2011年GCT考试英语辅导教材--完型(6)

Passage 9

    To others and themselves the British have a reputation for being conservative --- not in the narrow political sense, but in the sense of adherence to accepted ideas and unwilling to question them. The reputation comes partly from their __1__ . For 900 years they have suffered __2__ invasion nor revolution (except in 1649 and 1688) nor disastrous defeat in __3__ . Their monarchy (君主政体) survives without serious question. Under its normal __4__ the political arrangements have been so stable that, except for the __5__ interruptions in the seventeenth century, they have been adopted throughout __6__ centuries to meet changing needs without violent changes. Britain, in 1978, was __7__ in managing without a written constitution; some fragmentary definitions of 1688 still __8__ . There had been bitter quarrels, social and economic as well __9__ political, but the quarrels had been settled, usually __10__ compromise. The underlying continuity had not been broken.

    1. A.language B.future C.history D.literature

    2.A.neither B.as C.or D.either

    3.A.home B. studyC.peace D.war

    4.A.name B.people C.leadership D.enemy

    5.A.two B.one C.no D.couple

    6.A.a B.any C.the D.few

    7.A.common B.popular C.unique D.angry

    8.A.survive B.surviving C.survives D.survived

    9.A.for B.as C.to D.at

    10.A.for B.at C.to D.by

    1.【答案】C

    【解析】由于下文紧接着叙述到过去900年的有关情况。故应选history，才能与下文衔接。

    2.【答案】A

    【解析】应选neither才能与其后出现的nor构成并列连词neither…nor…。

    3.【答案】D

    【解析】需选一名词与前面的介词in构成介词短语，且这个短语在语意上要与前面的disastrous defeat相吻合。故选D可以满足这个条件。

    4.【答案】C

    【解析】“在……领导下”的表达方式是under the…leadership.

    5.【答案】A

    【解析】上面提到1649和1688两次革命，所以A项正确。

    6.【答案】C

    【解析】the centuries特指那些稳定的世纪。

    7.【答案】C

    【解析】根据上下文意思,应选unique “的；的”。

    8.【答案】D

    【解析】应选survived才与上下文时态一致。来源：www.examda.com

    9.【答案】B

    【解析】as well as为一并列连词。

    10.【答案】D

    【解析】by compromise意为“通过折衷、妥协的办法”。如：We should settle our differences by compromise. 我们应采取折衷的办法来解决我们之间的分歧。

   Passage 10

    Rumor is the most ___1___ way of spreading stories—by passing them on from mouth ___2___ mouth. But civilized countries in normal times have better ___3___ of news than rumor. They have radio, television, and newspapers. In times of stress and ___4___, however, rumor emerges and becomes widespread. At such ___5___ the different kinds of news are in competition, the press, television, and radio versus the grapevine. Especially ___6___ rumors spread when war requires censorship (审查，检查) on many important matters. The customary news sources no longer ___7___ enough information. Since the people cannot learn ___8___ legitimate (合法的，正规的) channels all that they are anxious to learn, they pick up “news” ___9___ they can and when this ___10___, rumor thrives.

    1. A. primitive B. important C. impossible D. outstanding

    2. A. till B. to C. for D. by

    3. A. means B. ways C. sources D. resource

    4. A. confusion B. peace C. prosperity D. worried

    5. A. time B) the times C) times D) the time

    6. A. do B. did C. are D. were

    7. A. give up B. give off C. give out D. send off

    8. A. through B. by C. in D. across

    9. A. wherever B. where C. whatever D. what

    10. A. happened B. would happen C. happens D. happen

    1.【答案】A。

    【解析】下一句谈到文明社会在正常时期有比谣传更好的传播途径，也就是说，谣

    传是原始的，非文明的。其它选项不合文章主题。

    2.【答案】B。

    【解析】from…to从……到；from…until / till与时间搭配；其它介词不与from搭配。

    3.【答案】C。

    【解析】means,ways与后面的of news搭配不当。resource资源；natural resources of our country我们国家的自然资源；source表“来源”。

    4.【答案】A。

    【解析】stress“紧张”，名词，and后面常接一个词性相同，意义相关或相近的词，peace和平；prosperity繁荣；confusion混乱；worried是形容词“焦急的”。

    5.【答案】C。

    【解析】有一类不可数名词，加上复数后缀-s后，意义有所变化，例：water (水), waters (水域)；snow (雪)；snows (积雪)，此处times是“时代”的意思，而且，上句中“In times of stress and confusion”。也提示我们这儿应用times。

    6.【答案】A。

    【解析】作谓语状语especially放在句首，句子可部分倒装。部分倒装时，实义动词用助动词do, did, does提前(疑问句即倒装句中的一种)。本句中spread为实义动词，且从句中用一般现在时，由此可推知主句也用一般现在时，故选项A正确。

    7.【答案】C

    【解析】give out发出(光、热)，散发(消息)等；give off发出(光热)；give up，放弃；send off出发。

    8.【答案】A。

    【解析】through…channel通过……渠道；别的介词不能与channel搭配。

    9.【答案】A。

    【解析】wherever等于no matter where。

    10.【答案】C。

    【解析】此处讲的是一种客观事实，通篇都用一般现在时态。