Many a young person tells me he wants to be a writer. I always __1__ such people, but I also explain that there’sa big difference between "being a writer" and writing. In most cases these individuals are dreaming of __2__ and fame, notthe long hours alone at a typewriter. "You’ve got to want to write," I say to them, "not want to be a writer."The reality is that writing is a __3__, private and poor-paying affair. For every writer kissed by fortune there arethousands more whose longing is never __4__. When I left a 20-year career in the US. Coast Guard to become a freelancewriter(自由撰稿人), I had no __5__ at all. What I did have was a friend who found me my room in a New York apartment building. It didn’t even matter that it was __6__and had no bathroom. I immediately bought a used manual typewriter and feltlike a __7__ writer.After a year or so, however, I still hadn’t gotten a break and began to __8__ myself. It was so hard to sell a storythat __9__ made enough to eat. But I knew I wanted to write. I had dreamed about it for years. I wasn’t going to be one ofthose people who die wondering, what if? I would keeo putting my dream to the test----even though it meant living with __10__and fear of failure. This is the Shadow land of hope, and anyone with a dream learn to live there.
A) barely考試大－中國(guó)教育考試門(mén)戶網(wǎng)站(www.233.com)
B) genuine
C) rewarded
D) doubt
E) lonely
F) poverty
G) persuade
H) prospects
I) uncertainty
J)impossibly
K) encourage
L)awarded
M) alone
N)wealth
O)cold
【答案】
1.選K)。 此處應(yīng)填動(dòng)詞的原形。可選項(xiàng)有doubt, persuade, encourage, 但由always推知，作者是在鼓勵(lì)那些想要成為作家的人，而不是懷疑也不是說(shuō)服，故排除doubt和persuade而選encourage。
2.選N)。由空格后的fame可知，此處應(yīng)填名詞?？蛇x項(xiàng)有prospects和wealth，但由dreaming of 與第二段中The reality is... poor-paying可推知，那些想當(dāng)作家的人夢(mèng)想的是金錢(qián)和名譽(yù)，而不是前途，故排除prospects而選wealth。
3.選E)。此處應(yīng)填形容詞，private, poor-paying一起修飾affair。選項(xiàng)中有l(wèi)onely和alone,能修飾affair的只有l(wèi)onely,alone表示“孤獨(dú)的”時(shí)，通常作表語(yǔ)，故排除alone而選lonely。
4.選C)。此處應(yīng)填動(dòng)詞的被動(dòng)形式?？蛇x項(xiàng)有rewarded和awarded,前者可表示“(為所希望的舉動(dòng)得到的)回報(bào)”，后者作動(dòng)詞時(shí)表示“頒發(fā)，授予”，故只有rewarded符合題意而排除awarded。
5.選H)。此處應(yīng)填名詞。“當(dāng)我辭別了我在美國(guó)海岸警衛(wèi)隊(duì)20年工作成為一個(gè)自由撰稿人時(shí)，沒(méi)有任何......可言”，可選項(xiàng)有prospects和wealth，但wealth一般指抽象意義上的“金錢(qián)”，因此排除wealth而選prospects“前途”。
6.選O)。it指代的是apartment building，從had no bathroom可知這個(gè)公寓條件很差，選項(xiàng)中只有cold能說(shuō)明公寓的條件差，故選擇O)cold。
7.選B)?！拔荫R上買(mǎi)了一臺(tái)舊的手動(dòng)打字機(jī)，感覺(jué)自己就好像是一個(gè)......的作家”，由前面提到的to become a freelance writer可推知，此處作者是想成為一個(gè)真正的作家，故選項(xiàng)中只有g(shù)enuine“真正的”符合題意?？荚嚧螅袊?guó)教育考試門(mén)戶網(wǎng)站(www.233.com)
8.選D)。由空格前的to可知，此處應(yīng)填動(dòng)詞的原形?？蛇x項(xiàng)有doubt,persuade,encourage,但由still hadn’t gotten a break "在寫(xiě)作上還沒(méi)有任何進(jìn)展”，所以此處應(yīng)理解為他開(kāi)始懷疑自己的選擇是否正確，故doubt符合文意。
9.選A)。that從句結(jié)構(gòu)完整，后面有made，故此處應(yīng)填副詞?？蛇x項(xiàng)有barely和impossibly，因that引導(dǎo)的從句是對(duì)story的解釋，再由hard一詞可推知，此處應(yīng)填的副詞應(yīng)表達(dá)肯定的意思，故排除impossibly而選barely“僅僅，剛剛”。
10.選I)。由空格后的and可知，此處應(yīng)填名詞。由fear of failure可知，所填詞應(yīng)表示不好的境遇，可選項(xiàng)有poverty和uncertainty;又由fear可推知，此處強(qiáng)調(diào)的是生活的變化無(wú)常，而不是生活的貧困，故選uncertainty.
