Heatherwick Studio recently built a greenhouse at the edge of the National Trust’s Woolbeding Gardens. This beautiful structure, named Glasshouse, is at the centre of a new garden that shows how the Silk Road influences English gardens even in modern times.
The latest ____1____ (engineer) techniques are applied to create this protective ____2____ (function) structure that is also beautiful. The design features ten steel “sepals (萼片)” made of glass and aluminium (铝). These sepals open on warm days ____3____ (give) the inside plants sunshine and fresh air. In cold weather, the structure stays ____4____ (close) to protect the plants.
Further, the Silk Route Garden around the greenhouse ____5____ (walk) visitors through a journey influenced by the ancient Silk Road, by which silk as well as many plant species came to Britain for ____6____ first time. These plants included modern Western ____7____ (favourite) such as rosemary, lavender and fennel. The garden also contains a winding path that guides visitors through the twelve regions of the Silk Road. The path offers over 300 plant species for visitors to see, too.
The Glasshouse stands ____8____ a great achievement in contemporary design, to house the plants of the southwestern part of China at the end of a path retracing (追溯) the steps along the Silk Route ____9____ brought the plants from their native habitat in Asia to come to define much of the _____10_____ (rich) of gardening in England.
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解析:选engineering。engineering。考查词性转换。分析结构可知,这里需要一个定语来修饰后面的名词techniques。engineering在这里是名词作定语,用来修饰techniques,表示这些技术是工程学领域的,engineering techniques意为“工程技术”。
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解析:选functional。functional。考查词性转换。分析结构可知,名词structure前面需用形容词作定语,故空格需把提示词转换为形容词functional(功能性的)。
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解析:选to give。to give。考查非谓语动词。分析结构可知,本句已有谓语动词opens,空格应是非谓语动词,根据语境空格需填动词不定式to give作目的状语。
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解析:选closed。closed。考查词性转换。本题需注意stay在这里是系动词,后接形容词作表语,空格需填closed,表状态“关闭的”。
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解析:选walks。walks。考查谓语动词。分析结构可知,句子没有谓语动词,主语the Silk Route Garden与walk是主动关系,指的是花园通过其设计和布局,使游客能够体验或“走过”一段受古代丝绸之路影响的旅程,再根据同样描述“花园”的下文The garden also contains...可知,空格谓语动词需填一般现在时第三人称单数walks。
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解析:选the。the。考查冠词。根据搭配可知,空格需填定冠词the。for the first time(第一次)为固定搭配,序数词前用定冠词the。
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解析:选favorites。favorites。考查名词复数。分析句子可知,included后接名词作宾语,提示词favorite在此处为名词,根据后面解释such as rosemary, lavender and fennel可知,特别喜爱的事物不止一种,因此空格需用名词复数favorites。
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解析:选as。as。考查介词。根据句意可知,玻璃温室是“作为”当代设计的一项伟大成就而存在。因此应填介词as。
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解析:选which。which/that。考查定语从句。分析结构可知,前面出现谓语动词stands,空格后面又有谓语动词brought,判断是定语从句且缺主语,指代的先行词是the Silk Route,是表示事物,在定语从句中作主语,不可省略,因此需填关系代词which/that。
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解析:选richness。richness。考查词性转换。根据空格前的定冠词the可知,空格需填rich的名词形式richness