2018届江苏高考综合练6

2018 届江苏高考 3500 词汇综合练精品系列 16
(distinguish—emperor)
一、单项填空(从题中所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项)
1.How to _______ social wealth reasonably has become a key issue when it comes to narrowing the gap between the rich and the poor in most societies.
A. distribute B. associate C. accommodate D. contribute
【答案】A
【解析】distribute 分配，分发；associate 联系；accommodate 积累；contribute 贡献，有助于。句意：当谈
及缩小社会中的贫富差距时，如何合理分配社会财富己经变成一个重要话题。
2.It is very _______ that TV programs are often interrupted by advertisements, and mailboxes are often filled with junk mails.
A. disturbing B. earnest C. doubtful D. economic
【答案】A
【解析】disturbing 引起烦恼的，令人不安的；earnest adj.热心的，诚挚的，真挚的；doubtful 怀疑的，可
疑的；economic adj.经济的，经济学的，合算的，有经济效益的。句意：电视节目中经常插播广
告，邮箱里经常会有垃圾邮件，这真是令人心烦。
3.Ning Zetao, who won four golds at the 2014 Incheon Asian Games, _______ himself as a new swim star.
A. considered B. developed C. distinguished D. represented
【答案】C
【解析】句意：宁泽涛，在 2014 年仁川亚运会上赢得了 4 枚金牌，使他本人成为一名游泳新星而出名。consider
认为；develop 发展；distinguish 区分、有别于、使出名；represent 代表。
4.The consequences of our actions are unbelievably complicated and _______ so that predicting the future is a very
difficult task indeed.
A. dull B. diverse C. casual D. distinct
【答案】B
【解析】dull 单调无味的；diverse 多样化的；casual 随意的，漫不经心的；distinct 明显的，清楚的。句意：
我们行为的影响是非常复杂又多种多样的，以致于预测未来是一项实际上很困难的任务。
5.However, there are deep _______ among policymakers about the best way to resolve the crisis. A. decisions B. separations C. divisions D. definitions
【答案】C
【解析】decision n.决定，决心；separation 分离，隔开；division 分开，分割，这儿引申为“分歧”；definition
定义，限定。句意：不过，决策者们对于什么才是解决危机的最佳方案存在着严重的分歧。
6.To encourage an open information exchange, we will invite _______ and overseas scholars and experts to give talks on present and future developments in some technical fields.
A. superior B. diverse C. dynamic D. domestic
【答案】D
【解析】根据 “overseas 国外的”，可知此处要填“domestic 国内的”。句意：为了鼓励信息交流，我们
将请到国内和国外的学者和专家谈一谈某些技术领域的现在和未来的发展情况。
7.While many people see their cars as an extension of their individual freedom, to me, owning a car is a burden,
and living in the city is a(n) _______ burden.
A. dull B. double C. dynamic D. elegant
【答案】B
【解析】dull 单调无味的；double 双重的；dynamic 精力旺盛的；elegant 优雅的，雅致的，讲究的。句意：
许多人把他们的私家车当作是个人自由的延伸，我却把拥有私家车当成负担，而住在城市是双重
的负担。
8.Can you _______ what you’re doing and help me with this report?
A. double B. draw C. drag D. drop
【答案】D
【解析】drop 在此句中意为“停止”；double (使)加倍，(使)翻番；draw 取，拉，拖；drag 拖拽；吃力地往
前拉。句意：你能不能放下手中的活，帮助我写这份报告？
9.If you are familiar with this scene, you’ll know how time flies when you are having fun and _______ when you
are bored.
A. drags B. stops C. drops D. disturbs
【答案】A
【解析】drag 拖长，此处指时间过到很慢。句意：如果你熟悉这个场景，你就会知道：快乐时时间过得飞
快，烦哦时时间过到很慢。
10.Nowadays, a lot of children have less time to play and communicate with their peer _______ extra studies. Consequently , it is difficult to develop their character and social skills.