What is it about Americans and food? We love to eat, but we feel 1 about it afterward. We say we want only the best, but we strangely enjoy junk food. We’re 2 with health and weight loss but face an unprecedented epidemic of obesity(肥胖). Perhaps the 3 to this ambivalence(矛盾情結(jié)) lies in our history. The first Europeans came to this continent searching for new spices but went in vain. The first cash crop(經(jīng)濟(jì)作物) wasn’t eaten but smoked. Then there was Prohibition, intended to prohibit drinking but actually encouraging more 4 ways of doing it. The immigrant experience, too, has been one of inharmony. Do as Romans do means eating what “real Americans” eat, but our nation’s food has come to be 5 by imports—pizza, say, or hot dogs. And some of the country’s most treasured cooking comes from people who arrived here in shackles. Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that food has been a medium for the nation’s defining struggles, whether at the Boston Tea Party or the sitins at southern lunch counters. It is integral to our concepts of health and even morality whether one refrains from alcohol for religious reasons or evades meat for political But strong opinions have not brought 7 . Americans are ambivalent about what they put in their mouths. We have become 8 of our foods, especially as we learn more about what they contain. The 9 in food is still prosperous in the American consciousness. It’s no coincidence, then, that the first Thanksgiving holds the American imagination in such bondage(束縛). It’s what we eat—and how we 10 it with friends, family, and strangers—that help define America as a community today. A. answer I. creative B. result J. belief轉(zhuǎn)載自:考試大 - [233.com] C. share K. suspicious D. guilty L. certainty E. constant M. obsessed F. defined N. identify G. vanish O. ideals H. adapted 【答案及詳解】 1. D feel是一個(gè)系動(dòng)詞，可以判斷此處應(yīng)填入一個(gè)形容詞，通過(guò)上下文意思，以及后面介詞about, 可以確定選項(xiàng)為D項(xiàng)guilty, 短語(yǔ)feel guilty about sth. “對(duì)……感到有愧”。全句的意思為“我們很愛(ài)吃，但是往往在吃完之后又有負(fù)罪感”。 2.M be obsessed with 為固定搭配，原意為“被……附上/纏住/迷住心竅”，放在本句表示“十分重視”。全句的意思為“我們很關(guān)心健康和減肥，但肥胖卻又空前地在蔓延”。 3. A 本句缺一個(gè)名詞作主語(yǔ)，并且根據(jù)和介詞to的搭配，可以推斷出正確選項(xiàng)answer. 4. I本句根據(jù)more和ways可以判斷出需要填入一個(gè)形容詞構(gòu)成比較級(jí)，根據(jù)上下文，表示“旨在禁止酗酒的禁酒令，卻激發(fā)了更多新奇的方法來(lái)酗酒”，可以確定I為正確選項(xiàng)。 5. F 本題較難。根據(jù)be 和by 確定應(yīng)填入一個(gè)過(guò)去分詞。再根據(jù)上下文，上文表示“應(yīng)該吃典型的美國(guó)人吃的食物”，下文通過(guò) but 轉(zhuǎn)折，表示實(shí)際上“美國(guó)的食物已經(jīng)被諸如比薩和熱狗這樣的舶來(lái)品所詮釋了”，因此可以確定F為正確選項(xiàng)。 6.B政治結(jié)果，可根據(jù)宗教原因religious reasons來(lái)推斷此處填政治結(jié)果。 7. L由于橫線后面沒(méi)有賓語(yǔ)，可以確定不是形成bring的短語(yǔ)，這樣本句所缺的為一名詞，做bring的賓語(yǔ)。根據(jù)下文解釋，“美國(guó)人對(duì)他們所吃的食物的態(tài)度是矛盾的”，可以推出本句意義為“堅(jiān)定的觀點(diǎn)也不是確定不變的”。因此可以確定L為正確選項(xiàng)。 8. K系動(dòng)詞become后應(yīng)填入一個(gè)形容詞，和后面介詞of形成短語(yǔ)be/become suspicious of “對(duì)……感到懷疑”。 9. J本句缺一個(gè)名詞作主語(yǔ)，并且根據(jù)和介詞in的搭配，可以推斷出正確選項(xiàng)belief，(have)belief in sth.“ 相信……”。 10. C本句是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，缺一個(gè)動(dòng)詞，且和with 搭配，確定選項(xiàng)為share, share sth. with sb., “與某人分享某事”。
