Passage 9

    To others and themselves the British have a reputation for being conservative --- not in the narrow political sense, but in the sense of adherence to accepted ideas and unwilling to question them. The reputation comes partly from their __1__ . For 900 years they have suffered __2__ invasion nor revolution (except in 1649 and 1688) nor disastrous defeat in __3__ . Their monarchy (君主政體) survives without serious question. Under its normal __4__ the political arrangements have been so stable that, except for the __5__ interruptions in the seventeenth century, they have been adopted throughout __6__ centuries to meet changing needs without violent changes. Britain, in 1978, was __7__ in managing without a written constitution; some fragmentary definitions of 1688 still __8__ . There had been bitter quarrels, social and economic as well __9__ political, but the quarrels had been settled, usually __10__ compromise. The underlying continuity had not been broken.

    1. A. language B. future C. history D. literature

    2.A.neither B. as C. or D. either

    3.A.home B. studyC. peace D. war

    4.A.name B. people C. leadership D. enemy

    5.A.two B. one C. no D. couple

    6.A.a B. any C. the D. few

    7.A.common B. popular C. unique D. angry

    8.A.survive B. surviving C. survives D. survived

    9.A.for B. as C. to D. at

    10.A.for B. at C. to D. by

    1.【答案】C

    【解析】由于下文緊接著敘述到過去900年的有關(guān)情況。故應(yīng)選history，才能與下文銜接。（北京安通學(xué)校提供）

    2.【答案】A

    【解析】應(yīng)選neither才能與其后出現(xiàn)的nor構(gòu)成并列連詞neither…nor…。

    3.【答案】D

    【解析】需選一名詞與前面的介詞in構(gòu)成介詞短語，且這個短語在語意上要與前面的disastrous defeat相吻合。故選D可以滿足這個條件。

    4.【答案】C

    【解析】“在……領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下”的表達(dá)方式是under the…leadership.

    5.【答案】A

    【解析】上面提到1649和1688兩次革命，所以A項正確。

    6.【答案】C

    【解析】the centuries特指那些穩(wěn)定的世紀(jì)。

    7.【答案】C

    【解析】根據(jù)上下文意思,應(yīng)選unique “的；的”。

    8.【答案】D

    【解析】應(yīng)選survived才與上下文時態(tài)一致。

    9.【答案】B

    【解析】as well as為一并列連詞。

    10.【答案】D

    【解析】by compromise意為“通過折衷、妥協(xié)的辦法”。如：We should settle our differences by compromise. 我們應(yīng)采取折衷的辦法來解決我們之間的分歧。