第6部分：完形填空（第51～65題，每題1分，共15分）
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The Development of Rubber
Here is the story of rubber. From the earliest time it was common knowledge _______(51) the Peruvians that when a cut was made in the outside skin of a rubber tree, a white liquid _______(52) milk came out, and that _______(53) this a sticky (粘的) mass of rubber might be made. This rubber is soft when warm, so that it is possible to give it any _______(54). The Peruvians made the_______(55) that it was very good for keeping out the wet. Then in the early 1800's, the Americans made use of it for the-first time. First they made overshoes to_______(56) their feet dry. Then came a certain Mr. Mackintosh, who made coats of cloth covered with natural rubber. From that day to this we have been coating cloth with rubber as Mr. Mackintosh _______(57), and our raincoats are still named after him.
But these first rubber overshoes and raincoats were all soft and sticky in summer, and_______(58) and inelastic (無彈性的) in the winter when it was cold. But the rubber we have today is soft and elastic (有彈性的),_______(59) very strong m even in the warmest summer and the coldest winter. This was made_______(60) by a man called Goodyear. After many_______(61), he found that nitric acid (硝酸) made the rubber much better, but it is not hard and strong enough. Then a strange thing took_______(62). A friend of his, Nicholas Hayward, had the idea in his sleep that rubber might be made hard and strong if mixed with sulfur (硫磺) and put in the sun. Goodyear put this idea_______(63) the test, and saw that it did have more or less the desired effect though somewhat less than more. The only effect it had was on the outside of the rubber. It is common knowledge now that the_______(64) to make rubber hard and strong is by heating it with sulfur. It took Goodyear four more years to find this method. When at last he did it, he had_______(65) at all. Everything of the smallest value had been used to get money, even his sons' school-books.
51 A for B to C about D with
52 A like B alike C resembled D similar
53 A on B from C up D in
54 A use B heat C pressure D form
55 A creation B invention C discovery D recognition
56 A retain B keep C hold D set
57 A did B built C tried D conducted
58 A weak B gentle C hard D strong
59 A or B however C though D even
60 A capable B probable C practical D possible
61 A experiments B checks C discoveries D works
62 A form B place C shape D size
63 A on B to C in D with
64 A system B style C way D direction
65 A everything B anything C nothing D something
答案
51. B 52. A 53. B 54. D 55. C
56. B 57. A 58. C 59. C 60. D
61. A 62. B 63. B 64. C 65. C
解析
51. B to 意思是對于秘魯人來說;
52. A like 像；alike 相似的，同樣的；類似，相似；similar 相似的，類似的，相同的。 四個詞屬于近義詞。like 作為系動詞；
53. B from表示來源，意思是從這種牛奶狀的物質(zhì)我們得到了粘橡膠；
54. D form形狀，句子的意思是可以做成各種形狀; use使用; heat加熱; pressure壓力，壓迫；
55. C discovery發(fā)現(xiàn)，發(fā)現(xiàn)物 指的是事物原本就存在后被別人發(fā)現(xiàn); creation創(chuàng)造，創(chuàng)作; invention發(fā)明; recognition認(rèn)出，承認(rèn)不符合文意；
56. B keep保持，意思是保持腳的干燥; retain保留; hold把握; set放置；
57. A did 指代前面句子中的made引導(dǎo)的句子，這里的did是對made的一個代替 ; built ; retired; conducted；
58. C hard硬的; weak弱的; gentle溫和的; strong強(qiáng)壯的；
59. C though但是。兩個句子的意思具有轉(zhuǎn)折意思; or或者; however然而; even甚至；
60. D make possible使. . . .可能 ; capable有能力; probable很可能的; practical實踐的；
61. A experiment試驗意思是經(jīng)過多次的試驗之后; checks核對; discoveries發(fā)現(xiàn); works工作；
62. B take place 發(fā)生; form形式; shape形狀; size號碼；
63. B to, put the idea to the test 意思是把這個想法付諸實踐; put on 穿上; put in 放進(jìn)去; put with 容忍；
64. C way方法與后面的詞語構(gòu)成的意思是使橡膠變硬的方法是什么; system系統(tǒng); style風(fēng)格; direction方向。其他的詞語的意思放在句子中不是非常合適；
65. C nothing 與 at all 常聯(lián)系在一起使用; everything; anything; something 與其他的詞語構(gòu)成的短語不符合文意。
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閱讀下面的短文，文中有15處空白，每處空白給出4個選項，請根據(jù)短文的內(nèi)容從4個選項中選擇1個答案，涂在答題卡相應(yīng)的位置上。
The Development of Rubber
Here is the story of rubber. From the earliest time it was common knowledge _______(51) the Peruvians that when a cut was made in the outside skin of a rubber tree, a white liquid _______(52) milk came out, and that _______(53) this a sticky (粘的) mass of rubber might be made. This rubber is soft when warm, so that it is possible to give it any _______(54). The Peruvians made the_______(55) that it was very good for keeping out the wet. Then in the early 1800's, the Americans made use of it for the-first time. First they made overshoes to_______(56) their feet dry. Then came a certain Mr. Mackintosh, who made coats of cloth covered with natural rubber. From that day to this we have been coating cloth with rubber as Mr. Mackintosh _______(57), and our raincoats are still named after him.
