Passage 11

    A battery driven bus has been developed by a group of British companies. The bus, a fifty passenger single deck __1__ , is to go into __2__ in Manchester shortly, and discussions with the Department of the Environment are __3__ to lead to a __4__ batch (批) of twenty going into __5__ passenger service in Manchester within two years.

    Unlike the small government sponsored battery bus now __6__ trials in provincial cities, __7__ low speed and range effectively limits it to city centre operation, the new Silent Rider, __8__ a range of 40 miles between charges and a __9__ of 40 m.p.h., will takeits place with diesel (柴油) buses for normal urban and suburban __10__.

    1. A. motor B. vehicle C. transport D. carriage

    2. A. existence B. process C. occurrence D. operation

    3. A. expected B. estimated C. wished D. found

    4. A. further B. farther C. more D. much

    5. A. average B. common C. regular D. typical

    6. A. undertaking B. underlining C. understanding D. undergoing

    7. A. as B. which C. that D. whose

    8. A. at B. with C. under D. for

    9. A. time B. speed C. fuel D. performance

    10. A. pollution B. trial C. service D. charge

    1.【答案】B。

    【解析】motor發(fā)動機或裝有發(fā)動機的車輛; carriage馬車；transport交通；vehicle泛指車輛等一切交通工具。文中所談車輛是靠電池充電行進的，顯然不屬于motor。

    2.【答案】D。

    【解析】go into existence存在，若用此處，則有這種公汽在曼徹斯特被發(fā)明之意；結(jié)合本句后半部分，另一批公汽將投入使用，所以這是首批投入使用的。go into operation實施，執(zhí)行。

    3.【答案】A。來源：www.examda.com

    【解析】有一類動詞可接動詞不定式作復合賓語，如本題中的expect和wish，但wish用于此結(jié)構(gòu)表want(需要)之意。

    4.【答案】A。

    【解析】more表“另外的”之意時，前面不能用不定冠詞a，(因為有another代表此意)。give me two more apples(再給我兩個蘋果)；much為副詞，不能修飾batch, further和farther，同為far的比較級，一個意指抽象“進一步”，一個意指具體“更遠”。

    5.【答案】C。

    【解析】average平均的；common普遍的；average flower普通的花，強調(diào)不特別，隨處可見，不與passenger service相搭配。regular定期的；typical典型的。

    6.【答案】D。

    【解析】undertake承擔(工作，責任)。undergo接受(檢查，核查)。underline指“強調(diào)。

    7. 答案D。

    【解析】先行詞為the small government sponsored battery bus，在從句中作定語。

    8.【答案】B。

    【解析】with引導短語，修飾名詞，表示名詞的屬性，表伴隨。

    9.【答案】B。

    【解析】參照后面的of 40 m. p. h，可知此處講速度。

    10.【答案】C。

    【解析】參照文章第五行g(shù)oing into regular passenger service。提示：這種汽車要服務(wù)于民。而且本句上半部分“那些政府資助的汽車正在試用”，與之對應(yīng)。“我們這種與它們不同，馬上要真正服務(wù)于民”。

    Passage 12

    “Is the plane strong enough?” I asked myself when I saw my aeroplane. We saw luggage __1__ to it on trolleys and being loaded from under the aircraft. Next, three men and three girls, all in __2__ , went over to the plane and entered it. Over the loudspeakers we were __3__ the plane was ready to leave and were asked to walk out to it. Everybody moved quickly in order to get the seats they wanted. I was __4__ to get a seat near the tail, but the plane looked stronger inside than it had from outside. I fastened my seat __5__ before wetook off and tried to __6__ my nervousness. After an hour’s flying I __7__ black clouds ahead through my window. My nervousness immediately returned. An electric sign flashed __8__: “Fasten your seat belts, please,” and one of the hostesses made a __9__ request over the loudspeakers. She told us we were about to fly into a storm but __10__ cheerfully there was nothing to worry about.

    1. A. going out B. gone out C. making out D. taking out

    2. A. clothes B. uniform C. form D. uniformity

    3. A. asked B. noticed C. announced D. told

    4. A. impossibleB. incapableC. unable D. unsuitable

    5. A. belt B. string C. band D. ribbon

    6. A. smooth B. decrease C. forget D. relax

    7. A. noticed B. had been noticing C. would notice D. had noticed

    8. A. on B. up C. out D. in

    9. A. general B. similar C. common D. sharp

    10. A. smiled B. spoke C. added D. acted

    1.【答案】A。

    【解析】用動詞go，則luggage與go關(guān)系為主謂，所以用現(xiàn)在分詞。用take或make，則luggage與它們關(guān)系為動賓，應(yīng)用過去分詞。

    2.【答案】B。

    【解析】clothes衣服總稱；uniform制服；form形式；uniformity一致性。此處主要考核學生詞匯量，后面都有form，意義有何區(qū)別。

    3.【答案】D。

    【解析】根據(jù)上下文，是機場廣播“傳達某種信息”，即旅客被“告知”，其習慣表達是“to be told…”。其它三個選擇項都與上下文無關(guān)。

    4.【答案】C。

    【解析】“be unable to do sth.”是“不能夠……”，后必須接不定式做狀語，因此選unable既符合語法要求，又合題意。而B)應(yīng)是“be incapable of sth.”是指“無能力的”，“不能的”；D)應(yīng)是 “be unsuitable for sth.”是指“不合適的”，“不適當?shù)摹?/p>

    5.【答案】A。

    【解析】seat belt指“安全帶”。B. C. D選項均不合題意。

    6.【答案】C。

    【解析】“tried to forget my nervousness” 是指“設(shè)法忘掉緊張情緒”，和上文第二句中未提到的“It did not look…” 及第8題中提到的“…but the plane looked stronger inside than it had from outside”的含意聯(lián)系起來，正好相符，而A. smooth (使順利, 使光滑)；B. decrease (減少)；D. relax (娛樂) 都與原文無關(guān)。

    7.【答案】A。

    【解析】“noticed是指“注意到”。這只是對過去所發(fā)生事情的一般敘述，即經(jīng)過一小時飛行之后所看到事情，涉及不到過去將來和過去完成時態(tài)。

    8.【答案】A。

    【解析】on表示電路等接通，燈等開著。

    9.【答案】B。

    【解析】“similar”類似的；general總體的；common普通的；sharp尖的，辛辣的。

    10.【答案】C。

    【解析】smiled與acted和文中“over the loudspeakers”相矛盾，因為通過“loudspeakers”講話，所以根本看不到“smiled”和“acted”的表情動作。