Question

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct. For the blanks with a given word, fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word; for the other blanks, use one word that best fits each blank.

Lego wants your old Legos back

If you have a box of old Lego bricks sitting unused in a garage, Lego now wants them back. In a new program, consumers in the U.S. can dump old bricks in a box, print a free shipping label, and send them off to Give Back Box, a social enterprise1. will clean the toys and repackage them for Teach for America and the Boys and Girls Club of Boston.

“The classic Lego brick is made from a tough material2. (call) ABS, and the toys can be played with for decades without breaking. It’s already fairly common, of course, that Legos 3. (hand) down from one child to another.” says Tim Brooks, vice president of corporate responsibility at Lego Group.

The company looked for a partner that could process the used toys while4. (maintain) Lego’s standard of quality. “We want to make sure that all kids are getting a great experience,” he says. “You shouldn’t get a really inferior experience 5. the bricks are donated. If the program goes well,” Brooks says, it 6. expand.

He sees it7. one version of the circular economy, a system of keeping materials in use-and argues that the toys themselves illustrate the idea of the circular economy. “You can build a rocket and then you can take 8. apart and build a ship, or a car, or a house, or 9. you like,” Brooks says. As toys are reused, that’s another circular system. We intend10. (show) that great quality toys like Lego can be used in lots of repeating circles-used, reused, donated, used, reused, donated.”

Answer

1.that/which

2.called

3.are handed

4.maintaining

5.although

6.may/might

7.as

8.it/that

9.whatever

10.to show

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章介绍了一个新项目，项目的目的是重复利用像乐高这样高质量的玩具。

1.考查定语从句。句意：在这个新项目中，美国的消费者可以将旧砖块倒进箱子里，打印上免费送货标签，然后把他们送去Give Back Box，这是一个社会企业，会清理这些玩具，为美国和波士顿男孩女孩俱乐部重新打包。分析句子可知，空白处引导限定性定语从句，先行词是a social enterprise，从句用关系代词that/which引导，故填that/which。

2.考查过去分词。句意：经典的乐高积木由坚硬的材料制作，被称为ABS，这些玩具可以玩几十年不坏。分析句子可知，is made是句子的谓语，call要用非谓语形式；call与逻辑主语material 间是被动关系，用过去分词做后置定语，故填called。

3.考查动词语态。句意：当然，把乐高从一个孩子传给另一个孩子也相当常见。分析句子可知，空白处做谓语；hand与Legos是被动关系，要用be done；文章用的一般现在时态，且主语是Legos，故填are handed。

4.考查非谓语动词。句意：这个公司在寻找合作伙伴，可以在维持乐高质量的同时，加工这些用过的玩具。分析句子可知，could process是句子的谓语，maintain要用非谓语形式；maintain与逻辑主语a partner间是主动关系，用现在分词（doing）。故填maintaining。

5.考查让步状语从句。句意：尽管积木是捐赠的，但你不应该有太糟糕的体验。此处表示转折，意为“尽管”，故填although。

6.考查情态动词。句意：如果项目顺利，Brooks说它也许会扩大。空白处表“可能、也许”，用情态动词may/might。故填may/might。

7.考查介词。句意：他把它看成循环经济的一个版本，一种保持材料使用的体系，他认为玩具本身阐释了循环经济的概念。空白处表“作为”，as做介词解时，意为“作为”。故填as。

8.考查代词。句意：你可以造火箭，然后把它拆开了造轮船、车或者房子，或者任何你喜欢的东西。分子句子可知，空白处指代前面的a rocket，可以用it/that。故填it/that。

9.考查名词性从句。句意：你可以造火箭，然后把它拆开了造轮船、车或者房子，或者任何你喜欢的东西。分析句子可知，空白处引导宾语从句，做build和like的宾语，意为“任何事物”，故填whatever。

10.考查动词不定式。句意：我们打算展示的是，高质量的玩具，比如乐高，可用于许多循环使用中，使用、重复使用，捐赠，再使用，重复使用，捐赠。intend to do是固定搭配，因为“打算做……”。故填to show。