Question

【題目】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 (無拉鏈). 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 (極簡的) 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 (精巧的裝置) 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】

本文是一篇說明文。文章介紹了一個新型的帶有內(nèi)置智能功能的行李箱。

【1】考查名詞。句意： 一個滑動滾門設計方便主任使用，但減少了行李處理過程中被盜或意外打開的風險。 easy access“方便使用”，根據(jù)語境，滑動滾門對于主人是方便使用的。故選I。

【2】考查動詞。句意同上。根據(jù)語境可知，此處指行李在處理過程中的偶然的打開。During是介詞，后接動名詞作賓語，handle“處理”。故選K。

【3】考查形容詞。句意：可移動電池可以通過USB連接給便攜式設備充電。修飾名詞用形容詞，給行李箱的電池充電，應使用可移動電池，removable“可移動的”。故選A。

【4】考查名詞。句意：也許最酷的部分是一個內(nèi)置的數(shù)字秤——特別是如果你的假日購物習慣使你有可能超越行李重量限制時。根據(jù)“holiday shopping habits”和“ at risk of going beyond”可推斷，因為購物導致超越重量限制，restriction“限制”符合題意。故選C。

【5】考查動詞。句意：波拉什說，他們想“完全改變”經(jīng)典的箱子——有拉鏈——為“現(xiàn)代的”極簡旅行者。根據(jù)語境可知，此處表示“改變”經(jīng)典的有拉鏈的行李箱。alter“變更；更改”符合題意。故選D。

【6】考查動詞。句意：他補充說，他們不想用“盡可能多的功能”使用戶負擔過重，因為那是不需要的。根據(jù)because后的原因可推斷，overload“使負擔過重”符合題意。故選G。

【7】考查副詞。句意：據(jù)報道這幾天航空公司做得更好，沒有丟包。reportedly“據(jù)報道”，修飾動詞用副詞做狀語，根據(jù)句意。故選F。

【8】考查動詞。句意：但是對于那些想要追蹤他們的箱子的人來說，有一些獨立的小工具，比如Trakdot或口袋探放行李追蹤器。根據(jù)下文like the Trakdot or Pocket-Finder Luggage Tracker.可推斷，是想要追蹤自己箱子的人，track“追蹤”符合題意。故選J。

【9】考查形容詞。句意：美化一個功能對象會帶來一個問題。functional“功能的；多用途的”，根據(jù)句意，修飾名詞用形容詞作定語。故選B。

【10】考查動詞。句意：注意，行李制造商希望打破典型的模式：大膽嘗試不尋常的顏色和設計。 根據(jù)句意，to是不定式符號，接動詞原形，根據(jù)句意，break“打破”，符合題意。故選E。