A
Many people think that Americans
__1__
their cars almost more than anything else. When
__2__ people are fourteen years old, they want to have their __3__ cars. They don’t ask for a car from their __4__. So many of them work in __ 5__ time during their last year of high school to buy a car. Learning to __6 __ and getting a driver’s license may be one of the most exciting things in a young person’s life.
Some people almost __7 __ go to a doctor when they are ill. But they will __8__ their cars to a garage as soon as they think there is a __9__. On Saturdays or Sundays some people may
__10__ most of their time washing and repairing their cars.
名师点评
本文介绍了美国人尤其是年轻人对于轿车的厚爱,并列举了一些事例加以说明。让人们看到了一个发达国家的富裕和人民生活的繁荣。
1. A. prefer
B. love
C. drive
D. play
【解析】B。通过下文的事例不难看出美国人对汽车不是一般的喜欢,故用love it,较贴近文章的意思。2. A. little
B. big
C. old
D. young
【解析】D。按常识,十四五岁的人应称为年轻人,故应说young。3. A. new
B. own
C. expensive
D. cheap
【解析】B。根据下文他们不想通过索要来获取别人的小轿车,而是想拥有自己的小汽车,故选own。4. A, friends
B. teachers
C. parents
D. brothers
【解析】C。如果说想要索要小汽车的话,那只有先从父母亲那儿开始了,故应选parents。5. A. free
B. busy
C. study
D. good
【解析】A。十四五岁的年轻人大多在上学,所以工作占用的应是上学期间的空隙,故应选free。6. A. make
B. mend
C. wash
D. drive
【解析】D。要想获得驾照得先学开车,故应选drive。7. A. always
B. never
C. often
D. usually
【解析】B。与下文“车子一有问题就去修理”相对应,有些人病了却从不看医生,故应选never。8. A. take
B. carry
C. pull
D. lift
【解析】A。carry应为“搬运”,push 为“推”,lift 意思为“举,提起”都不合文意,take sth. to 某地,意为“把……带到……”。9. A. question
B. wrong
C. mistake
D. problem
【解析】D。只能选择一个名词, 表示汽车的“故障,毛病”, 故选problem。10. A. cost
B. get
C. spend
D. use
【解析】C。spend some time doing sth.为一个固定搭配,意为“花时间干某事”。
B
Who designed (设计) the first helicopter (直升飞机)? Who __1__ of the most famous pictures in the world? Who knew more about the human body than most __2__? There is an answer __3__ all these questions --- Leonardo de Vinci (达芬奇).
Leonardo may have been the greatest genius (天才) __4__ have ever known. He lived in Italy around the year 1500, but many of his inventions seem modern to us today. For example, one of his notebooks has drawings of a helicopter. Of course, he couldn’t __5__ a helicopter with the things he had. But scientists say his idea would have worked.
But Leonardo __6__ an inventor. He was one of the greatest artists of his day. By the time he was twenty years old, he was called a master ( 大师) painter, and as he got older he became __7__ more famous. Sometimes he drew a hand ten different ways __8__ he was ready to paint.
Many of Leonardo’s wonderful paintings are still with __9__ today. You may know one of his most famous works the __10__ woman known as the Mona Lisa.
名师点评
本文介绍了堪称世界上最伟大的天才——达•芬奇在发明、艺术等方面为人类所作的巨大贡献,文章层次分明,通俗易懂。1. A. took
B. made
C. painted
D. invented
【解析】C。为了引出话题人物━━达•芬奇,这里引用了设问手法,问题应表示“是谁画了世界上最著名的画”,故选择动词painted。2. A. artists
B. doctors
C. painters
D. people
【解析】B。对人体比较了解的莫过于医生了,将达•芬奇与医生相比才能显示其对人体的精通。故选择doctors。3. A. to
B. of
C. for
D. from
【解析】A。介词to常表示一一对应的关系,“问题的答案”习惯表达为an answer to a question。4. A. the scientists
B. the artists
C. the world
D. people
【解析】D。达•芬奇应是世人所知道的天才中最伟大的人,the world 一般指每个人,相当于第三人称单数,故people为正确选项。5. A. draw
B. paint
C. work
D. build
【解析】D。draw和paint不合文意, work为不及物动词,不能直接接宾语。在那个时代,达•芬奇所不能做的应是制造飞机,故选择build。6. A. was just
B. wasn’t just
C. wasn’t
D. was no longer
【解析】B。这一句起承上启下的作用,意为“达•芬奇不仅仅是一名发明家”,故选择 wasn’t just7. A. less
B. no
C. even
D. very
【解析】C。less和no不合文章,very不能用来修饰比较级,而even常用来修饰比较级,意为“甚至更……”,故为正确选项。8. A. before
B. after
C. because
D. when
【解析】A。为了使自己的画达到最高境界,应在画这幅画之前去尝试不同的画法,所以应选before。9. A. him
B. us
C. them
D. you
【解析】B。达•芬奇的画今天依然保存在世,为本文作者以及读者所共享,所以应选us。10. A. interesting
B. crying
C. smiling
D. surprising
【解析】C。达•芬奇的名作━━Mona Lisa以画中人物面部神秘的微笑而名扬天下,故选smiling
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