What is it about Americans and food? We love to eat, but we feel 1 about it afterward. We say we want only the best, but we strangely enjoy junk food. We’re 2 with health and weight loss but face an unprecedented epidemic of obesity(肥胖). Perhaps the 3 to this ambivalence(矛盾情結(jié)) lies in our history. The first Europeans came to this continent searching for new spices but went in vain. The first cash crop(經(jīng)濟(jì)作物) wasn’t eaten but smoked. Then there was Prohibition, intended to prohibit drinking but actually encouraging more 4 ways of doing it. The immigrant experience, too, has been one of inharmony. Do as Romans do means eating what “real Americans” eat, but our nation’s food has come to be 5 by imports—pizza, say, or hot dogs. And some of the country’s most treasured cooking comes from people who arrived here in shackles. Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that food has been a medium for the nation’s defining struggles, whether at the Boston Tea Party or the sitins at southern lunch counters. It is integral to our concepts of health and even morality whether one refrains from alcohol for religious reasons or evades meat for political.考試大論壇 But strong opinions have not brought 7 . Americans are ambivalent about what they put in their mouths. We have become 8 of our foods, especially as we learn more about what they contain. The 9 in food is still prosperous in the American consciousness. It’s no coincidence, then, that the first Thanksgiving holds the American imagination in such bondage(束縛). It’s what we eat—and how we 10 it with friends, family, and strangers—that help define America as a community today. A. answer I. creative B. result J. belief C. share K. suspicious D. guilty L. certainty E. constant M. obsessed F. defined N. identify G. vanish O. ideals H. adapted 【答案及詳解】 1. D feel是一個(gè)系動(dòng)詞，可以判斷此處應(yīng)填入一個(gè)形容詞，通過(guò)上下文意思，以及后面介詞about, 可以確定選項(xiàng)為D項(xiàng)guilty, 短語(yǔ)feel guilty about sth. “對(duì)……感到有愧”。全句的意思為“我們很愛(ài)吃，但是往往在吃完之后又有負(fù)罪感”。 2. M be obsessed with 為固定搭配，原意為“被……附上/纏住/迷住心竅”，放在本句表示“十分重視”。全句的意思為“我們很關(guān)心健康和減肥，但肥胖卻又空前地在蔓延”。 3. A 本句缺一個(gè)名詞作主語(yǔ)，并且根據(jù)和介詞to的搭配，可以推斷出正確選項(xiàng)answer. 4. I本句根據(jù)more和ways可以判斷出需要填入一個(gè)形容詞構(gòu)成比較級(jí)，根據(jù)上下文，表示“旨在禁止酗酒的禁酒令，卻激發(fā)了更多新奇的方法來(lái)酗酒”，可以確定I為正確選項(xiàng)。 5. F 本題較難。根據(jù)be 和by 確定應(yīng)填入一個(gè)過(guò)去分詞。再根據(jù)上下文，上文表示“應(yīng)該吃典型的美國(guó)人吃的食物”，下文通過(guò) but 轉(zhuǎn)折，表示實(shí)際上“美國(guó)的食物已經(jīng)被諸如比薩和熱狗這樣的舶來(lái)品所詮釋了”，因此可以確定F為正確選項(xiàng)。 6. B政治結(jié)果，可根據(jù)宗教原因religious reasons來(lái)推斷此處填政治結(jié)果。 7. L由于橫線后面沒(méi)有賓語(yǔ)，可以確定不是形成bring的短語(yǔ)，這樣本句所缺的為一名詞，做bring的賓語(yǔ)。根據(jù)下文解釋，“美國(guó)人對(duì)他們所吃的食物的態(tài)度是矛盾的”，可以推出本句意義為“堅(jiān)定的觀點(diǎn)也不是確定不變的”。因此可以確定L為正確選項(xiàng)。來(lái)源：上考試大網(wǎng)校，考試輕松過(guò)關(guān) 8. K系動(dòng)詞become后應(yīng)填入一個(gè)形容詞，和后面介詞of形成短語(yǔ)be/become suspicious of “對(duì)……感到懷疑”。 9. J本句缺一個(gè)名詞作主語(yǔ)，并且根據(jù)和介詞in的搭配，可以推斷出正確選項(xiàng)belief，(have)belief in sth.“ 相信……”。 10. C本句是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，缺一個(gè)動(dòng)詞，且和with 搭配，確定選項(xiàng)為share, share sth. with sb., “與某人分享某事”。
Americans are proud of their variety and individualty, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform. Why are uniforms so __1__ in the United States?考試大－中國(guó)教育考試門(mén)戶網(wǎng)站(www.233.com) Among the arguments for uniforms, one of the first is that in the eyes of most people they look more __2__ than civilian(百姓的) clothes. People have become conditioned to __3__ superior quality from a man who wears a uniform. The television repairman who wears a uniform tends to __4__ more trust than one who appears in civilian clothes. Faith in the __5__ of a garage mechanic is increased by a uniform. What an easier way is there for a nurse, a policeman, a barber, or a waiter to __6__ professional identity(身份) than to step out of uniform? Uniforms also have many __7__ benefits. They save on other clothes. They save on laundry bills. They are often more comfortable and more durable than civilian clothes. Primary among the arguments against uniforms is their lack of variety and the consequent loss of __8__ experienced by people who must wear them. Though there are many types of uniforms, the wearer of any particular type is generally stuck with it, without __9__, until retirement. When people look alike, they tend to think, speak, and act __10__, on the job at least. [A]skill [B]popular [C]get [D]change [E]similarly [F]professional [G]character [H]individuality [I]inspire [J]differently [K]expect [L]practical [M]recall [N]lose [O]ordinary ANSWERS: 1.