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A group of students at Yale University has set up a drone (无人机) delivery service on campus. Kiki Air_______to deliver candy, snacks and other small items to students who place orders_______an app. The service is being tested_______using a small group of student customers before being launched_______wide. Developers told the Yale Daily News that users_______items from a menu on their phones and receive them at one of several drop_______around campus in a padded envelope _______to a drone.Kiki Air's founder, Yale senior Jason Lu, says his company_______from a class project and has_______a $150,000 grant(补助金) from a California-based investor in startups. “The convenience store business model hasn't been________in a hundred years,” Co-founder Cat Orman told the student newspaper. “Delivery is ________, inefficient and pays divers terrible wages. We created Kiki Air________we want to bring that model into the future in the ________that creates real jobs and reduces the carbon footprint.” Customers are notified when a drone is________the prearranged drop zone to ensure they are in the area to________a package.The newspaper reported that a Kiki Air drone________last week onto a campuswalkway, but nobody was________. Oman described the incident as a “controlled landing” and said the company has increased________and will improve the service after the incident. Yale officials didn’t immediately return________left on Monday seeking comment. Company officials say they hope eventually to ________the service to other campuses.【1】A.prefers B.promises C.manages D.demands【2】A.for B.to C.through D.over【3】A.currently B.gradually C.sincerely D.fluently【4】A.nation B.world C.town D.campus【5】A.order B.require C.consult D.accept【6】A.directions B.locations C.environments D.devices【7】A.carried B.added C.attached D.accessed【8】A.grew B.dated C.benefited D.differed【9】A.raised B.gained C.saved D.donated【10】A.updated B.discovered C.operated D.explained【11】A.convenient B.necessary C.unpopular D.expensive【12】A.when B.if C.because D.though【13】A.way B.result C.case D.event【14】A.finding B.leaving C.nearing D.locating【15】A.do up B.pick up C.give out D.put out【16】A.stopped B.landed C.arrived D.fell【17】A.warned B.affected C.injured D.punished【18】A.delivering B.flying C.controlling D.training【19】A.items B.messages C.service D.drone【20】A.improve B.restore C.exchange D.expand 答案：【答案】【1】B【2】C【3】A【4】D【5】A【6】B【7】C【8】A【9】B【10】A【11】D【12】C【13】A【14】C【15】B【16】D【17】C【18】D【19】B【20】D【解析】这是一篇新闻报道。文章主要介绍了在耶鲁大学试用的无人机送货服务。【1】考查动词词义辨析。句意：Kiki Air承诺，只要学生通过应用程序下订单，就能给他们送去糖果、零食和其他小商品。A. prefers更喜欢；B. promises向（某人） 承诺 （给予他们某物）；向（某人）保证 （他们获得某物）；C. manages管理；（设法）做成某事；D. demands要求。根据前文“a drone delivery service”可知，主语“Kiki”应是无人机送货服务，结合后文“deliver candy, snacks and other small items to students who place orders”可知，其应该保证给与下单的学生提供糖果，零食和其他小物品。故选B项。【2】考查介词词义辨析。句意：Kiki Air承诺，只要学生通过应用程序下订单，就能给他们送去糖果、零食和其他小商品。A. for为了；B. to朝向；C. through通过；D. over在……之上。根据后文宾语为“an app”，可知，应是通过该软件下单订购。故选C项。【3】考查副词词义辨析。句意：这项服务目前正在一小部分学生客户中进行测试，然后在全校范围内推出。A. currently当前；一般地；B. gradually逐渐地；C. sincerely诚恳地；真诚地；D. fluently流利地；通畅地。根据句中“The service is being tested ___3___ using a small group of student customers before being launched ___4__ wide.”含有的语法结构为现在进行时的被动结构，因此可知，在讲述当前的情况。故选A项。【4】考查名词词义辨析。句意：这项服务目前正在一小部分学生客户中进行测试，然后在全校范围内推出。A. nation国家；民族；B. world世界；C. town城镇；D. campus校园。根据文章首句内容“A group of students at Yale University has set up a drone delivery service on campus.”可知，该服务是要在校园里开展的。故选D项。【5】考查动词词义辨析。句意：研发人员告诉《耶鲁每日新闻》，用户从手机上的菜单上订购商品，然后在校园附近的几个投递地点之一收到商品，商品装在附在无人机上的软垫信封里。A. order命令；订购；B. require要求；C. consult咨询；查阅；D. accept接受。根据后文宾语为items，意为“物品”，且主语为“users”，意为“用户”，可推知，应是用户通过手机订购物品。故选A项。【6】考查名词词义辨析。句意：研发人员告诉《耶鲁每日新闻》，用户从手机上的菜单上订购商品，然后在校园附近的几个投递地点之一收到商品，商品装在附在无人机上的软垫信封里。