6. Boulder, Colorado, is only city in the United States that derives its water supply from a glacier.
2 l" i) A! K. y1 h( V 答案:A.is onlyà is the only
2 B- M3 Q! l. }* f: U 分析:定冠词使用。0 F, w5 m7 \- @. ~6 g
参考译文:科罗拉多州的Boulder是美国唯一的从一处冰川获得供水的城市。
5 H, t, _+ C/ m% L4 c, s1 Z+ C 7. Construction of first skyscraper began in Chicago in 1883 with the ten-story Home Insurance Building.
* K( h1 h9 N# Z, P. A% Z: P1 R 答案:B.of firstàof the first& b. z$ E4 U2 B+ O, n% t2 t b
分析:定冠词的使用。最高级前加the
) Y) X7 o+ j( A5 j) B2 }2 z# ^ 参考译文:最早的高楼建筑1883年出现在芝加哥,是一幢10层的家庭保险大楼。
0 E x9 `! M" s/ k7 D, B 8. The Mississippi riverboat, which evolved from simpler steamship of the early 1800's, became the dominant form of passenger transport on the Mississippi River.
7 W" H3 b: y4 ^9 e 答案: steamshipàsteamships3 ^1 @0 k$ p) F$ H
分析:单数可数名词不能单独出现。需要注意的是,transport这里作名词,有“运输工具”的意思
L, b% a0 k% x9 R1 ~; W 参考译文:密西西比河船,在1800从简单的汽船演变过来,成为密西西比河上重要的旅客交通形式。% ]- H3 j1 A' h4 C. k
9. Modern stringed instruments comprise both instruments of ancient origin, such as the harp, and the developed recently family of bowed instruments that includes the violin.
5 d( C/ d: g4 B6 f9 O1 J B 答案:D.developed recentlyàrecently developed
( S+ k, }! A/ u% ?- l; I7 l! Z/ c; a 分析:词序颠倒。
! K8 i A6 b1 h 参考译文:现代弦乐乐器不仅包含有源于古代的乐器,如竖琴,也有最近发展的包括小提琴的弓形乐器。
8 X3 F6 c4 J' |( F 10. Stars provided early astronomer with a reference system for measuring the motions of planets, the Moon, and the Sun.) v# e# V7 Y7 C
答案:Aàastronomers
9 h: j3 d. I4 E' M0 ~5 c 分析及考点:可数名词单数单独出现,一般都错。
) F. V$ `+ l3 c2 p+ j 参考译文:天上的星星给早期天文学家提供了一个参照系统来测量行星、月亮和太阳的移动。 |