21. The poetry of Gwendolyn Brooks demonstrates a major characteristically of twentieth –century writing: the conflict between commitment to a social ideal and commitment to art.
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分析:(C)测试点;词性。冠词a后应有名词,而characteristically为副词。应为characteristic。
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22. Montessori preschools differ than public elementary schools in that the activities focus on the child’s individual abilities and interests rather than academic ones. 4 g" m8 Y6 o5 s5 g. J: d. {
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测试点;习语. ; X. A* p7 S* e7 w" ]
分析:Differ from为固定的短语,不用than.(B)连词短语in that表示原因,引导状语从句.
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23. Josh Billings roamed the country as a laborer when he was a young man, but settled down in his later life to become a humorist and lecturing.
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3 c$ `' p( X: m* s分析:(D)测试点:并列结构/词性.连词and两边应同词性、同形式.此处and前为说明身份的名词humorist,and后也应用一类似的名词,即lecturer. # y! X. ]7 S F9 r$ x, i3 R2 K2 r/ j
' ~0 T1 x9 q' \' s: M3 L" c9 ~24. Data received from two spacecraft indicate that there is many evidence that huge thunderstorms are now occurring around the equator of the planet Saturn.
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测试点:many和much的用法.
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* N/ u) d6 U) o1 T6 x+ h25. Every individual cell, whether its exists as an independent microorganism or is part of a complex creature, has its own life cycle. 3 I2 s: d ~* c6 P% t
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分析:crests为谓语动词,它前面的代词为主语.不能用所有格形式的its,应为it. |