Question

【題目】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.

It is a rough world out there. Step outside of a shopping mall and you could break your leg 【1】(slip)on the doormat. Luckily, if the doormat failed to warn of coming danger, a successful lawsuit(官司) might compensate you for your troubles. Since the early 1980s, juries have begun holding more companies responsible for the customers' misfortunes.

Feeling threatened, companies responded by writing longer warning labels, trying to anticipate every possible accident. Today, even ladders carry a label several inches long that 【2】(warn) among other things, that you might fall off. While warnings are often necessary for companies, many still feel uncertain whether those labels can protect 【3】 from legal responsibility if a customer is injured. Actually, about 50% of the companies lose when 【4】(take) to court by the injured customer.

Now the tide appears to be turning 【5】 personal injury claims continue to grow, some courts are beginning to side with defendants(被告), especially in cases【6】 a warning label probably wouldn't have changed anything. In May, Julie Nimmons, president of Schutt Sports successfully fought a lawsuit【7】(involve)a footballer who was paralyzed (t )in a game while wearing a Schutt helmet. " We are really sorry he has become paralyzed, 【8】 helmets aren't designed to prevent those kinds of injuries, "says Nimmons. The jury finally agreed that the nature of the game, not the helmet, was the reason for the injury. Meanwhile, the American Law Institute, a group of judges and lawyers, issued new guidelines stating that companies needn't warn customers of obvious dangers or annoy them with a lengthy list of possible ones 【9】information won't get buried in a sea of trivialities ( 瑣事). If the moderate end of the legal community has its way, the information on products might actually be provided for the benefit of customers and not【10】 a protection against legal responsibility.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】slipping

【2】warms

【3】them

【4】taken

【5】As

【6】where

【7】involving

【8】but

【9】so

【10】as

【解析】

本文為說明文。本文就警告牌在使用的過程中出現(xiàn)了一些危險，導致消費者與公司之間發(fā)生糾紛而產(chǎn)生索賠展開了討論。

【1】考查非謂語動詞。句意：外面的世界很艱難。走出商場，你可能會在門墊上滑倒而摔斷腿。根據(jù)語境可知，此空在句中作狀語，其邏輯主語是you，二者是邏輯主謂關(guān)系，應使用現(xiàn)在分詞，表主動。故填slipping。

【2】考查主謂一致及時態(tài)。句意：今天，甚至梯子上都有一個幾英寸長的標簽，上面寫著“可能會掉下來”等警告。分析句子可知，本句是定語從句，其中定語從句修飾先行詞a label，a label在定語從句中作主語，謂語動詞要用單數(shù)形式。本句敘述的是現(xiàn)在的一個客觀事實，故要用一般現(xiàn)在時。故填warms。

【3】考查人稱代詞。句意：但許多公司仍然不確定，如果顧客受到傷害，這些標簽是否能使他們免于承擔法律責任。根據(jù)上下文的語境可知，此處的主語是許多公司many(companies)，不知道這些標簽是否能使他們免于承擔法律責任。可知，本空指代上文中many(companies)，并在句中作動詞protect的賓語，應使用代詞的賓格。故填them。

【4】考查非謂語動詞。句意：事實上，當受傷的顧客把公司告上法庭時，大約有50%的公司蒙受了損失�！�take sb. to court”為固定搭配，意為“把……告上法庭”。分析句子可知，本空的邏輯主語是50% of the companies，二者是被動關(guān)系，此處是指公司被告上法庭，應使用過去分詞，表被動。故填taken。

【5】考查狀語從句的連接詞。句意：隨著人身傷害索賠的不斷增加，形勢似乎正在轉(zhuǎn)變，一些法院開始站在被告一邊。根據(jù)語境可知，本空應使用連接詞as“隨著”引導時間狀語從句。故填As。

【6】考查定語從句。句意：一些法院開始站在被告一邊，特別是在警告標簽可能不會改變?nèi)魏问虑榈那闆r下。分析句子especially in cases___6___ a warning label probably wouldn't have changed anything.可知，本句是定語從句，其中的先行詞為cases，關(guān)系詞在定語從句中作地點狀語，應使用關(guān)系副詞where引導，此處指“尤其是在這樣的案件中”。故填where.

【7】考查非謂語動詞。句意：今年5月，舒特體育總裁朱莉·尼蒙斯（Julie Nimmons）成功地打了一場官司，一名足球運動員戴著Schutt頭盔而導致全身癱瘓的足球運動員。分析句子可知，本空在句中作定語，修飾名詞 a law suit，它與動詞involve二者是邏輯主謂關(guān)系，應使用現(xiàn)在分詞，表主動。故填involving。

【8】考查連詞。句意：我們真的很抱歉，他已經(jīng)癱瘓了，但頭盔的設(shè)計并不是為了防止這種傷害。分析句子可知，空格前后是轉(zhuǎn)折關(guān)系，應使用but。故填but。

【9】考查連詞。句意：與此同時，由法官和律師組成的美國法律研究所(American Law Institute)發(fā)布了新的指導方針，稱公司不必提醒客戶注意顯而易見的危險，也不必用一長串可能的危險來惹惱他們，因此信息就不會被淹沒在一大堆瑣碎的小事中。分析句子結(jié)構(gòu)及句意可知，此處使用連詞so“因此”連接上下語境。故填so。

【10】考查介詞。句意：這些產(chǎn)品的信息可能實際上是為了客戶的利益而提供的，而不是作為對法律責任的保護。分析語境可知，本空缺少一個介詞，根據(jù)語境可知，此處應使用介詞as“作為”。故填as。