A. according to B. as to C. due to D. apart from
【答案】C
【解析】according to 根据；as to 至于，关于；due to 由于，因为；apart from 除了。句意：现在，由于额
外的课业负担，许多孩子很少有时间和他们的同龄人玩和交流，所以很难发展他们的性格和社会
技能。
11.We need a (n) _______ team leader who can really motivate the members to work harder. A. considerable B. cautious C. dynamic D. conventional
【答案】C
【解析】dynamic 有活力的，有动力的；considerable 相当多的，相当大的；cautious 小心的，谨慎的；
conventional 传统的，依照惯例的，约定的。句意：我们需要一个具有活力的、能够真正激励成员
更加努力工作的团队领导。
12.If you _______ admire yourself you’ll have a real sense of self-appreciation, which will give you confidence.
A. eagerly B. earnestly C. desperately D. gratefully
【答案】B
【解析】earnestly 认真地，诚挚地，热切地；eagerly 急切地；desperately 绝望地；gratefully 感激地。句意：
只要你认真地欣赏自己，你就会拥有一个真正的自我，你才会拥有信心。
13.In view of lacking preparations for the competition and not wanting to lose face, Johnson eventually decided to
_______.
A. drop in B. drop off C. drop back D. drop out
【答案】D
【解析】drop out 退出。句意：鉴于没有为本次竞赛做好准备，又不想丢面子，所以约翰最终决定退出(竞
赛)。
14.Exposed to dishonest advertisements every day, we sometimes can hardly _______ two similar products and
thus we are in a dilemma where we don’t know which to buy.
A. acquire B. distinguish C. calculate D. distribute
【答案】B
【解析】acquire 获得；distinguish 区分、辨别；calculate 计算；distribute 分配，分送。句意：每天看到这
些不诚信的广告，我们有时几乎不能区分两种相似的产品，因此我们处于一种不知道该买哪个的
尴尬境地。
15.Before the opening ceremony of the supermarket, some workers are sent to _______ leaflets on the road. A. abandon B. accumulate C. drop D. distribute
【答案】D
【解析】abandon 放弃，抛弃；accumulate 堆积，积累；drop(使)落下，投下；distribute 分配，散布。句意：
在超市开业典礼前，一些员工被安排去在路上散发传单。
16.According to school bus safety rules, when a school bus stops on the road to _______ or pick up students, other vehicles behind it must stop to wait.
A. drop off B. drop out C. drop in D. drop back
【答案】A
【解析】drop off 让人下车。句意：根据最新的交通规则，当一个校车在路边停靠让学生下车或者接学生
的时候，其他的机动车辆必须停止并且等待。
17.In the US, students can do almost anything they want in class, as long as they don’t make too much noise or
_______ others who want to learn from the teacher.
A. doubt B. defend C. drag D. disturb
【答案】D
【解析】disturb 扰乱，打扰。句意：在美国学生在教室里可以做任何一件事情。只要他们不要发出太大的
噪音或者干扰别的那些想学习的学生。
18.If you want to go further in the new sport, the best way is to _______ and practise more frequently.
A. dive in
B. drop out
C. catch on
D. drop in
【答案】A
【解析】dive in 潜心做某事；drop out 退学；catch on 理解，明白；drop in 探望，串门。句意：如果你想在
新运动方面更深一步，最好的方法就是潜心研究并且经常练习。
19.Let’s _______ the students into three groups and _______ boys from girls; in this way each group will have a
_______ room to live in.
A. separate; divide; separated B. separate; divide; separate
C. divide; divide; separated D. divide; separate; separate
【答案】D
【解析】divide 划分；把整体分成若干部分，常和介词 into 连用；separate 分隔，把原来连在一起或靠近的分隔开来，常和 from 连用。最后一空用形容词 separated。句意：让我们把学生分成三组，把男生
和女生分开，用这种方式每组都有单独的房间居住。
20.The noise was so _______ that he was so _______ that he stayed awake the whole night.
A. disturbing, disturbed B. disturbed, disturbing
C. disturbing, disturbing D. disturbed, disturbed
【答案】A
【解析】以 ing 结尾的形容词表示事物或事情所具有的特征；以 ed 结尾的形容词表示人的心理感受。句意：
那声音是如此的令人不安，以至于使他如此地不安，结果，一夜没睡。
21.Despite the knowledge he has accumulated, He Jiang continues to be troubled by the question of the unequal
_______ of scientific knowledge throughout the world.
A. advocate B. distribution C. allocation D. division
【答案】B
【解析】advocate 提倡；distribution 分布，分配；allocation 配置；division 分开。句意：尽管何江积累了丰
富的知识，但他仍然对世界各地的科学知识分布的不平等问题感到困惑。
22.Prime Minister David Cameron said,“…independence will not be a trial separation but a painful _______
divorce”. When the outcome is still up in the air, he made an emotional speech to call upon Scottish voters to stay together.