選B)。從文章的第一句they love and respect few thins more than a uniform“他們又無(wú)比熱愛(ài)和崇尚制服”，說(shuō)明了制服在美國(guó)很受歡迎。因此選項(xiàng)B)popular符合原文意思。選項(xiàng)中的professional“職業(yè)的”、practical“實(shí)用的”和ordinary“普通的，平常的”都不符合第一段的意思。 2.選F)。此處應(yīng)填形容詞。從more...than civilian clothes可知，此處要填的形容詞意思與civilian相對(duì)，說(shuō)明制服的特點(diǎn)。選項(xiàng)中的形容詞中只有professional“職業(yè)的”和civilian相對(duì)的，故F)正確。而pratical“實(shí)用的”和ordinary“平常的”意思都不能和civilian對(duì)應(yīng)，故排除。 3.選K)。由be conditioned to do sth.“習(xí)慣于”可知，此處應(yīng)填動(dòng)詞原形。從前面的look more“看起來(lái)更...”和后面的tend to“傾向于”可知，這段要說(shuō)明的是人們的主觀印象，應(yīng)填入表示“期望(得到)”的單詞，只有K)expect符合原文語(yǔ)氣。選項(xiàng)中g(shù)et“得到”與上下文的語(yǔ)氣不符合。 4.選I)。此處應(yīng)填動(dòng)詞原形。從原文中“人們習(xí)慣...從穿制服的人那兒得到優(yōu)質(zhì)服務(wù)?！笨芍?，人們更信任穿制服的人，即制服能使人產(chǎn)生信任感。選項(xiàng)中的動(dòng)詞原形中只有inspire“使產(chǎn)生”符合文章。 5.選A)。此處應(yīng)填名詞。前面兩句表達(dá)了人們對(duì)穿制服的人更加信任的意思，那么對(duì)于garage mechanic“汽車修理工”來(lái)說(shuō)，人們信任的是它的技術(shù)，而不是人品，故選項(xiàng)中只有A)skill符合原文意思。 6.選N)。此處應(yīng)填動(dòng)詞。...step out of uniform“脫掉制服”是對(duì)護(hù)士、警察等來(lái)說(shuō)是......職業(yè)身份的很簡(jiǎn)單的方式。脫下制服就是失去了職業(yè)身份，由此可以推知此處應(yīng)填N)lose。 7.選L)。此處應(yīng)填形容詞，說(shuō)明制服的其他有點(diǎn)。從下文“...節(jié)省購(gòu)買(mǎi)其他衣服的開(kāi)銷，節(jié)省洗衣費(fèi)用，比便服更舒適也更耐穿”可知，制服除了增加信任感還有實(shí)際的優(yōu)點(diǎn)。選項(xiàng)中的pratical“實(shí)用的”和ordinary“平常的”，很明顯L)pratical符合原文意思。 8.選H)。此處應(yīng)填名詞。文章手段就說(shuō)“美國(guó)人為自己的多元化和個(gè)性化感到高傲無(wú)比，然而他們又無(wú)比熱愛(ài)和崇尚制服”，其中包含制服使他們失去自己的個(gè)性的意思，那么聯(lián)系第一段，此處指出的制服的缺點(diǎn)即為失去個(gè)性，故選項(xiàng)H)individuality正確。individuality強(qiáng)調(diào)與他人特點(diǎn)的區(qū)別，而character指的是個(gè)人特定的內(nèi)在本質(zhì)。 9.選D)。此處應(yīng)填名詞。前面說(shuō)制服讓人失去了個(gè)性，雖然有很多種制服，但穿上制服的人直至退休都是那件制服，所有是沒(méi)有變化的，故此處應(yīng)填change，故D)正確。 10.選E)。此處應(yīng)填副詞，修飾動(dòng)詞act。前面指出...look alike,they tend to...，說(shuō)明此處填的詞和alike意思相近。選項(xiàng)種副詞有similarly和differently，很明顯，E)similarly與alike意思相近，故選E)。 What is it about Americans and food? We love to eat, but we feel 1 about it afterward. We say we want only the best, but we strangely enjoy junk food. We’re 2 with health and weight loss but face an unprecedented epidemic of obesity(肥胖). Perhaps the 3 to this ambivalence(矛盾情結(jié)) lies in our history. The first Europeans came to this continent searching for new spices but went in vain. The first cash crop(經(jīng)濟(jì)作物) wasn’t eaten but smoked. Then there was Prohibition, intended to prohibit drinking but actually encouraging more 4 ways of doing it. The immigrant experience, too, has been one of inharmony. Do as Romans do means eating what “real Americans” eat, but our nation’s food has come to be 5 by imports—pizza, say, or hot dogs. And some of the country’s most treasured cooking comes from people who arrived here in shackles. Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that food has been a medium for the nation’s defining struggles, whether at the Boston Tea Party or the sitins at southern lunch counters. It is integral to our concepts of health and even morality whether one refrains from alcohol for religious reasons or evades meat for political. But strong opinions have not brought 7 . Americans are ambivalent about what they put in their mouths. We have become 8 of our foods, especially as we learn more about what they contain. The 9 in food is still prosperous in the American consciousness. It’s no coincidence, then, that the first Thanksgiving holds the American imagination in such bondage(束縛). It’s what we eat—and how we 10 it with friends, family, and strangers—that help define America as a community today. A. answer I. creative B. result J. belief C. share K. suspicious D. guilty L. certainty轉(zhuǎn)載自:考試大 - [233.com] E. constant M. obsessed F. defined N. identify G. vanish O. ideals H. adapted 【答案及詳解】 1. D feel是一個(gè)系動(dòng)詞，可以判斷此處應(yīng)填入一個(gè)形容詞，通過(guò)上下文意思，以及后面介詞about, 可以確定選項(xiàng)為D項(xiàng)guilty, 短語(yǔ)feel guilty about sth. “對(duì)……感到有愧”。全句的意思為“我們很愛(ài)吃，但是往往在吃完之后又有負(fù)罪感”。 2. M be obsessed with 為固定搭配，原意為“被……附上/纏住/迷住心竅”，放在本句表示“十分重視”。全句的意思為“我們很關(guān)心健康和減肥，但肥胖卻又空前地在蔓延”。 3. A 本句缺一個(gè)名詞作主語(yǔ)，并且根據(jù)和介詞to的搭配，可以推斷出正確選項(xiàng)answer. 4. I本句根據(jù)more和ways可以判斷出需要填入一個(gè)形容詞構(gòu)成比較級(jí)，根據(jù)上下文，表示“旨在禁止酗酒的禁酒令，卻激發(fā)了更多新奇的方法來(lái)酗酒”，可以確定I為正確選項(xiàng)。 5. F 本題較難。根據(jù)be 和by 確定應(yīng)填入一個(gè)過(guò)去分詞。再根據(jù)上下文，上文表示“應(yīng)該吃典型的美國(guó)人吃的食物”，下文通過(guò) but 轉(zhuǎn)折，表示實(shí)際上“美國(guó)的食物已經(jīng)被諸如比薩和熱狗這樣的舶來(lái)品所詮釋了”，因此可以確定F為正確選項(xiàng)。 6. B政治結(jié)果，可根據(jù)宗教原因religious reasons來(lái)推斷此處填政治結(jié)果。 7. L由于橫線后面沒(méi)有賓語(yǔ)，可以確定不是形成bring的短語(yǔ)，這樣本句所缺的為一名詞，做bring的賓語(yǔ)。根據(jù)下文解釋，“美國(guó)人對(duì)他們所吃的食物的態(tài)度是矛盾的”，可以推出本句意義為“堅(jiān)定的觀點(diǎn)也不是確定不變的”。因此可以確定L為正確選項(xiàng)。 8. K系動(dòng)詞become后應(yīng)填入一個(gè)形容詞，和后面介詞of形成短語(yǔ)be/become suspicious of “對(duì)……感到懷疑”。 9. J本句缺一個(gè)名詞作主語(yǔ)，并且根據(jù)和介詞in的搭配，可以推斷出正確選項(xiàng)belief，(have)belief in sth.“ 相信……”。 10. C本句是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，缺一個(gè)動(dòng)詞，且和with 搭配，確定選項(xiàng)為share, share sth. with sb., “與某人分享某事”。
What is it about Americans and food? We love to eat, but we feel 1 about it afterward. We say we want only the best, but we strangely enjoy junk food. We’re 2 with health and weight loss but face an unprecedented epidemic of obesity(肥胖). Perhaps the 3 to this ambivalence(矛盾情結(jié)) lies in our history. The first Europeans came to this continent searching for new spices but went in vain. The first cash crop(經(jīng)濟(jì)作物) wasn’t eaten but smoked. Then there was Prohibition, intended to prohibit drinking but actually encouraging more 4 ways of doing it. The immigrant experience, too, has been one of inharmony. Do as Romans do means eating what “real Americans” eat, but our nation’s food has come to be 5 by imports—pizza, say, or hot dogs. And some of the country’s most treasured cooking comes from people who arrived here in shackles. Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that food has been a medium for the nation’s defining struggles, whether at the Boston Tea Party or the sitins at southern lunch counters. It is integral to our concepts of health and even morality whether one refrains from alcohol for religious reasons or evades meat for political But strong opinions have not brought 7 . Americans are ambivalent about what they put in their mouths. We have become 8 of our foods, especially as we learn more about what they contain. The 9 in food is still prosperous in the American consciousness. It’s no coincidence, then, that the first Thanksgiving holds the American imagination in such bondage(束縛). It’s what we eat—and how we 10 it with friends, family, and strangers—that help define America as a community today. A. answer I. creative B. result J. belief轉(zhuǎn)載自:考試大 - [233.com] C. share K. suspicious D. guilty L. certainty E. constant M. obsessed F. defined N. identify G. vanish O. ideals H. adapted 【答案及詳解】 1. D feel是一個(gè)系動(dòng)詞，可以判斷此處應(yīng)填入一個(gè)形容詞，通過(guò)上下文意思，以及后面介詞about, 可以確定選項(xiàng)為D項(xiàng)guilty, 短語(yǔ)feel guilty about sth. “對(duì)……感到有愧”。