Question

阅读下面短文，在空白处填入1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式。

“Climate emergency” was picked by Oxford Dictionaries as the word of the year for 2019 after 1. (use) on average 100 times more than in 2018.

Defined as “a situation 2. urgent action is required to reduce or stop climate change and avoid environmental damage resulting from it ”, the word became one of the most important 3. (term) of 2019. “Climate” did not have a place in the top words 4.(typical) used to modify (修饰) “emergency” in 2018. Instead, the top types of emergencies that people wrote about 5. (be) health, hospital and family emergencies. But with climate emergency, people saw something new, 6. extension of emergency to the global level. The choice was reflective, not just of the rise in climate awareness, but the focus specifically 7. the language used to discuss it. Oxford said the rise of “climate emergency” 8.  (show) an intentional push towards language of urgency.

The dictionary’s word of the year is chosen 9. (reflect) attention of the passing year and should have lasting potential as a term of 10. (culture) significance. Previous winners of word of the year include “toxic” in 2018 and “youthquake” in 2017.

Answer

1.being used

2.where

3.terms

4.typically

5.were

6.an

7.on/upon

8.showed

9.to reflect

10.cultural

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。短文介绍了《牛津词典》将“气候紧急事件”选为2019年的年度词汇，这反映出了人们对于气候的关注。

1.考查动名词。after为介词，后接动名词，且the word 与use在逻辑上是被动关系，所以用现在分词的被动形式being used。故填being used。

2.考查定语从句。分析句子可知，situation为先行词，在后面的定语从句中做地点状语，所以关系副词为where。故填where。

3.考查名词复数。one of后接名词复数，形容词最高级修饰名词。故填terms。

4.考查副词。typically为副词修饰动词used为副词。故填typically。

5.考查主谓一致。分析句子可知，本句为一般过去时，主语为the top types of emergencies，所以be动词为were。故填were。

6.考查冠词。extension“延长部分”为可数名词，本句表示泛指，且extension首字母的发音为元音音素，所以用不定冠词an。故填an。

7.考查介词。focus on/upon“集中于……”为固定短语。故填on/upon。

8.考查时态。由“Oxford said”可知，宾语从句为一般过去时。故填showed。

9.考查动词不定式。be chosen to do sth.“被选择做某事”为固定短语。故填to reflect。

10.考查形容词。此处修饰名词significance，应使用形容词，意为“文化意义”。故填cultural。