A. doubt B. divorce C. drawback D. dusk
【答案】B
【解析】divorce 离婚。句意：卡梅隆说：独立不是一个试验性的分离而是一次痛苦的离婚。当苏格兰公投
结果还没有出来的时候，他发表了一次演讲号召苏格兰投票人团结在一起。
23.If the doctor is available this afternoon, I will take my little daughter to him for a thorough checkup, who recently felt _______ and extremely tired.
A. dynamic B. disturbing C. dizzy D. dull
【答案】C
【解析】dizzy 头晕。句意：如果医生今天下午有空，我要带我小女儿去做一个彻底的检查，她最近觉得头
晕，极其疲惫。
24.The British government published an official policy _______ setting out its plans to bring the UK out of the European Union.
A. adjustment B. commitment C. comment D. document
【答案】C
【解析】adjustment 调整；commitment 承诺，奉献；comment 评论；document 文件。句意：英国政府发布
了一则官方政策文件阐述了英国脱欧的计划。
25.The scientist decided to _______ his eyes to those who need them after his death.
A. distribute B. provide C. donate D. exchange
【答案】C
【解析】distribute 分配；provide 提供；donate 捐赠；exchange 交换。句意：这个科学家决定在死后把眼睛
捐给需要的人。
26.China’s medical reform during the 12th Five-Year plan period will _______ the practice of giving doctors and
nurses’ pay through the sale of medicines.
A. do with B. cope with C. do away with D. get away with
【答案】C
【解析】do with, cope with 处置，放置；take away from 减少，减弱，贬低；do away with 取消，废除；get away with 做了错事而没受到惩罚。句意：十二五期间中国的医疗改革将取消通过药品销售给医
生和护士报酬的惯例。
27.— How can I prepare for class, Mr. Johnson?
—Have you checked out my web page? You can _______ the notes and read them ahead of time. A. distribute B. draft C. drill D. download
【答案】D
【解析】download 下载。句意：“约翰逊老师，我该怎样做好上课准备？”“你已经浏览过我的网页了吗？
你可以下载笔记，提前看一下。”
28.—What should I do next ?
—According to what I said, _______ a plan first and then hand it to me
A. draw in B. draw back from C. draw up D. do away with
【答案】C
【解析】draw up 草拟；句意：“我接下来该怎么做？”“按照我所说的，先草拟一份计划交给我。”
29.Haier Company produced a new type of refrigerator of high quality and pretty appearance but its only _______
is that it takes up too much room.
A. advantage B. drawback C. dot D. mistake
【答案】B
【解析】drawback 缺点。句意：海尔公司生产出了一款高质量、外形漂亮的新型冰箱，但是它的唯一唯缺
点就是占空间太多。
30.It’s such a surprise! Never did she _______ a chance for her to be sent abroad for further study.
A. dream there to be B. dream of there to be
C. dream of there being D. dream away there being
【答案】C
【解析】表示梦想做某事，其后不能接不定式，而接 of doing sth.。句意：这可真是一个惊喜。她做梦都没
想到会有一个被派到国外深造的机会。
31.Different peoples _______ at different festivals in different ways because of their cultural or religious _______. A. dress up B. dress in C. dress down D. get dressed
【答案】A
【解析】dress up 盛装打扮。句意：因为他们的文化或宗教信仰，不同的人在不同的节日用不同的方式来
盛装打扮。
32.Just a month before the earthquake the school practiced an _______ showing the children how to calmly find their “safe place”.
A. emergency practice B. emotional drill C. electrical exercise D. emergency drill
【答案】D
【解析】emergency drill 紧急演练。句意：在地震前一个月，学校进行了紧急演练教孩子如何冷静的找到
安全的地方。
33.I live at a busy street and the loud noise nearly _______ me mad.
