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【題目】

The Father of 3D Printing

About twenty years ago, the surgeons at the Wilford Hull medical center working to separate a pair of conjoined(連體的) twins thought that only one would be able to walk after the operation. After a model of the girls’ bone structure was 【1】 using 3D printing, however, they found a shared upper leg bone to be bigger than expected and split it successfully, 【2】 in both twins being able to walk. Now eighty and still working as chief technology officer of 3D Systems. Chuck Hull is enjoying some minor 【3】 31 years after he first printed a small black eye-wash cup using a new method of manufacturing known as 3D printing.

At the time, he was working for a company that used UV light to put thin layers of plastic coats on tabletops and 【4】. He had an idea that if he could place thousands of thin layers of plastic on top of each other and then cut their shape using light, he would be able to form three dimensional objects. After a year, he 【5】 a system where light was shone into a bottle of photopolymer – a material which changes from liquid to plastic-like solid when light shines on it – and traces the shape of one level of the object. Subsequent layers are then printed until it is 【6】.

After patenting the invention, he set up 3D Systems, 【7】 getting $6m (3.5m) from a Canadian investor. The first 【8】 product came out in 1988 and proved a hit among car manufacturers, in the aerospace sector and for companies designing medical equipment. The possibilities appear endless – from home-printed food and medicine to 【9】 that pictures of objects be able to be taken in shops and then recreated using plans downloaded from the Internet Although deliberate in his responses, there is one moment when the 【10】 spoken Chuck Hull tells of his surprise about what exactly his creation was capable of achieving.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】C

【4】B

【5】F

【6】H

【7】G

【8】J

【9】E

【10】K

【解析】

本文是一篇人物介紹。本文主要介紹了對技術影響深遠的3D打印之父——查克·赫爾。

【1】考查動詞。根據前面的was可知，這里用動詞的過去分詞形式。句意：使用3D打印生成女孩骨骼結構模型后。故選A。

【2】考查短語。短語result in結果，在句中作結果狀語，表示自然而然的結果，故用現在分詞、句意：他們發現兩人共用的一根大腿骨比預想中更大，并成功將其分開，結果兩個孩子都能走路了。故選D。

【3】考查名詞。根據前面的形容詞minor可知，后接名詞形式。句意：31年前，他首次利用一種被稱為立體平面印刷術的新制作方法，既現在所知的3D打印技術，打印出一個小小的黑色眼藥水杯，查克·赫爾由此小有名氣。故選C。

【4】考查名詞。這里與前面的名詞tabletops并列。句意：那時，他就職于一個利用紫外線把薄薄的塑料飾面層置于桌面和家具表面的公司。故選B。

【5】考查動詞。分析句子可知，句中缺少謂語動詞，根據文章可知用一般過去時。句意：一年后，他發明了一種方法。故選F。

【6】考查動詞。根據前面的is可知，這里用過去分詞形式。句意：然后再把隨后的幾層打印上去，直到最后完成。故選H。

【7】考查副詞。根據句意可知，這里用副詞修飾整個句子。句意：這項發明申請專利后，他創立了3D系統公司，最終從一位加拿大投資者那里獲得了600萬美元（350萬英鎊）的投資。故選G。

【8】考查形容詞。修飾名詞product，用形容詞修飾。句意：首件商業化產品于1988年出爐。故選J。

【9】考查名詞。介詞to后接名詞形式。句意：這種技術可利用的價值似乎是無窮的——從家用打印食品和藥品，到從商店里拍下瓷器的照片，然后用從互聯網上下載的圖紙重新制作的建議。故選E。

【10】考查副詞。修飾過去分詞spoken，前用副詞形式。句意：盡管他的反應審慎持重,但有那么一刻, 輕聲細語的查克·赫爾還是顯出了他對自己的發明到底能夠取得什么樣的成果感到吃驚。故選K。