Question

Directions: After reading the passage below, fill in the blanks to make the passages 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.

Voice for the Planet

It's the voice you notice first. In person, David Attenborough speaks in the same awestruck hush he has used in dozens of nature documentaries, a crisp half whisper 1. is often imitated but seldom matched. Sitting in his home in the Richmond neighbourhood of west London for one in a series of conversations, I feel obliged to drink  2. second cup of tea when he offers. It somehow seems wrong to say no.

In his native U. K. Attenborough is held in the kind of respect usually  3. (reserve) for royalty. Over decades - first as a television executive, then as a wildlife filmmaker and recently as a kind of elder statesman for the planet -- he has achieved near saintly（圣人的）status. He was knighted（封为骑士）by the Queen in 1985 and 4. (usually refer) to as Sir David.

Attenborough pioneered a style of wildlife film-making that brought viewers to remote landscapes and gave them a close perspective on the wonders of nature. In the autumn of his life, Attenborough has largely moved away from 5. these films are made but lends his storytelling abilities to wildlife documentaries in collaboration with filmmakers his storytelling abilities to wildlife documentaries in collaboration with filmmakers he has mentored. His most famous work, the 2006 BBC series Planet Earth, set a benchmark in the use of high-definition cameras and had a budget equal to 6. of a Hollywood movie. Among its highlights 7. (be) the first footage of a snow leopard, the impossibly rare Asian wildcat that hunts high in the Himalayas. More than a decade 8. it was first released, Planet Earth remains among the all-time best-selling nonfiction DVDs.

Now Attenborough is putting his voice and the weight of authority he has accumulated to greater moral purpose. In recent months he has stood 9. powerful audiences at the 2018 U. N. climate talks in Katowice, Poland, and the 2019 World Economic Forum at Davos, in Switzerland, to urge them into action on climate change. These kinds of event are not his chosen habitat, Attenborough tells TIME. "I would much prefer not to be a sign- 10. (carry) conservationist. My life is the natural world. But I can't not carry a placard（标语牌）if I see what's happening."

Answer

1.that/which

2.a

3.reserved

4.is usually referred

5.where

6.that

7.was

8.after

9.in front of

10.carrying

【解析】

本文是一篇记叙文，作者采访了给《行星地球》配音的David Attenborough，介绍了他的成就，并提到他为地球发声，在达沃斯等论坛发言，呼吁各国领导行动起来，保护地球。

1.

考查限定性定语从句。分析可知 is often imitated but seldom matched是限定性定语从句，先行词a crisp half whisper 指物，引导词在从句中做主语，应该用which或that引导这个定语从句。故填which/that。

2.

考查冠词。此处指“第二杯茶”，a cup of“一杯……”符合句意，故填a。

3.

考查过去分词做定语。分析可知本句的谓语动词是is held, reserve在句中做respect的后置定语为非谓语，reserve与逻辑主语respect之间是逻辑上的被动关系，应该用其过去分词形式，故填reserved。

4.

考查语态和时态。分析可知refer在句中做谓语动词，与主语He之间是被动关系，要用被动语态。根据状语usually（通常）可知这里要用一般现在时，故填is usually referred。

5.

考查连接副词。句意：在他生命的秋天，Attenborough已经很大程度上离开了这些电影的拍摄地。分析可知 ____5____ these films are made做介词from的宾语是一个宾语从句。结合句意，空格处在从句中做地点状语应该用连接副词where引导这个宾语从句，故填where。

6.

考查代词。句意：他最著名的作品是2006年英国广播公司(BBC)的《行星地球》(Planet Earth)系列，其在高清摄像机的使用方面树立了一个标杆，并且它的预算相当于一部好莱坞电影（的预算）。根据句意，空格处应该用一个代词来指代前文中的a budget, 此处是同类比较，结合空格处后的of可知这里应该填that。that of搭配在一起可以用来代替前面的某个内容。故填that。

7.

考查时态和主谓一致。分析可知Among its highlights ____7____ (be) the first footage of a snow leopard,是个倒装句，be在句中做谓语，the first footage of a snow leopard是主语，表示单数意义，谓语动词也要用单数。此句是关于the 2006 BBC series Planet Earth（2006年BBC的《行星地球》系列），发生在过去，所以时态为一般过去时。故填was。

8.

考查连词。句意：《行星地球》发行十多年后，它仍是有史以来最畅销的非小说类DVD之一。分析可知 it was first released是个从句，要用一个连词引导这个从句。根据句意，这里指的“《行星地球》发行十多年以后”，连词after意为“在……之后”符合句意，故填after。

9.

考查介词词组。句意：最近几个月，他在波兰卡托维兹举行的2018年联合国气候会谈和瑞士达沃斯举行的2019年世界经济论坛上，站在有影响力的听众面前，敦促他们就气候变化采取行动。根据句意，这里要表达的是“站在听众前”，in front of意为“在……前面”符合句意，故填in front of。

10.

考查现在分词。句意：我非常希望不要成为一个带有标志的环境保护主义者。修饰名词conservationist应该用形容词，所以空格处要和sign组成一个形容词表示“带有标志的”，故用其现在分词形式，故填carrying。