A. catches B. buries C. drives D. draws
【答案】C
【解析】drive sb. Mad 使某人发疯。句意：我住在一条繁忙的街道，附近很大的噪音几乎使我发疯。
34._______ side of the street is lined with different shops, _______ of which sell electronic products. A. Both; both B. Either; both C. Neither; either D. Either; all
【答案】D
【解析】街道的两边可以使用 both ，但是谓语动词时单数 is，所以只能用 Either，第二空，根据句意是不
同的商店应在三者以上，所以用 all。句意：街道的两边列满了不同的商店，所有的商店都是卖电
子产品的。
35.Men are awake enough to their own interests, who turn a deaf ear to their friends’ miseries.
A. do with B. do away with C. turn a deaf ear to D. draw back from
【答案】C
【解析】turn a deaf ear to 充耳不闻，置若罔闻。句意：对朋友的痛苦置若罔闻的人，对个人的利益非常注
意。
36.The brave man was greatly honoured when the organizer announced, “You _______ a medal!”
A. earn B. expect C. deserve D. reserve
【答案】C
【解析】句意：当组织者宣布：“你应该获得这枚奖牌”时，这个勇敢者感到了莫大的荣幸。earn 赚得，
获得：deserve 应受，值得；reserve 储备，保存，保留，预订，预约。earn 和 deserve 有相似之处，
两者都有“获得”之意，但后者含有“应该获得”的意思。
37.Officials from China and France formally promised on Thursday to build a new type of _______ partnership, while strengthening business cooperation.
A. economic B. distant C. distinct D. apparent
【答案】A
【解析】economic 经济的；distant 遥远的，不相近的，不密切的；apparent 易看见的，可看见的，显然的。
句意：中国和法国的官员在星期四正式承诺在加强商业活动的同时构建新型的经济伙伴关系。
38.About _______ gene-targeting drugs are already in testing pipeline. It won’t be long ____ they are put into
effect.
A. two dozen; before B. two dozens; that
C. two dozens of; before D. dozens; that
【答案】A
【解析】句意：大约有 12 个基因有关的药物已经在测试中。在他们付诸实施之前不会很长时间的。dozen
前有具体数字时，不加 s，不加 of，表虚数可指时加“s”，加“of”。第二空根据句意判断。
39.We can not hunt for an animal that is ______extinction for our master told us that we should protect endangered
animals.
A. due to B. in the way to C. about to D. on the edge of
【答案】D
【解析】on the edge of extinction 濒临灭绝。句意：我们不能猎杀濒临灭绝的动物。因为我们老师教育我们，
应该保护濒危动物。
40.Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not _______ children only for the aim of
educating them.
A. convey B. educate C. pass D. convince
【答案】B
【解析】convey 传递(感情、思想等)；educate 教育；pass 传递(物品)；convince 使信服。句意：教育不是
目的,而是达到目的的一种手段。换句话说，我们不能仅仅带着为教育孩子而教育的目的。
41.American films always have a(n) _______ on foreign films at the Oscars, regardless of how popular a foreign
film might be.
A. drawback B. emotion C. district D. edge
【答案】D
【解析】have an edge on 有一个优势。句意：不管外国电影是如何地受到欢迎，但是美国电影在奥斯卡金
像奖评奖中比起外国影片来占据优势。
42.The new law has come into _______; surely it will have _______ on industry of the country.
A. affect, an effect
B. effect, affect
C. effect, an effect
D. an effect, an effect
【答案】C
【解析】come into effect 开始生效，have an effect on 对……有影响，句意：新的法律已经生效了，当然会
对这个国家的工业有所影响。
43.The new secretary is _______ and therefore the manager is satisfied with her work.
A. effective B. efficient C. dull D. sufficient
【答案】B
【解析】efficient 有效率的，有才能的。句意：这个新秘书很能干，因此经理对她的工作很满意。
44.—Many people are worried that so many college graduates each year can’t find a job.