全句的意思為“我們很愛(ài)吃，但是往往在吃完之后又有負(fù)罪感”。 2.M be obsessed with 為固定搭配，原意為“被……附上/纏住/迷住心竅”，放在本句表示“十分重視”。全句的意思為“我們很關(guān)心健康和減肥，但肥胖卻又空前地在蔓延”。 3. A 本句缺一個(gè)名詞作主語(yǔ)，并且根據(jù)和介詞to的搭配，可以推斷出正確選項(xiàng)answer. 4. I本句根據(jù)more和ways可以判斷出需要填入一個(gè)形容詞構(gòu)成比較級(jí)，根據(jù)上下文，表示“旨在禁止酗酒的禁酒令，卻激發(fā)了更多新奇的方法來(lái)酗酒”，可以確定I為正確選項(xiàng)。 5. F 本題較難。根據(jù)be 和by 確定應(yīng)填入一個(gè)過(guò)去分詞。再根據(jù)上下文，上文表示“應(yīng)該吃典型的美國(guó)人吃的食物”，下文通過(guò) but 轉(zhuǎn)折，表示實(shí)際上“美國(guó)的食物已經(jīng)被諸如比薩和熱狗這樣的舶來(lái)品所詮釋了”，因此可以確定F為正確選項(xiàng)。 6.B政治結(jié)果，可根據(jù)宗教原因religious reasons來(lái)推斷此處填政治結(jié)果。 7. L由于橫線后面沒(méi)有賓語(yǔ)，可以確定不是形成bring的短語(yǔ)，這樣本句所缺的為一名詞，做bring的賓語(yǔ)。根據(jù)下文解釋，“美國(guó)人對(duì)他們所吃的食物的態(tài)度是矛盾的”，可以推出本句意義為“堅(jiān)定的觀點(diǎn)也不是確定不變的”。因此可以確定L為正確選項(xiàng)。 8. K系動(dòng)詞become后應(yīng)填入一個(gè)形容詞，和后面介詞of形成短語(yǔ)be/become suspicious of “對(duì)……感到懷疑”。 9. J本句缺一個(gè)名詞作主語(yǔ)，并且根據(jù)和介詞in的搭配，可以推斷出正確選項(xiàng)belief，(have)belief in sth.“ 相信……”。 10. C本句是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，缺一個(gè)動(dòng)詞，且和with 搭配，確定選項(xiàng)為share, share sth. with sb., “與某人分享某事”。
What is it about Americans and food? We love to eat, but we feel 1 about it afterward. We say we want only the best, but we strangely enjoy junk food. We’re 2 with health and weight loss but face an unprecedented epidemic of obesity(肥胖). Perhaps the 3 to this ambivalence(矛盾情結(jié)) lies in our history. The first Europeans came to this continent searching for new spices but went in vain. The first cash crop(經(jīng)濟(jì)作物) wasn’t eaten but smoked. Then there was Prohibition, intended to prohibit drinking but actually encouraging more 4 ways of doing it. The immigrant experience, too, has been one of inharmony. Do as Romans do means eating what “real Americans” eat, but our nation’s food has come to be 5 by imports—pizza, say, or hot dogs. And some of the country’s most treasured cooking comes from people who arrived here in shackles. Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that food has been a medium for the nation’s defining struggles, whether at the Boston Tea Party or the sitins at southern lunch counters. It is integral to our concepts of health and even morality whether one refrains from alcohol for religious reasons or evades meat for political.考試大論壇 But strong opinions have not brought 7 . Americans are ambivalent about what they put in their mouths. We have become 8 of our foods, especially as we learn more about what they contain. The 9 in food is still prosperous in the American consciousness. It’s no coincidence, then, that the first Thanksgiving holds the American imagination in such bondage(束縛). It’s what we eat—and how we 10 it with friends, family, and strangers—that help define America as a community today. A. answer I. creative B. result J. belief C. share K. suspicious D. guilty L. certainty E. constant M. obsessed F. defined N. identify G. vanish O. ideals H. adapted 【答案及詳解】 1. D feel是一個(gè)系動(dòng)詞，可以判斷此處應(yīng)填入一個(gè)形容詞，通過(guò)上下文意思，以及后面介詞about, 可以確定選項(xiàng)為D項(xiàng)guilty, 短語(yǔ)feel guilty about sth. “對(duì)……感到有愧”。全句的意思為“我們很愛(ài)吃，但是往往在吃完之后又有負(fù)罪感”。 2. M be obsessed with 為固定搭配，原意為“被……附上/纏住/迷住心竅”，放在本句表示“十分重視”。全句的意思為“我們很關(guān)心健康和減肥，但肥胖卻又空前地在蔓延”。 3. A 本句缺一個(gè)名詞作主語(yǔ)，并且根據(jù)和介詞to的搭配，可以推斷出正確選項(xiàng)answer. 4. I本句根據(jù)more和ways可以判斷出需要填入一個(gè)形容詞構(gòu)成比較級(jí)，根據(jù)上下文，表示“旨在禁止酗酒的禁酒令，卻激發(fā)了更多新奇的方法來(lái)酗酒”，可以確定I為正確選項(xiàng)。 