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选词填空单项训练
BANKED CLOZE
Directions
:
In
this section, there is a passage with ten blanks.
You are requested to select one word for each
blank
from
a
list
of
choices
given
in
a
word
bank
following
the
passage.
Read
the
passage
through
carefully
before
making your choices.
Each choice in the bank is identified by a letter.
Please mark the corresponding letter for
each item on Answer Sheet 2 with a
single line through the centre. You may not use
any of the words in the bank
more than
once.
Questions 47 to 56
are based on the following passage.
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选词填空单项训练
BANKED CLOZE
（
1
）
Once
the
world
embraced
the
automobile,
the
days
of
depending
on
horses,
bicycles,
ferries,
and
trains
quickly slipped into the past. People
were __47__ with the speed of the automobile but
they were also enjoying
the personal
freedom that the automobile gave them. Owning a
car gave people the freedom to go anyplace a road
__48__. This allowed people to and at
their own __49__. This independence gave the car a
popular edge over
buses
and
trains.
The
popularity
of
the
automobile
made
it
the
__50__
of
the
transportation
system.
The
automobile changed our
lives when it created a giant industry that
offered more and more jobs. The automobile
made it possible for people to live in
areas __51__ from their work place. This caused
cities to grow and made
suburban
living
more
convenient.
Of
course,
with
more
places
to
go,
more
__52__
roads
had
to
be
built.
The
automobile caused a __53__ effect. Jobs
increased, industries grew, new industries
developed, and cities appeared.
Today
the
automobile
industry
continues
to
offer
many
__54__.
Jobs
are
plentiful
in
this
industry
and
improvements continue to be made to the
automobile with new technologies.
We have come a long way from that first
__55__ carriage because of the cooperative efforts
of many people
in the last century. It
will be interesting to see what the future holds
for the automobile. We have already seen
signs of the use of solar energy in
this area. As long as man has a brain, the future
of the automobile is __56__.
A) backbone
F) enjoyed
K)
definite
B) infinite
G) horseless
L) developed
C)
further
H)
developing
M) farther
D) background
I) opportunities
N) impressed
E) led
J) snowball
O) pace
（
2
）
A
college
education
is
an
investment
in
the
future.
But
it
can
be
a
47
one.
The
College
Board
48
that the costs at a four-year public
college in the United States increased 10% this
past school year.
That was
less
than
the
13%
increase
the
year
before,
but
still
much
higher
than
the
inflation
49
Public
colleges
and
universities still cost
a lot less than private ones.
Financial
aid
often
helps.
But
financial
experts
50
parents
to
start
college
savings
plans
when
their
child is Still very young.
All fifty states and the District of
Columbia
51
what are called 5-29 plans. These plans
are named after
the part of the federal
tax law that created them in 1996. States use
private investment companies to operate the
52
of the programs.
Every state has its own
rules
53
5-29 plans. Some of the
plans are
54
of state taxes. And all are
not required to pay federal taxes.
However, the government could start to tax
withdrawals in 2011 if Congress
does
not change the law.
5-29 plans include investment accounts
that increase or decrease in value with the
investments they contain.
Families must
decide how
55
they want to put money into
stocks, or other investments.
Another kind of 5-
29 plan
lets parents begin to pay for their child’s
education in
56
and long before their
child
starts college. This kind of savings program is
called a prepaid tuition plan. The money goes into
an account
to pay for an education at a
public college or university in the family's home
state.
A) aggressively
F)
consumes
K)
free
B) estimates
G) costly
L) majority
C) offer
H) decline
M) advance
D) automatically
I)
advise
N) governing
E) rate
J) capable
O)
general
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选词填空单项训练
BANKED CLOZE
（
3
）
There
is
progress
toward
a
possible
treatment
for
lung
diseases
such
as
SARS
(severe
acute
respiratory
syndrome).
Researchers
have
learned
more
about how
the
SARS
virus
works:
it
47
with a
system
in
the
body
that
uses
enzymes
(
酶
)
to
control
blood
pressure
and
fluid
balance.
Scientists
say
the
virus
48
to
an
enzyme known as ACE-two.
The virus blocks the enzyme, permitting fluid to
enter the lungs.
A
team
from
Europe
and
Asia
reported
the
49
in
Nature
Medicine.
Doctor
Josef
Penninger
of
the
Institute
of Molecular Biotechnology in the Austrian Academy
of Sciences was the
50
writer of the
report.
The discovery could lead to a
new
51
of treating not just SARS
but also other diseases that can cause lung
failure. These include avian flu
(
禽流感
) and influenza in
humans.
The
first
52
of SARS were
discovered in Guangdong province, in southern
China, in November of
2002. SARS was
not
53
as a worldwide threat until March of
2003. The disease spread to 26 countries, most
of them in the Asia-Pacific area. An
estimated 8, 000 people had SARS. More than 770 of
them died, or about
10% , a
54
high rate.
The
World
Health
Organization
warned
people
not
to
travel
to
55
areas.
The
56
hurt
international
travel and
business. The WHO says the disease stopped
spreading by July of 2003. As a result of SARS,
the health
agency got new powers to act
before a government officially announces a crisis.
A) means
F)
associates
K) optimistically
B) alternative
G) major
L) identified
C ) attaches
H) awful
M) interferes
D) crisis
I) relatively
N) distributed
E) cases
J) findings
O) affected
（
4
）
To call
something
“
marginal
”
means it is not very good. Farmers
have their own way to
47
marginal
land:
It is the last to be planted under good
conditions, and has the
48
to be avoided under poor
conditions.
Low
49
soil is not
the only reason land could be considered marginal.
It might be in an area where rainfall is
50
or where a hillside might rise too
steeply.
There are uses for marginal land,
however. Most often it is used as grassland.
Grasses provide excellent
51
for grazing (
吃草
)
animals like cattle, sheep and goats.
Grass seed can be bought from a foreign
supplier or
52
grasses
can
be
used.
However,
using
marginal
land
for
grazing
is
not
a
simple
issue.
There
is
a
53
of
overgrazing. Cattle can
damage the crops by eating down to the roots.
Also, the weight of the animals crushes the
soil and can make it too hard for
growing. A(n)
54
way to reduce the harm is
to move animals from one field
to
another.
This
method
is
known
as
rotational
grazing
(
循环放牧
)
which
is
extremely
important
for
marginal
land.
Another use for marginal land is for
tree crops. Studies have
55
that the white pine and
loblolly pine
(
火炬松
)
are
two
kinds
of
trees
that
grow
well
on
such
land.
They
grow
fast
and
provide
good
quality
wood.
Another tree is the poplar
(
白杨
), found in
many parts of the world.
Failure
to
take
the
care
needed
to
protect
marginal
lands
can
make
a
bad
situation
worse.
But
good
planning can
56
a marginal resource into a
highly productive one.
A) feed
F) define
K) native
B)
priority
G) adequate
L) revealed
C)
transplant
H) transform
M)
prejudice
D) effective
I) discouraging
N) hazard
E) limited
J ) quality
O) recovered
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