—There is no need to worry about it as the government is now making every _______ to provide more jobs. A. effort B. effect C. measure D. action
【答案】A
【解析】effort 努力，尽力，make every effort to do sth 全力以赴做某事，句意：“许多人都担心每年这么多
的大学生找不到工作。”“这个不必担心，政府正在努力为他们提供更多的工作。”
45.The guy felt dizzy and sick because of mild _______ shock. He was saved by an _______ engineer. A. electric; electrical B. electrical; electric C. electrical; electronic D. electric; electronic
【答案】A
【解析】句意：这个年轻人因为轻微的电击觉得很晕又恶心，他被一个电工救了。electric 带电的，导电的，如 electric wire 电线； electrical 电的，电气科学的；electronic 电子的，如 electronic computer 电
子计算机。
46.The girl dressed in the latest Paris fashion is _______ in her appearance but rude in her speech. A. evident B. considerate C. elegant D. innocent
【答案】C
【解析】evident 明显的，considerate 考虑周到的，elegant 优雅的，innocent 无辜的，句意：穿着最流行
巴黎服式的这个女孩在外表上很优雅，在言行上很粗鲁。
47.The most destructive _______ in the human mind is fear. Only when we are no longer afraid do we begin to live. A. elegant B. district C. discrimination D. element
【答案】D
【解析】element 元素，要素，因素。句意：人类大脑中毁灭性最大的因素是恐惧，只有当我们不再害怕了，
我们才能开始生活。
48.When she finished her story, none of us said anything about it, which made her feel rather _______. A. embarrassing B. embarrassed C. embarrass D. embarrassment
【答案】B
【解析】embarrassing 令人尴尬的(事物或事情所具有的特征或性质)；embarrassed 感到尴尬的(人的心理感受)；embarrass 动词，使某人尴尬；embarrassment 名词，尴尬。句意：当她讲完故事，我们没有
一个人说什么，她感到很尴尬。
49.I had no idea how to calm her down. At last her strong _______ found expression in loud crying.
A. emotion
B. drawback
C. instruction
D. donation
【答案】A
【解析】emotion 情感，情绪。句意：我不知道怎么让她冷静下来，最后，她强烈的情感还是在嚎啕大哭
中表达出来了。
50.I think I was at school, _______ I was staying with a friend during the vacation when I heard the news. A. even so B. or so C. so that D. or else
【答案】D
【解析】or else 用作连词，意为“否则；不然，或者”，其余各项与语境相悖。我想当我听到这个消息的时候,我不是在学校,就是在跟朋友一起度假(或翻译成,我应该是在学校,不然就是在跟朋友一起度
假)。
二、完形填空(从题中所给的 A、B、C、D 四个选项中，选出最佳选项)
If you’ve always hoped to give up your 9-to-5 job to move to Maine to operate a restaurant, then the Center Lovell Inn, built in 1805, could make your dream come true. All you need to make it yours is $125, a postage stamp, and a 200-word essay.
In 1993, the then-owner of the inn, Smith, ___ 1___ an essay contest to find a successor(继任者). He chose Jack, who had been ___ 2___ a 50,000-square-foot restaurant in Maryland ___ 3___ winning ownership of the inn. But after more than two decades of managing the Center Lovell Inn, Jack, now 68, is ready to ___ 4___. And he’s planning his own essay contest of find the inn’s new owner.
“There are a lot of very ___ 5___ people in the restaurant business who would like to have their own place but can’t ___ 6___ it,” Jack told the Press Herald. “This is a way for them to have the ___ 7___ to try.”
Jack hopes to ___ 8___ at least 7,500 participants, which would earn him more than $900,000. Jack has promised to stop ___ 9___ limits to the participants after the number of them ___ 10___ that figure 7,500. “If I get more participants, all the better,” he said.
To apply, applicants(18 years of age and older) can ___ 11___ a 200-or-less-word essay on the ___ 12___ of why they’re the right fit, as well as a check for $125, to the Center Lovell Inn postmarked by May 7. Jack well
___ 13___ the applicants to a top 20 and from there, two anonymous(匿名)judges will select the new ___ 14___ of the inn. Jack is hopping to ___ 15___ the successor on May 1st, 2017.
Jack is ___ 16___ that just as it did last time, the essay contest will ___ 17___ a fitting new owner for the centuries-old inn. He said people often asked him, “ ‘What if you get the ___ 18___ person or what if this person lies to you’? Our answer was and is, ‘We trust.’ It was part of the ___ 19___ of this whole thing. And it ___ 20___
we were right.”
