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年的有關情況。故應選history，才能與下文銜接。

    2.【答案】A

    【解析】應選neither才能與其后出現(xiàn)的nor構成并列連詞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……領導下”的表達方式是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。

    7.【答案】C

    【解析】根據(jù)上下文意思,應選unique “的；的”。

    8.【答案】D

    【解析】應選survived才與上下文時態(tài)一致。來源：www.examda.com

    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. 我們應采取折衷的辦法來解決我們之間的分歧。

   Passage 10

    Rumor is the most ___1___ way of spreading stories—by passing them on from mouth ___2___ mouth. But civilized countries in normal times have better ___3___ of news than rumor. They have radio, television, and newspapers. In times of stress and ___4___, however, rumor emerges and becomes widespread. At such ___5___ the different kinds of news are in competition, the press, television, and radio versus the grapevine. Especially ___6___ rumors spread when war requires censorship (審查，檢查) on many important matters. The customary news sources no longer ___7___ enough information. Since the people cannot learn ___8___ legitimate (合法的，正規(guī)的) channels all that they are anxious to learn, they pick up “news” ___9___ they can and when this ___10___, rumor thrives.

    1. A. primitive B. important C. impossible D. outstanding

    2. A. till B. to C. for D. by

    3. A. means B. ways C. sources D. resource

    4. A. confusion B. peace C. prosperity D. worried

    5. A. time B) the times C) times D) the time

    6. A. do B. did C. are D. were

    7. A. give up B. give off C. give out D. send off

    8. A. through B. by C. in D. across

    9. A. wherever B. where C. whatever D. what

    10. A. happened B. would happen C. happens D. happen

    1.【答案】A。

    【解析】下一句談到文明社會在正常時期有比謠傳更好的傳播途徑，也就是說，謠

    傳是原始的，非文明的。其它選項不合文章主題。

    2.【答案】B。

    【解析】from…to從……到；from…until / till與時間搭配；其它介詞不與from搭配。

    3.【答案】C。

    【解析】means,ways與后面的of news搭配不當。resource資源；natural resources of our country我們國家的自然資源；source表“來源”。

    4.【答案】A。

    【解析】stress“緊張”，名詞，and后面常接一個詞性相同，意義相關或相近的詞，peace和平；prosperity繁榮；confusion混亂；worried是形容詞“焦急的”。

    5.【答案】C。

    【解析】有一類不可數(shù)名詞，加上復數(shù)后綴-s后，意義有所變化，例：water (水), waters (水域)；snow (雪)；snows (積雪)，此處times是“時代”的意思，而且，上句中“In times of stress and confusion”。也提示我們這兒應用times。

    6.【答案】A。

    【解析】作謂語狀語especially放在句首，句子可部分倒裝。部分倒裝時，實義動詞用助動詞do, did, does提前(疑問句即倒裝句中的一種)。本句中spread為實義動詞，且從句中用一般現(xiàn)在時，由此可推知主句也用一般現(xiàn)在時，故選項A正確。

    7.【答案】C

    【解析】give out發(fā)出(光、熱)，散發(fā)(消息)等；give off發(fā)出(光熱)；give up，放棄；send off出發(fā)。

    8.【答案】A。

    【解析】through…channel通過……渠道；別的介詞不能與channel搭配。

    9.【答案】A。

    【解析】wherever等于no matter where。

    10.【答案】C。

    【解析】此處講的是一種客觀事實，通篇都用一般現(xiàn)在時態(tài)。