06年GCT英语完型填空专项训练(九)

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Passage 9

To others and themselves the British have a reputation for being conservative --- not in the narrow political sense, but in the sense of adherence to accepted ideas and unwilling to question them. The reputation comes partly from their __1__ . For 900 years they have suffered __2__ invasion nor revolution (except in 1649 and 1688) nor disastrous defeat in __3__ . Their monarchy (君主政体) survives without serious question. Under its normal __4__ the political arrangements have been so stable that, except for the __5__ interruptions in the seventeenth century, they have been adopted throughout __6__ centuries to meet changing needs without violent changes. Britain, in 1978, was __7__ in managing without a written constitution. some fragmentary definitions of 1688 still __8__ . There had been bitter quarrels, social and economic as well __9__ political, but the quarrels had been settled, usually __10__ compromise. The underlying continuity had not been broken.

1. A. language B. future C. history D. literature

2.A.neither B. as C. or D. either

3.A.home B. studyC. peace D. war

4.A.name B. people C. leadership D. enemy

5.A.two B. one C. no D. couple

6.A.a B. any C. the D. few

7.A.common B. popular C. unique D. angry

8.A.survive B. surviving C. survives D. survived

9.A.for B. as C. to D. at

10.A.for B. at C. to D. by

1.【答案】C

【解析】由于下文紧接着叙述到过去900年的有关情况。故应选history,才能与下文衔接。(北京安通学校提供)

2.【答案】A

【解析】应选neither才能与其后出现的nor构成并列连词neither…nor…。

3.【答案】D

【解析】需选一名词与前面的介词in构成介词短语,且这个短语在语意上要与前面的disastrous defeat相吻合。故选D可以满足这个条件。

4.【答案】C

【解析】“在……领导下”的表达方式是under the…leadership.

5.【答案】A

【解析】上面提到1649和1688两次革命,所以A项正确。

6.【答案】C

【解析】the centuries特指那些稳定的世纪。

7.【答案】C

【解析】根据上下文意思,应选unique “独一无二的;唯一的”。

8.【答案】D

【解析】应选survived才与上下文时态一致。

9.【答案】B

【解析】as well as为一并列连词。

10.【答案】D

【解析】by compromise意为“通过折衷、妥协的办法”。如:We should settle our differences by compromise. 我们应采取折衷的办法来解决我们之间的分歧。



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