2011年英语四级考试阅读提高训练(10)

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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 2 they have suffered 3 invasion nor revolution (except in 1649 4 1688) nor disastrous defeat in 5 .
1 M+ f' |2 l/ ^  y/ T7 G/ Y　　their monarchy (君主政体) survives 6 serious question.under its normal 7 the political arrangements have been 8 stable that, except for the 9 interruptions in the seventeenth 10 , they have been adopted throughout 11 centuries to meet changing needs without violent 12 .britain, in 1978, was 13 in managing without 14 written constitution; some fragmentary definitions of 1688 still 15 .there had been 16 quarrels, social and economic as well 17 political, but the quarrels had been 18 , usually 19 compromise.the underlying 20 had not been broken.
　　1.a.language b.future c.history d.literature
5 q- ?6 a& K0 F( `! G* Q: [0 t' A　　2.a.centuries b.years c.minutes d.seconds
) S& c9 P( r; c' E$ d$ V# z　　3.a.neither b.as c.or d.either
　　4.a.too b.but c.or d.and
　　5.a.home b.study c.peace d.war
　　6.a.and b.without c.with d.neither
4 b, I2 O. A+ K& e　　7.a.name b.people c.leadership d.enemy
, h  E6 n, g% r% P. J8 R5 e/ J　　8.a.so b.very c.too d.such
4 p! F; P  e# b& `　　9.a.two b.one c.no d.couple
　　10.a.month b.day c.year d.century
　　11.a.a b.any c.the d.few
　　12.a.changes b.change c.altered d.changed
　　13.a.common b.popular c.unique d.angry
　　14.a.two b.a c.some d.their
) W9 @! k9 E, W3 Q/ J　　15.a.survive b.surviving c.survives d.survived
　　16.a.bitter b.happy c.pleasant d.unhappy
% b- q+ m; C; A3 T# p　　17.a.for b.as c.to d.at
　　18.a.settling b.settles c.settle d.settled
# z- o" J' j  t  ?( c5 B　　19.a.for b.at c.to d.by
　　20.a.continue b.continuity c.continuous d.continued
& t( K! }8 v6 \+ h　　1.【答案】c 【解析】由于下文紧接着叙述到过去900年的有关情况。故应选history，才能与下文衔接。
　　2.【答案】b 【解析】根据句子意思判断。
; `3 L7 @" d/ ?/ R! X; C　　3.【答案】a 【解析】应选neither才能与其后出现的nor构成并列连词neither…nor…。
　　4.【答案】d 【解析】根据句子意思判断。
( w0 a' {% K* x! [　　5.【答案】d 【解析】需选一名词与前面的介词in构成介词短语，且这个短语在语意上要与前面的disastrous defeat相吻合。故选d可以满足这个条件。
　　6.【答案】b 【解析】without serious question意为“没有严重的问题”。
! w6 B$ X+ q. `% c: u, F; u2 x　　7.【答案】c 【解析】“在……领导下”的表达方式是under the…leadership.
; a5 F& p5 W: E- U+ W+ O# d0 w　　8.【答案】a 【解析】so…that…构成固定短语，意为“这么……以致于”
; _+ @8 D( |+ f/ M　　9.【答案】a 【解析】上面提到1649和1688两次革命，所以a项正确。
3 M6 ?. f4 p5 z1 n　　10.【答案】d 【解析】根据句子意思判断。
　　11.【答案】c 【解析】the centuries特指那些稳定的世纪。
　　12.【答案】a 【解析】应从a或b中选一名词作介词without的宾语。将a和b加以比较：a.changes作可数名词用，意为“变化”，符合题意。b.change一词系不可数名词，意为“零钱，找头”。
　　13.【答案】c 【解析】根据上下文意思,应选unique“独一无二的；唯一的”。
# O; c2 @. }8 i& i& I$ N　　14.【答案】b 【解析】没有一项成文宪法，a为一项的意思。
4 [' D/ z- D$ I6 l# A# \4 B　　15.【答案】d 【解析】应选survived才与上下文时态一致。
- h: J+ e, v7 H6 ^6 Z9 y2 B0 A　　16.【答案】a 【解析】bitter意为“尖锐的，厉害的”。
　　17.【答案】b 【解析】as well as为一并列连词。
　　18.【答案】d 【解析】settled符合语法要求。
" ?, R4 `( G) ~3 e. S$ u: G　　19.【答案】d 【解析】by compromise意为“通过折衷、妥协的办法”。如：we should settle our differences by compromise.我们应采取折衷的办法来解决我们之间的分歧。
　　20.【答案】b 【解析】四个选项中，只有名词continuity正确。