英文克漏字的考題大多考的不離文法跟前後文句意來判斷答案！所以不要看到通通都是英文就放棄克漏字喔，一定要耐心的看完題目。
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Air travel, as determined by the number of passengers __1__ in
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the United States’ busiest airports, has been steadily __2__ during the
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latter part of the twentieth century. In 1977, 13.2 million passengers
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boarded, deplaned, or transferred __3__ Washington, D.C.’s
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National Airport, __4__ in 1987 that figure rose to over 14.3 million.
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( ) 1. (A) serve (B) served (C) are serving (D) were serving
( ) 2. (A) increased (B) decreased (C) increasing (D) decreasing
( ) 3. (A) by (B) with (C) on (D) through
( ) 4. (A) while (B) as (C) until (D) which
第1題：這是考形容詞子句的簡化。根據文章的第1行，得知乘客被服務，原句為：“the number of passengers (which are) served in the United States’ busiest airports…”所以答案是(B)。
補充：
serve v. 服務(役)、侍候、適用 (always)
Adrian served in the army during the Second World War.
Adrian在第二次世界大戰期間在陸軍服役。
Althea served me a cup of tea.
Althea給我端上一杯茶。
Taiwan is well served by motorways.
台灣的高速公路四通八達。
第2題：根據文章的第3行，得知在1977年，有1320萬名乘客透過華盛頓國際機場出、入境。而到了1987年，乘客人數則達到1430萬人次，所以人數是增加的。另外乘客增加為主動型，所以答案是(C)。
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increase v. n. 增加 (always)
The population of this city continues to increase.
這個城市的人口不斷增加。
同義：raise, grow, go up.
decrease v. n. 減少 (always)
How can we decrease the expense?
我們怎樣才能減少費用？
同義：abate, diminish, reduce, fall, drop, decline, go down.