Question

    In Pontevedra, a city in Spain, people don't shout. Since cars are banned (明令禁止) in the city, there are no noises from cars. People don't have to try hard to make themselves heard. What you hear in the street, instead, is the singing of birds.

Miguel Lores, the mayor (市长), opens the windows of his office, and the sound of human voices1. (rise) from the street below. Lores says, "More than 14,000 cars used to pass along this street every day. There 2.(be) more cars passing through the city in a day than people living here."

Lores became mayor in 1999. He spent months3.(walk) around the city. "The historical city is dead," he said one day. "It is full of cars. It4.(pollute) heavily. There are a lot of traffic accidents. The elderly and children aren't able to use the streets because of cars. People who had a chance to leave have done so."

At first, Lores thought of improving traffic conditions. However, he couldn't come up with a good plan. After lots of discussions, the government finally decided5.( take ) action to ban cars.

The change6.(bring ) Pontevedra many advantages since then. Traffic accidents seldom happen. CO₂emissions (排放物) are down 70 percent. Many people are moving to the city, making it lively again. Most local people in the city like the change. Ramiro Armesto, a mother of two young children, said, "In the past, the first thing to see in the morning was traffic jams. Now, the city is cleaner, quieter and safer." Raquel Garcia, another parent, said she had stayed in many cities around the world. However, she had never lived in a city as "easy to live in" as Pontevedra. "Even while it7.(rain). I walk everywhere. The feeling is wonderful," she added. "Pontevedra is paradise(天堂)”.

Answer

1.rises

2.were

3.walking

4.is polluted

5.to take

6.has brought

7.is raining

【解析】

本文讲述了蓬特韦德拉之前交通拥堵，污染很严重，市长洛尔颁布了一系列措施后，整个城市变得更干净，更安静，更安全。

1.

句意：市长，米格尔·洛尔打开了办公室的窗户，从下面的街道传来了人声。

前半句opens是一般现在时，所以此空也用一般现在时。sound是不可数名词，所以空格处填动词三单形式rises。故答案为rises。

2.

句意：一天经过这个城市的汽车比这里的人还多。

根据前文More than 14,000 cars used to pass along this street every day中used to do sth“过去常常做某事”，可知，此空处是讲述过去发生的事情，句子用一般过去时。there be句型中的be动词要与离其最近的名词单复数形式一致，cars是复数形式，所以空格处填were。故答案为were。

3.

句意：他花了几个月时间在城里四处走动。

固定搭配：sb. spend+时间+doing sth.“花费时间做某事”，所以空格处填动名词walking。故答案为walking。

4.

句意：它被严重地污染。

前文It is full of cars中is是一般现在时，所以此空所在句子也用一般现在时。主语it指代前文的the city，是单数形式，与谓语动词pollute之间是被动关系，所以空格处填一般现在时被动语态is polluted。故答案为is polluted。

5.

句意：在多次讨论后，政府最终决定采取行动禁止汽车。

固定搭配：decide to do sth“决定做某事”，动词不定式作宾语，所以空格处填to take。故答案为to take。

6.

句意：从那时起，这种变化给蓬特韦德拉带来了许多好处。

since then表示动作从过去某个时间开始，一直延续到现在，并有继续延续下去的可能，句子用现在完成时has/have done的结构。主语change是单数形式，所以空格处填has brought。故答案为has brought。

7.

句意：即使在下雨时，我也到处走。

while引导时间状语从句，根据句意，此句表示“即使在下雨时，我也到处走”，空格处所在句子表示正在进行的动作，用现在进行时be doing的结构，it是第三人称，所以空格处填is raining。故答案为is raining。