语篇解读：一个名叫“洛弗尔中心酒店”以前通过作文比赛招了一个名叫杰克的新主人。现在杰克要退休
了，酒店准备再用原来的方法再找一个新主人。
1.A. elected B. held C. attained D. undertook
【答案】B
【解析】A. elected 选举；B. held 举行；C. attained 获得；D. undertook 承担。酒店的老板史密斯举办了一场作文竞赛来寻找继任者。故选 B。
2.A. obtaining B. bothering C. adoring D. managing
【答案】D
【解析】A. obtaining 获得；bothering 打扰；adoring 喜爱；managing 管理，经营。杰克在赢得这个酒店所
有权之前一直在管理经营着一个 5 万平方英尺的餐馆。故选 D。
3.A. before B. after C. while D. for
【答案】A
【解析】参看上题的解析。
4.A. distinguish B. retire C. pause D. operate
【答案】B
【解析】A. distinguish 区别；B. retire 退休；C. pause 暂停；D. operate 操作。杰克准备退休了，计划找新
的继承人。故选 B。
5.A. elegant B. thoughtful C. talented D. arbitrary
【答案】C
【解析】A. elegant 优雅的，雅致的，讲究的；B. thoughtful 体贴的；C. talented 有才能的；D. arbitrary 随意
的，任性的。在酒店行业有许多有才能的人，他们想要属于自己的地方，但是却买不起。故选 C。
6.A. afford B. accumulate C. adjust D. purchase
【答案】A
【解析】A. afford 付得起；B. accumulate 收集；C. adjust 调整；D. purchase 购买。句意见上一题，答案为
A。
7.A. justice B. procedure C. assumption D. opportunity
【答案】D
【解析】A. justice 正义；B. procedure 过程；C. assumption 假设；D. opportunity 机会。这是一个让他们有
机会去尝试的方法，故选 D。
8.A. govern
B. astonish
C. attract
D. comfort

【答案】C
【解析】A. govern 管理；B. astonish 使吃惊；C. attract 吸引；D. comfort 使安慰。杰克希望能吸引 7500 个
参加者，这会让他挣 90 万美元。故选 C。
9.A. indicating B. setting C. reflecting D. acknowledging
【答案】B
【解析】A. indicating 暗示，表明；B. setting 设定；C. reflecting 反射；D. acknowledging 认可。在参加者的
数量达到了 7500 人后杰克承诺停止设定限制参加者。故选 B。
10.A. arrives B. strikes C. associates D. reaches
【答案】D
【解析】A. arrives 到达；B. strikes 袭击；C. associates 联系；D. reaches 达到。句意见上一题，答案为 D，
arrive 是不及物动词，不能选。
11.A. send B. prepare C. donate D. preserve
【答案】A
【解析】A. send 送，寄；B. prepare 准备；C. donate 捐赠；D. preserve 保护。应聘者可以“为什么他们最
适合”为话题发送一篇 200 字或少于 200 字的文章。故选 A。
12.A. reform B. breakthrough C. competence D. topic
【答案】D
【解析】A. reform 改革；B. breakthrough 突破；C. competence 能力；D. topic 话题。参看上题的解析。
13.A. draw back from B. narrow down C. apply for D. cast down
【答案】B
【解析】A. draw back from 退缩，撤回；B. narrow down 使变窄，减少；C. apply for 申请；D. cast down 抛
下，丢下。然后杰克将应聘者减少到前 20 名。故选 B。
14.A. owner B. authority C. interpreter D. volunteer
【答案】A
【解析】A. owner 主人，所有者；B. authority 当局，当权者；C. interpreter 翻译；D. volunteer 志愿者。由
两位匿名的裁判选出这个酒店的新主人。故选 A。
15.A. identify B. remark C. announce D. resist
【答案】C
【解析】A. identify 确定，识别；B. remark 评论；C. announce 宣布；D. resist 抵制。杰克希望在 2017 年 5
月 1 日宣布继任者。此处指很正式地对外宣告，故选 C。

16.A. reasonable B. thankful C. confident D. conservative
【答案】C
【解析】A. reasonable 合理的；B. thankful 感谢的；C. confident 自信的；D. conservative 保守的。Jack 很自
信正如上一次做的一样。选 C。
17.A. pick out B. team up with C. bring back D. drop in on
【答案】A
【解析】A. pick out 挑选；B. team up with 与……合作；C. bring back 带回；D. drop in on sb.拜访某人。这
个作文比赛将会给这个世纪老酒店挑选出适合的新主人。故选 A。
18.A. current B. innocent C. cautious D. wrong
【答案】D
【解析】A. current 当前的；B. innocent 无辜的；C. cautious 小心的；D. wrong 错误的。要是你选了错误的
人或这个人对你撒谎该怎么办呢？故选 D。
19.A. means B. drawback C. magic D. hardship
【答案】C
【解析】A. means 方法，手段；B. drawback 缺点，毛病；C. magic 魔力，魔术；D. hardship 艰难。这就是
整件事的魔力所在。故选 C。
20.A. lived on B. turned out C. marked out D. break out
【答案】B
