阅读一篇短文,文中有15处空白,每个空白处给出了四个选项。应试者根据短文的内容从四个选项中选择一个最佳答案。
For some time now, nobody 51 to have a solution for inflation. Not one that is 52 to everybody. But 53 the administration of President Ford he offered one on national television. He used the phrase, to bite the bullet . The words were not new, but they spread 54 the country. Mr. Ford called 55 Americans to bite the bullet and make personal sacrifices. This, he said, would help to withdraw inflation. He urged them to eat less, use less gasoline, to spend less and save more. He appealed 56 them to do whatever was 57 to fight inflation, no matter how unpleasant.
Such is the meaning of to bite the bullet to do something quickly, 58 further delay, no matter how awful the action may be. But what does biting the bullet have to do 59 all this? A reasonable question. This is the explanation; 60 we all know, people in great pain sometimes tighten their fists, or clench their teeth, or bite down hard on a finger. It seems to ease their pain. Years ago, 61 the battlefield, one did not 62 pain-killing drugs. And it is said that during 63 operations, soldiers would bite a bullet, to ease their suffering. This old phrase came back to life in the I960s. Former president Nixon used it in 1968. He asked Congress to bite the bullet and 64 his proposal for a tax increase, a ten-percent surcharge 65 income taxes.
词汇:inflation n. 通货膨胀 gasoline n. 汽油
administration n. 管理,行政 surcharge n.负荷
51. A. seems B. happens C. likes D. /
52. A. pleasant B. exact C. satisfactory D. /
53. A. before B. at C. for D. /
54. A. out B. through C. across D. along
55. A. on B. in C. for D. forth
56. A. in B. of C. for D. to
57. A. objective B. necessary C. important D. /
58. A. by B. with C. under D. /
59. A. about B. with C. except for D. /
60. A. Because B. Since C. As D. Though
61. A. in B. on C. around D. across
62. A. find B. invent C. use D. /
63. A. surgery B. emergency C. temporary D. /
64. A. approve B. approve of C. carry out D. /
65. A. with B. to C. by D. on
参考答案
51. A 52. C 53. D 54. C 55. A 56. D 57. C 58. B 59. B 60. D 61. B 62. A 63. B 64. A 65. D
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