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 .: d7 U3 V! g9 P! }! R
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 `4 J9 H% _2 n3 M0 r
1.a.language b.future c.history d.literature
6 v8 k5 E6 G7 O+ a1 t# F* s 2.a.centuries b.years c.minutes d.seconds4 i2 l& Z( C1 e* [- H
3.a.neither b.as c.or d.either
1 Z, p1 }) V" e 4.a.too b.but c.or d.and+ i& K6 [. C+ D+ U+ P7 V& |
5.a.home b.study c.peace d.war
% k9 f6 O* G: B$ a; i5 ? 6.a.and b.without c.with d.neither! G/ ~) { e0 r2 z5 v1 D
7.a.name b.people c.leadership d.enemy% z( p9 Z+ ?2 m& [1 e9 \
8.a.so b.very c.too d.such
. C1 `. `& l5 R7 k7 {$ @' ? 9.a.two b.one c.no d.couple
2 }1 _1 E; o* `% J1 C4 ~+ g 10.a.month b.day c.year d.century* @! w. {; X! R1 S3 D: C: K
11.a.a b.any c.the d.few
/ l6 @; b0 n; A* r5 l 12.a.changes b.change c.altered d.changed
2 F. f1 n' ]* k1 z" l; u 13.a.common b.popular c.unique d.angry- a7 {' J$ o" ] e
14.a.two b.a c.some d.their! h9 t. M e1 u8 P9 e
15.a.survive b.surviving c.survives d.survived
0 w7 x2 |8 M- ?+ P0 _' a 16.a.bitter b.happy c.pleasant d.unhappy
* l; C/ E1 \, U0 ` 17.a.for b.as c.to d.at
' q, J$ T# V! ? 18.a.settling b.settles c.settle d.settled7 r8 B! S+ a$ |* t5 y
19.a.for b.at c.to d.by
. D5 c& w& g$ P0 O 20.a.continue b.continuity c.continuous d.continued
# j, n% ?. B7 M/ {! [ 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。
+ B! q4 g$ B- U* B 2.【答案】b 【解析】根据句子意思判断。' R, `6 z$ u% h( y
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…。
/ f3 v9 q% U; L- h' r 4.【答案】d 【解析】根据句子意思判断。+ V r8 ?) h: g* o# q: f
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。
, `# |3 Q v1 }. I- V5 ] 6.【答案】b 【解析】without serious question意为“没有严重的问题”。9 D; B0 c) P/ P; s/ s5 n
7.【答案】c 【解析】“在……领导下”的表达方式是under the…leadership., l. d% K4 |; W- V) n, D+ ?
8.【答案】a 【解析】so…that…构成固定短语,意为“这么……以致于”9 x; P1 z2 j2 w3 Q! e2 X* O% K1 n
9.【答案】a 【解析】上面提到1649和1688两次革命,所以a项正确。6 `1 x3 P# x" I2 w( J( G' U7 t
10.【答案】d 【解析】根据句子意思判断。
: g9 w5 o; c, y7 I9 }- t 11.【答案】c 【解析】the centuries特指那些稳定的世纪。
. R' a) m, `% X. m( y 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”。
9 {+ w$ m; G1 O, j# U% q T9 }# s 13.【答案】c 【解析】根据上下文意思,应选unique“独一无二的;唯一的”。
, u; f" K; r) R. i& l+ Y 14.【答案】b 【解析】没有一项成文宪法,a为一项的意思。. D+ y- G3 y* w$ m- w& U! V! d
15.【答案】d 【解析】应选survived才与上下文时态一致。
: e9 R4 M7 p7 }8 B! P$ T8 B 16.【答案】a 【解析】bitter意为“尖锐的,厉害的”。
7 g) D5 `1 ?/ ~% w 17.【答案】b 【解析】as well as为一并列连词。 \! [ M* v; E# o6 F6 t( k
18.【答案】d 【解析】settled符合语法要求。
* J, T, B" Y7 T9 l 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。
. V N) Z& F, Y 20.【答案】b 【解析】四个选项中,只有名词continuity正确。 |