</p> 6. Boulder, Colorado, is only city in the United States that derives its water supply from a glacier.
$ P( O) y- O* i, ~' t7 O 答案:A.is onlyà is the only! x; v4 h+ U k" w2 z/ Q
分析:定冠词使用。
) W; r; J, V ]& c5 d2 _ 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。
: K! }1 O i* U6 @. n' W, m: N! G 7. Construction of first skyscraper began in Chicago in 1883 with the ten-story Home Insurance Building.2 _. `" N6 P2 W! V% V5 @3 M. y- x2 P
答案:B.of firstàof the first3 L2 ?7 `8 z* Z
分析:定冠词的使用。最高级前加the4 p9 ^, Z; q4 W& S/ x5 G8 \
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。* \* J+ [8 X, d8 U; I2 t s
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.
# V1 i% p0 `. S' ]0 F4 b 答案: steamshipàsteamships) T/ K: T( K* {+ \, a2 \6 y. N9 k
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/ S2 |' N) d4 P# A/ \& T
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。& m, n* Y# {9 f9 ?6 G2 q% U/ H7 c* I
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.
k# l% i5 e: Y/ l 答案:D.developed recentlyàrecently developed
! B. q+ c {( l 分析:词序颠倒。
9 f! O& A2 \, @3 q2 {1 K 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。
# F& r6 A" [# g$ { C8 R$ [ 10. Stars provided early astronomer with a reference system for measuring the motions of planets, the Moon, and the Sun.
8 }7 m2 ~) h; e" S& h( C 答案:Aàastronomers
% R- x" i2 H, D+ N 分析及考点:可数名词单数单独出现,一般都错。
% k' R. g% Z, s( i. c 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。 |