Passage 15

    Today the car is the most popular sort of transportation in all of the United States. It has completely __1__ the horse as a means of everyday transportation. Americans use their car for __2__ 90% of all personal business. Most Americans are able to __3_ cars. The average price of a regularly made car was 1,050 in 1950, 1,470 in 1960 and up to 1,750 in 1975. During this period American car manufacturers set about __4__ their products and work efficiency. As aresult, the yearly income of the __5__ family increased from 1950 to 1975 faster than the price of cars. For this reason __6__ a new car takes a smaller part of a family’s total earnings today. In 1951 proportionally it took 8.1 months of an average family __7_ to buy a new car. In 1962 a new car __8__ 8.3 of a family annual earnings, by 1975 it only took 4.75 month income. In addition, the 1975 cars were technicallysuperior to models from previous years. The __9__ of automobile extends throughout the economy as the car is so important to American.Americans spend more money __10__ keeping their cars running than on any other item

    1. A.denied B.reproduced C.replaced D.ridiculed

    2. A.hardly B.nearly C.certainly D.somehow

    3. A.buy B.sell C.race D.see

    4. A.raising B.making C.reducing D.improving

    5. A.unusual B.smallest C.average D.biggest

    6. A.bringing B.obtain C.bought D.purchasing

    7. A.income B.work C.plans D.debts

    8. A.used B.spent C.cost D.needed

    9. A.running B.notice C.influence D.affect

    10. A.to B.in C.of D.for

    1.【答案】C

    【解析】本句意為：汽車取代了馬，成為日常交通工具。Replace “取代”；deny “否定、否認(rèn)”；reproduce “復(fù)制”；ridicule “嘲笑”。故選replace。

    2.【答案】B【解析】nearly “接近”；hardly “幾乎不”；certainly “肯定”；somehow “設(shè)法”。接近90%符合句意。

    3.【答案】A

    【解析】根據(jù)上下文,本句的意思應(yīng)該是“大部分的美國人能夠買車”。

    4.【答案】D

    【解析】本句的意思是“汽車生產(chǎn)商開始改進產(chǎn)品，提高效率”，只有improve “改進” 符合句意。Raise提高; make制造; reduce減少。

    5.【答案】C

    【解析】根據(jù)上下文，只能選average “平均”。unusual不同尋常的。

    6.【答案】D

    【解析】本句缺主語，只有A和D可作主語，但A項的意思不符。Purchasing “購買”，符合句意。

    7.【答案】A

    【解析】本句指的是家庭收入，只有income符合句意。

    8.【答案】C

    【解析】在表示某物花費某人多少錢的意思時，若物為主語，動詞要用cost。

    9.【答案】C

    【解析】本句意為汽車的影響涉及整個經(jīng)濟。Influence “影響”；affect是動詞，不符合語法；running和notice不符合句意。

    10.【答案】B

    【解析】spend (in) doing sth.是固定搭配。

    Passage 16

    More and more students want to study in“hot”majors. __1__ a result, many students want to give up their interests and study in these __2__ such as foreign languages, international business and law, etc. Fewer and fewer students choose scientific majors, such as maths, physics and biology, and art majors, __3__ history, Chinese and philosophy. Only a few students can study in these “hot” majors, because the number of these “hot” majors __4__ limited.

     If one has no interest in his work or study, __5__ can he do well? I learned this from one of my classmates. He is __6__ the countryside. His parents are farmers. Though he likes biology, he chose “international business”. He __7__ to live a life which is different __8__ of his parents. In the end, he found he __9__ in doing business.He found all the subjects to be tiresome. __10__ this wouldn’t have happened if he had chosen his major according to his own interests.

    1. A. Being B. For C. Having D. As

    2. A. place B. room C. areas D. space

    3. A. even B. like C. just D. or

    4. A. is B. are C. would be D. have been

    5. A. why B. and what C. how D. and how

    6. A. out of B. off C. in D. from

    7. A. wantsB. doesn’t wantC. enjoysD. doesn’t like

    8. A. from which B. from that C. for which D. for that

    9. A. was interested B. was clever C. was not interested D. was not clever

    10. A. So B.Then C. Just then D. Maybe

    1.【答案】D。

    【解析】as a result表示“結(jié)果(是)……”。

    2.【答案】C。

    【解析】根據(jù)本句內(nèi)容可知：“許多學(xué)生想放棄(give up)他們的愛好而學(xué)習(xí)諸如外語、國際貿(mào)易、法律這些學(xué)科(領(lǐng)域)(areas)”。

    3.【答案】B。

    【解析】like在此基本上等于such as，以避免重復(fù)。

    4.【答案】A。

    【解析】the number of與單數(shù)謂語連用。

    5.【答案】C。

    【解析】參見8。在how can he do well中，動詞do作不及物動詞，意為“進行”，“發(fā)展”。

    6.【答案】D。

    【解析】Be from…來自……。

    7.【答案】A。

    【解析】Doesn’t want，doesn’t like不符合語意，答案enjoys不符合語法規(guī)則。

    8.【答案】B。

    【解析】be different from that of his parents與其父母的生活不同。That指前面的life。

    9.【答案】C。

    【解析】was interested不符合語意，was clever，was not clever易排除。

    10.【答案】D。

    【解析】“或許在當(dāng)初他按照自己的愛好選擇他的專攻課程，這種情況就不會發(fā)生”。此句表示與過去事實相反(條件句中用虛擬語氣)。