問題詳情

I. Cloze (每題 2 分，10 題，共 20 分)The cloud of volcanic ash released from Iceland and drifting across Europe meansmuch of Northern Europe is now a no-fly zone. This is __31__ expected to cost theairline industry tens of millions of pounds in lost revenues, with much of the UK.__32__ it’s not just the big airlines that have been affected. Some small businessowners, __33__ business depends greatly on air traffic, say that the disruption hasaffected them.Yvonne Yang owns a flower shop in Toronto, Canada. The disruption to flightsmeans that she will not receive her regular shipment of __34__ from Holland thisweek, and is being forced to seek alternative sources in South America.“We pre-order flowers from Holland every week,” she said. “This weekend isparticularly busy because next week is Administrative Professional’s Day, but we’vebeen told that our __35__ of Dutch flowers won’t be arriving this week. During thesummer we __36__ local products but in winter months we source flowers from acrossthe world. We have to look at other sources, __37__ Ecuador. It’s also going to bemore expensive because if you pre-order you’re not paying a premium. We now haveto look around and see what prices are being offered.”Simon Westmore, who teaches motorised paragliding, says that the empty skiesabove the UK have been a blessing. __38__ his engine became affected by the ash,Simon says he would be able to glide down easily.“As a paramotor pilot and instructor it’s had a positive effect,” he said. “The UKair traffic is closed to all and most others __39__ on the ground. That gives us a muchnicer sky to fly in and since we fly at around 1,000ft we are not __40__ by the ashcloud. I do of course feel for people who need to travel by air.”
31.
(A) almost
(B) already
(C) as if
(D) as well

參考答案

答案：B
難度：適中0.5
統計：A(1),B(5),C(0),D(0),E(0)

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