【解析】A. lived on 继续存在；B. turned out 证明是，结果是；C. marked out 标出；D. break out 突然发生、
爆发。并且结果证明我们是对的，故选 B。
三、语法填空(在短文空白处填入 1个适当的单词或括号内单词的正确形式)
There were many problems when people first moved into the cities in the US and UK. Many lived in bad
conditions in poor housing. The governments on 1 sides of the Atlantic, worked to improve the living
conditions of city dwellers (居民). For a while, especially in the U.S., city life came to be seen as the best and most
exciting way to live. Living in the rural areas was regarded as boring. Who wanted to be struggling to 2 a
living in the country doing hard agricultural labor?
Many in the UK believed that they had a much better chance of improving themselves in the city. It would be
(easy)to move from the ranks of physical laborers to the middle classes if they could get better jobs and
(educate). However, Britain has always had a deep love of the beauty and peacefulness of the countryside.

The upper classes have always liked to have a house both in London
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in the country. They still wanted to
go to the country for the summer.
Over the last two generations in the UK and US, industrialization
6
(slow)down and more people have
become dissatisfied with life in urban areas. They are concerned
7
overcrowding, too much traffic and
pollution. What most people want now is a life in the country. They want to move to a village, small town or small
holding outside of the city 8 they can have more space and some peace and quiet. 9 (develop)
in transportation mean that people can continue longer distance, so more people are living as far as they can from urban centers.
People also believe that village and small town life is better for children. Many say that the schools,
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(especial)the primary schools, are better in smaller villages. The classes are smaller and some say there will be more positive influence on their children and that their social life will be more fulfilling and nurturing.
语篇解读：文章通过对居住在城市和乡村不同的看法，描述了城市和乡村的各自利弊。
1.【答案】both
【解析】考查形容词。此处指“大西洋的两岸”。故填 both。
2.【答案】earn/make
【解析】考查动词短语。earn/make a living 是固定搭配，指“谋生”的意思。
3.【答案】easier【解析】考查形容词。根据前面的“Many in the UK believed that they had a much better chance of improving
themselves in the city.”和后面的“they could get better jobs and education.”可知，此处指更容易上升
到中产阶级。故填 easier。
4.【答案】education
【解析】考查名词。与“jobs”是并列关系，应该用名词形式：education。句意：如果他们可以得到更好的
工作和教育，他们从手工业者上升到中产阶级就会更容易。
5.【答案】and
【解析】考查连词。both… and…是固定搭配，此处指“在大城市伦敦和在乡下”。故填 and。
6.【答案】has slowed
【解析】考查时态和语态。根据时间状语“Over the last two generations”可知，本句时态要用现在完成时态，
主语 industrialization 是抽象名词，谓语用单数，与谓语是主动关系。故填 has slowed。
7.【答案】about
【解析】考查介词。be concerned about…是固定搭配，是“担心，忧虑”的意思。故填 about。
8.【答案】where【解析】考查连词。本句运用了定语从句，先行词是 a village, small town or small holding outside of the city
几个地点名词，引导词在定语从句中作地点状语。故填 where。
9.【答案】Developments
【解析】考查名词。此处缺少主语，指“交通运输的发展”，谓语 mean 是复数。故填 Developments。10.【答案】especially
【解析】考查副词。此处是“尤其、特别”的意思，在句中作状语，用副词。故填 especially。