5. F 本題較難。根據(jù)be 和by 確定應(yīng)填入一個(gè)過(guò)去分詞。再根據(jù)上下文，上文表示“應(yīng)該吃典型的美國(guó)人吃的食物”，下文通過(guò) but 轉(zhuǎn)折，表示實(shí)際上“美國(guó)的食物已經(jīng)被諸如比薩和熱狗這樣的舶來(lái)品所詮釋了”，因此可以確定F為正確選項(xiàng)。 6. B政治結(jié)果，可根據(jù)宗教原因religious reasons來(lái)推斷此處填政治結(jié)果。 7. L由于橫線后面沒(méi)有賓語(yǔ)，可以確定不是形成bring的短語(yǔ)，這樣本句所缺的為一名詞，做bring的賓語(yǔ)。根據(jù)下文解釋，“美國(guó)人對(duì)他們所吃的食物的態(tài)度是矛盾的”，可以推出本句意義為“堅(jiān)定的觀點(diǎn)也不是確定不變的”。因此可以確定L為正確選項(xiàng)。來(lái)源：上考試大網(wǎng)校，考試輕松過(guò)關(guān) 8. K系動(dòng)詞become后應(yīng)填入一個(gè)形容詞，和后面介詞of形成短語(yǔ)be/become suspicious of “對(duì)……感到懷疑”。 9. J本句缺一個(gè)名詞作主語(yǔ)，并且根據(jù)和介詞in的搭配，可以推斷出正確選項(xiàng)belief，(have)belief in sth.“ 相信……”。 10. C本句是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，缺一個(gè)動(dòng)詞，且和with 搭配，確定選項(xiàng)為share, share sth. with sb., “與某人分享某事”。
Americans are proud of their variety and individualty, yet they love and respect few things more than a uniform. Why are uniforms so __1__ in the United States?考試大－中國(guó)教育考試門(mén)戶網(wǎng)站(www.233.com) Among the arguments for uniforms, one of the first is that in the eyes of most people they look more __2__ than civilian(百姓的) clothes. People have become conditioned to __3__ superior quality from a man who wears a uniform. The television repairman who wears a uniform tends to __4__ more trust than one who appears in civilian clothes. Faith in the __5__ of a garage mechanic is increased by a uniform. What an easier way is there for a nurse, a policeman, a barber, or a waiter to __6__ professional identity(身份) than to step out of uniform? Uniforms also have many __7__ benefits. They save on other clothes. They save on laundry bills. They are often more comfortable and more durable than civilian clothes. Primary among the arguments against uniforms is their lack of variety and the consequent loss of __8__ experienced by people who must wear them. Though there are many types of uniforms, the wearer of any particular type is generally stuck with it, without __9__, until retirement. When people look alike, they tend to think, speak, and act __10__, on the job at least. [A]skill [B]popular [C]get [D]change [E]similarly [F]professional [G]character [H]individuality [I]inspire [J]differently [K]expect [L]practical [M]recall [N]lose [O]ordinary ANSWERS: 1.選B)。從文章的第一句they love and respect few thins more than a uniform“他們又無(wú)比熱愛(ài)和崇尚制服”，說(shuō)明了制服在美國(guó)很受歡迎。因此選項(xiàng)B)popular符合原文意思。選項(xiàng)中的professional“職業(yè)的”、practical“實(shí)用的”和ordinary“普通的，平常的”都不符合第一段的意思。 2.選F)。此處應(yīng)填形容詞。從more...than civilian clothes可知，此處要填的形容詞意思與civilian相對(duì)，說(shuō)明制服的特點(diǎn)。選項(xiàng)中的形容詞中只有professional“職業(yè)的”和civilian相對(duì)的，故F)正確。而pratical“實(shí)用的”和ordinary“平常的”意思都不能和civilian對(duì)應(yīng)，故排除。 3.選K)。由be conditioned to do sth.“習(xí)慣于”可知，此處應(yīng)填動(dòng)詞原形。從前面的look more“看起來(lái)更...”和后面的tend to“傾向于”可知，這段要說(shuō)明的是人們的主觀印象，應(yīng)填入表示“期望(得到)”的單詞，只有K)expect符合原文語(yǔ)氣。選項(xiàng)中g(shù)et“得到”與上下文的語(yǔ)氣不符合。 4.選I)。此處應(yīng)填動(dòng)詞原形。從原文中“人們習(xí)慣...從穿制服的人那兒得到優(yōu)質(zhì)服務(wù)?！笨芍?，人們更信任穿制服的人，即制服能使人產(chǎn)生信任感。選項(xiàng)中的動(dòng)詞原形中只有inspire“使產(chǎn)生”符合文章。 5.選A)。此處應(yīng)填名詞。前面兩句表達(dá)了人們對(duì)穿制服的人更加信任的意思，那么對(duì)于garage mechanic“汽車修理工”來(lái)說(shuō)，人們信任的是它的技術(shù)，而不是人品，故選項(xiàng)中只有A)skill符合原文意思。 6.選N)。此處應(yīng)填動(dòng)詞。...step out of uniform“脫掉制服”是對(duì)護(hù)士、警察等來(lái)說(shuō)是......職業(yè)身份的很簡(jiǎn)單的方式。脫下制服就是失去了職業(yè)身份，由此可以推知此處應(yīng)填N)lose。 7.選L)。此處應(yīng)填形容詞，說(shuō)明制服的其他有點(diǎn)。從下文“...節(jié)省購(gòu)買(mǎi)其他衣服的開(kāi)銷，節(jié)省洗衣費(fèi)用，比便服更舒適也更耐穿”可知，制服除了增加信任感還有實(shí)際的優(yōu)點(diǎn)。選項(xiàng)中的pratical“實(shí)用的”和ordinary“平常的”，很明顯L)pratical符合原文意思。 