A. directions方向；说明书；B. locations地点；准确位置；C. environments环境；D. devices仪器；设备。根据前文“receive them”可知，本句应是讲述收货地点。故选B项。【7】考查动词词义辨析。句意：研发人员告诉《耶鲁每日新闻》，用户从手机上的菜单上订购商品，然后在校园附近的几个投递地点之一收到商品，商品装在附在无人机上的软垫信封里。A. carried提；抱；携带；B. added增加；C. attached附; 贴; 系；D. accessed获取。根据前文“a padded envelope”，意为“软垫信封”，可知订购的商品被放在软垫信封里，而该信封应是附着在无人机上。attach to，固定结构，意为“依附，附属；使贴/粘在……上”，符合句意要求。故选C项。【8】考查动词词义辨析。句意：Kiki Air的创始人、耶鲁大学大四学生Jason Lu说，他的公司是从一个课堂项目发展起来的，并从加州的一个创业投资者那里获得了15万美元的资助。A. grew生长；B. dated给……标注日期；C. benefited有益于; 得益；D. differed不同。结合句子“Kiki Air’s founder, Yale senior Jason Lu, says his company ___8___ from a class project and has ___9___ a $150,000 grant from a California-based investor in startups.”句意可知，本句在讲述Kiki Air的“创业”初始，起源于一个班级项目。grow from“由……发展起来”，符合句意要求。故选A项。【9】考查动词词义辨析。句意：Kiki Air的创始人、耶鲁大学大四学生Jason Lu说，他的公司是从一个课堂项目发展起来的，并从加州的一个创业投资者那里获得了15万美元的资助。A. raised提高；筹集；B. gained获得；C. saved救助；储蓄；D. donated捐赠。根据后文“a $150,000 grant from a California-based investor in startups.”可知，150,000美元的补助金是从投资者那里获得的资助。gain sth from sb.“从某人那里得到某物”。故选B项。【10】考查动词词义辨析。句意：便利店的商业模式已经有100年没有更新过了。A. updated更新；B. discovered发现；发觉；C. operated操作；D. explained解释。根据句子：The convenience store business model hasn’t been ___10__ in a hundred years,” Co-founder Cat Orman told the student newspaper. “Delivery is ___11 _ , inefficient and pays divers terrible wages.”句意理解可知，“a hundred years”，“inefficient”，“terrible wages”均可推测Cat Orman在讲述一百年以来便利店的“不便之处”，工作模式未曾得到更新。故选A项。【11】考查形容词词义辨析。句意：运输成本高昂，效率低下，潜水员的工资也很低。A. convenient 方便的；B. necessary必要的；C. unpopular不受欢迎的；D. expensive昂贵的。根据后文“inefficient and pays divers terrible wages”可知，在讲述便利店的“不便之处”：送货效率低，给司机的工资也很低，因此可推知，“昂贵的”也可为其不便之处。故选D项。【12】考查连词词义辨析。句意：我们创造了Kiki Air，因为我们想把这种模式带入未来，以创造真正的就业机会和减少碳足迹的方式。A. when当……时候；B. if如果；是否；C. because因为；D. though尽管。分析可知，后文“we want to bring that model into the future in the ___13__ that creates real jobs and reduces the carbon footprint(我们想把这种模式带入未来，以创造真正的就业机会和减少碳足迹的方式)”应是之前句“We created Kiki”的原因，应用逻辑连词because引导。故选C项。【13】考查名词词义辨析。句意：我们创造了Kiki Air，因为我们想把这种模式带入未来，以创造真正的就业机会和减少碳足迹的方式。A. way方法；道路；B. result结果；C. case情况；案例；D. event事件。分析可知，“that creates real jobs and reduces the carbon footprint”应是所填空名词的定语从句，根据该从句含义可知，这是一种未来的便利店经营的方法和模式。故选A项。【14】考查动词词义辨析。句意：当一架无人机接近预先安排好的投递区时，客户会收到通知，以确保他们在该地区取走包裹。A. finding找到；发现；B. leaving离开；C. nearing接近；靠近；D. locating定位；找到……的准确位置。根据后文“the prearranged drop zone to ensure they are in the area”可知，客户会收到通知，以确保能够在指定区域内拿到包裹，因此，无人机应是在接近/靠近该区域时才发出通知。故选C项。【15】考查动词词组辨析。句意：当一架无人机接近预先安排好的投递区时，客户会收到通知，以确保他们在该地区取走包裹。A. do up扣好；B. pick up拿起；取走；C. give out分发；D. put out熄灭。根据“the prearranged drop zone to ensure they are in the area to ___15__ a package”可知，无人机递送包裹，应是将其放在地上，客户应是将其拾起拿走，因此“pick up”符合句意和语境。故选B项。【16】考查动词词义辨析。句意：该报报道称，上周，一架Kiki无人机坠落到校园走廊上，但无人受伤。A. stopped停止；B. landed着陆；降落；C. arrived到达；D. fell落下；坠落。根据后文“will improve the service after the incident”可知，应是发生了事故，因此可推知，本句在讲述该事故“无人机坠落”。故选D项。【17】考查动词词义辨析。句意：该报报道称，上周，一架Kiki无人机坠落到校园走廊上，但无人受伤。A. warned警告；B. affected影响；C. injured伤害；使受伤；D. punished惩罚。根据前文“The newspaper reported that a Kiki Air drone ___16___ last week onto a campuswalkway”可知，报道了一件无人机坠落到校园走道上的事故，but表转折，应是无人受伤。故选C项。【18】考查动词词义辨析。句意：阿曼称这是一次“可控着陆”，并表示公司已经加强了培训，并将在事故后改善服务。A. delivering递送；B. flying飞行；C. controlling控制；D. training训练。根据前文Oman described the incident as a “controlled landing”可知，负责人将这次事故描述为“受控降落”，因此可推知，该公司应加强无人机训练以便改善服务。故选D项。【19】考查名词词义辨析。句意：耶鲁管理人员没有立即回复周一要求置评的留言。A. items项目；商品；B. messages信息；消息；C. service服务；D. drone无人机。结合句子“Yale officials didn’t immediately return ___19___ left on Monday seeking comment”含义可知，耶鲁大学官方没有立即对周一要求置评的留言进行回复。故选B项。【20】考查动词词义辨析。句意：公司官员说，他们希望最终将这项服务扩展到其他校区。A. improve提高；改善；B. restore恢复；C. exchange交换；D. expand扩大。根据后文“to other campuses”可知，该公司希望将该项服务推广扩大到其他校园。故选D项。

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