But these first rubber overshoes and raincoats were all soft and sticky in summer, and_______(58) and inelastic (無彈性的) in the winter when it was cold. But the rubber we have today is soft and elastic (有彈性的),_______(59) very strong m even in the warmest summer and the coldest winter. This was made_______(60) by a man called Goodyear. After many_______(61), he found that nitric acid (硝酸) made the rubber much better, but it is not hard and strong enough. Then a strange thing took_______(62). A friend of his, Nicholas Hayward, had the idea in his sleep that rubber might be made hard and strong if mixed with sulfur (硫磺) and put in the sun. Goodyear put this idea_______(63) the test, and saw that it did have more or less the desired effect though somewhat less than more. The only effect it had was on the outside of the rubber. It is common knowledge now that the_______(64) to make rubber hard and strong is by heating it with sulfur. It took Goodyear four more years to find this method. When at last he did it, he had_______(65) at all. Everything of the smallest value had been used to get money, even his sons' school-books.
51 A for B to C about D with
52 A like B alike C resembled D similar
53 A on B from C up D in
54 A use B heat C pressure D form
55 A creation B invention C discovery D recognition
56 A retain B keep C hold D set
57 A did B built C tried D conducted
58 A weak B gentle C hard D strong
59 A or B however C though D even
60 A capable B probable C practical D possible
61 A experiments B checks C discoveries D works
62 A form B place C shape D size
63 A on B to C in D with
64 A system B style C way D direction
65 A everything B anything C nothing D something
答案
51. B 52. A 53. B 54. D 55. C
56. B 57. A 58. C 59. C 60. D
61. A 62. B 63. B 64. C 65. C
解析
51. B to 意思是對于秘魯人來說;
52. A like 像；alike 相似的，同樣的；類似，相似；similar 相似的，類似的，相同的。 四個詞屬于近義詞。like 作為系動詞；
53. B from表示來源，意思是從這種牛奶狀的物質(zhì)我們得到了粘橡膠；
54. D form形狀，句子的意思是可以做成各種形狀; use使用; heat加熱; pressure壓力，壓迫；
55. C discovery發(fā)現(xiàn)，發(fā)現(xiàn)物 指的是事物原本就存在后被別人發(fā)現(xiàn); creation創(chuàng)造，創(chuàng)作; invention發(fā)明; recognition認(rèn)出，承認(rèn)不符合文意；
56. B keep保持，意思是保持腳的干燥; retain保留; hold把握; set放置；
57. A did 指代前面句子中的made引導(dǎo)的句子，這里的did是對made的一個代替 ; built ; retired; conducted；
58. C hard硬的; weak弱的; gentle溫和的; strong強(qiáng)壯的；
59. C though但是。兩個句子的意思具有轉(zhuǎn)折意思; or或者; however然而; even甚至；
60. D make possible使. . . .可能 ; capable有能力; probable很可能的; practical實踐的；
61. A experiment試驗意思是經(jīng)過多次的試驗之后; checks核對; discoveries發(fā)現(xiàn); works工作；
62. B take place 發(fā)生; form形式; shape形狀; size號碼；
63. B to, put the idea to the test 意思是把這個想法付諸實踐; put on 穿上; put in 放進(jìn)去; put with 容忍；
64. C way方法與后面的詞語構(gòu)成的意思是使橡膠變硬的方法是什么; system系統(tǒng); style風(fēng)格; direction方向。其他的詞語的意思放在句子中不是非常合適；
65. C nothing 與 at all 常聯(lián)系在一起使用; everything; anything; something 與其他的詞語構(gòu)成的短語不符合文意。
★★★2009年《職稱英語考前每日一練》節(jié)目單★★★