Ⅳ.语法填空
(2014·河南省商丘市三模)
Rose：Hi, Dave. Do you think the weather is fine today?
Dave：Yeah. And the air is also cleaner than ever before.
Rose：En, the newspaper reports that the air is less and less __1__(pollute) these days.
Dave：That's true. Fewer and fewer people__2__(drive) cars to work since the government started the traffic control two months ago.
Rose：But the control is going to end __3__ two weeks. What'll happen then? Are cars coming back to the road?
Dave：That's true, too, although we all hope __4__ will never end. On the other hand, the traffic control has made things tough for people driving cars.
Rose：But it's worth the trouble. I believe clean air is __5__ most important thing.
Dave：However, many people don't think so. __6__ they can't drive cars, they'll even have __7__(difficult) getting to work.
Rose：They can choose to take a bus __8__ the subway. And they can even ride a bicycle. There're many other ways to choose from, actually.
Dave：Some people think buses are too crowded and riding a bicycle seems very __9__(tire).
Rose：Anyway, it's still __10__(well) than being trapped in a traffic jam under grey clouds and in dirty air.
文章大意：文中，两人讨论了交通限制条例带来的变化以及人们对该条例的看法。
答案：
1.polluted be polluted“被污染”。
2.have driven 由从句since the government started the traffic control可知，用现在完成时。
3.in in two weeks“两周后”。
4.it 由上下文可知，此处用it指代the traffic control。
5.the 多音节形容词、副词最高级的构成为the most...。
6.If 此处表示条件。如果他们不开车，那么他们上班就更困难了。
7.difficulty have difficulty (in)doing sth.“做某事有困难”。
8.or 他们可以坐公交车或者坐地铁。or表示选择，意为“或者”。
9.tiring tiring多修饰物;tired多修饰人。
10.better 后面的than提示我们用比较级。
