。故选G。

【7】考查副词。句意：据报道这几天航空公司做得更好，没有丢包。reportedly“据报道”，修饰动词用副词做状语，根据句意。故选F。

【8】考查动词。句意：但是对于那些想要追踪他们的箱子的人来说，有一些独立的小工具，比如Trakdot或口袋探放行李追踪器。根据下文like the Trakdot or Pocket-Finder Luggage Tracker.可推断，是想要追踪自己箱子的人，track“追踪”符合题意。故选J。

【9】考查形容词。句意：美化一个功能对象会带来一个问题。functional“功能的；多用途的”，根据句意，修饰名词用形容词作定语。故选B。

【10】考查动词。句意：注意，行李制造商希望打破典型的模式：大胆尝试不寻常的颜色和设计。 根据句意，to是不定式符号，接动词原形，根据句意，break“打破”，符合题意。故选E。