8.選H)。此處應(yīng)填名詞。文章手段就說(shuō)“美國(guó)人為自己的多元化和個(gè)性化感到高傲無(wú)比，然而他們又無(wú)比熱愛(ài)和崇尚制服”，其中包含制服使他們失去自己的個(gè)性的意思，那么聯(lián)系第一段，此處指出的制服的缺點(diǎn)即為失去個(gè)性，故選項(xiàng)H)individuality正確。individuality強(qiáng)調(diào)與他人特點(diǎn)的區(qū)別，而character指的是個(gè)人特定的內(nèi)在本質(zhì)。 9.選D)。此處應(yīng)填名詞。前面說(shuō)制服讓人失去了個(gè)性，雖然有很多種制服，但穿上制服的人直至退休都是那件制服，所有是沒(méi)有變化的，故此處應(yīng)填change，故D)正確。 10.選E)。此處應(yīng)填副詞，修飾動(dòng)詞act。前面指出...look alike,they tend to...，說(shuō)明此處填的詞和alike意思相近。選項(xiàng)種副詞有similarly和differently，很明顯，E)similarly與alike意思相近，故選E)。 What is it about Americans and food? We love to eat, but we feel 1 about it afterward. We say we want only the best, but we strangely enjoy junk food. We’re 2 with health and weight loss but face an unprecedented epidemic of obesity(肥胖). Perhaps the 3 to this ambivalence(矛盾情結(jié)) lies in our history. The first Europeans came to this continent searching for new spices but went in vain. The first cash crop(經(jīng)濟(jì)作物) wasn’t eaten but smoked. Then there was Prohibition, intended to prohibit drinking but actually encouraging more 4 ways of doing it. The immigrant experience, too, has been one of inharmony. Do as Romans do means eating what “real Americans” eat, but our nation’s food has come to be 5 by imports—pizza, say, or hot dogs. And some of the country’s most treasured cooking comes from people who arrived here in shackles. Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that food has been a medium for the nation’s defining struggles, whether at the Boston Tea Party or the sitins at southern lunch counters. It is integral to our concepts of health and even morality whether one refrains from alcohol for religious reasons or evades meat for political. But strong opinions have not brought 7 . Americans are ambivalent about what they put in their mouths. We have become 8 of our foods, especially as we learn more about what they contain. The 9 in food is still prosperous in the American consciousness. It’s no coincidence, then, that the first Thanksgiving holds the American imagination in such bondage(束縛). It’s what we eat—and how we 10 it with friends, family, and strangers—that help define America as a community today. A. answer I. creative B. result J. belief C. share K. suspicious D. guilty L. certainty轉(zhuǎn)載自:考試大 - [233.com] E. constant M. obsessed F. defined N. identify G. vanish O. ideals H. adapted 【答案及詳解】 1. D feel是一個(gè)系動(dòng)詞，可以判斷此處應(yīng)填入一個(gè)形容詞，通過(guò)上下文意思，以及后面介詞about, 可以確定選項(xiàng)為D項(xiàng)guilty, 短語(yǔ)feel guilty about sth. “對(duì)……感到有愧”。全句的意思為“我們很愛(ài)吃，但是往往在吃完之后又有負(fù)罪感”。 2. M be obsessed with 為固定搭配，原意為“被……附上/纏住/迷住心竅”，放在本句表示“十分重視”。全句的意思為“我們很關(guān)心健康和減肥，但肥胖卻又空前地在蔓延”。 3. A 本句缺一個(gè)名詞作主語(yǔ)，并且根據(jù)和介詞to的搭配，可以推斷出正確選項(xiàng)answer. 4. I本句根據(jù)more和ways可以判斷出需要填入一個(gè)形容詞構(gòu)成比較級(jí)，根據(jù)上下文，表示“旨在禁止酗酒的禁酒令，卻激發(fā)了更多新奇的方法來(lái)酗酒”，可以確定I為正確選項(xiàng)。 5. F 本題較難。根據(jù)be 和by 確定應(yīng)填入一個(gè)過(guò)去分詞。再根據(jù)上下文，上文表示“應(yīng)該吃典型的美國(guó)人吃的食物”，下文通過(guò) but 轉(zhuǎn)折，表示實(shí)際上“美國(guó)的食物已經(jīng)被諸如比薩和熱狗這樣的舶來(lái)品所詮釋了”，因此可以確定F為正確選項(xiàng)。 6. B政治結(jié)果，可根據(jù)宗教原因religious reasons來(lái)推斷此處填政治結(jié)果。 7. L由于橫線后面沒(méi)有賓語(yǔ)，可以確定不是形成bring的短語(yǔ)，這樣本句所缺的為一名詞，做bring的賓語(yǔ)。根據(jù)下文解釋，“美國(guó)人對(duì)他們所吃的食物的態(tài)度是矛盾的”，可以推出本句意義為“堅(jiān)定的觀點(diǎn)也不是確定不變的”。因此可以確定L為正確選項(xiàng)。 8. K系動(dòng)詞become后應(yīng)填入一個(gè)形容詞，和后面介詞of形成短語(yǔ)be/become suspicious of “對(duì)……感到懷疑”。 9. J本句缺一個(gè)名詞作主語(yǔ)，并且根據(jù)和介詞in的搭配，可以推斷出正確選項(xiàng)belief，(have)belief in sth.“ 相信……”。 10. C本句是一般現(xiàn)在時(shí)，缺一個(gè)動(dòng)詞，且和with 搭配，確定選項(xiàng)為share, share sth. with sb., “與某人分享某事”。