</p> 6. Boulder, Colorado, is only city in the United States that derives its water supply from a glacier.
) ~" y; _, G; |7 [! T8 j5 G) F 答案:A.is onlyà is the only
" d5 m. P9 L4 B% c0 w 分析:定冠词使用。
2 m X' r& |5 z$ s% D 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。3 E% n8 E; ]+ Z
7. Construction of first skyscraper began in Chicago in 1883 with the ten-story Home Insurance Building.
! Q6 X. \3 n/ ^2 G* t2 P 答案:B.of firstàof the first
- S* p/ [3 c: E 分析:定冠词的使用。最高级前加the
/ N7 K7 {" R' }' o" L; ] 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。
! ]) Y5 S5 l- H! U; r6 N 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.
$ i6 h* j( ]2 t" V+ [5 t8 Z 答案: steamshipàsteamships
1 b8 l3 y, ? V6 L. b7 r1 m 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
2 ], P+ m1 i5 T3 g3 [ 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。# {& c9 K, f+ x/ B* L
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.+ D7 G# j: ~' }$ n* m+ a
答案:D.developed recentlyàrecently developed
# k3 j0 {$ m0 l* x% i 分析:词序颠倒。9 {$ Z( S) l+ c$ j+ l
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。' p$ e V3 B2 J2 Q) I/ \; [; j; v
10. Stars provided early astronomer with a reference system for measuring the motions of planets, the Moon, and the Sun.7 g3 d) N0 ?+ X4 q f
答案:Aàastronomers
* T( L) g. d* X& ~9 y' w 分析及考点:可数名词单数单独出现,一般都错。( T) I5 Z, Z& R- W
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。 |