Question

Australia is nearly as large as the United States,but most of it is too 1        for people to live in. Around the 2        of this huge dry part are large sheep and cattle 3       . A few of them are as large as the smallest 4        in America. Often the nearest neighbors are many hundred miles away.

The 5       radio is very important to people who live 6        these great Australian farms. It works much like a telephone. A person can listen to someone 7        talk and then give an answer.

When these radios first came into 8       ,the Australian government set up a special twoway radio 9       . Then,people on the large farms could talk to a doctor hundreds of miles away. They could tell the doctor about someone who was sick,and the doctor could let them know 10        to 11        for the sick person.

Since the large forms were 12        far away from the towns,the children could not go to school. Radio schools were 13        for them in some areas. 14       a certain time each day,the boys and girls turned on their radios and listened to 15        in cities miles away.

Families on the large farms wanted to 16        news to their neighbors. " Round robin" talks by radio were started to 17        families in touch with each other. They could talk about who was going away or who was sick or who was 18        married. The men could talk about their sheep and cattle and how much money the market would 19        for them. In many ways the radio became a 20       for the farm people of Australia.

(   ) 1. A. moist   B. drought   C. dry   D. humid

(   ) 2. A. edge   B. side   C. center   D. part

(   ) 3. A. villages   B. countryside   C. states   D. farms

(   ) 4. A. cities   B. states   C. areas   D. regions

(   ) 5. A. two ways   B. twoside   C. twoway   D. two sides

(   ) 6. A. on   B. in   C. at   D. by

(   ) 7. A. different   B. else   C. another   D. other

(   ) 8. A. effect   B. practice   C. management   D. use

(   ) 9. A. item   B. arrangement   C. programme   D. design

(   ) 10. A. how   B. what   C. which   D. that

(   ) 11. A. cure   B. care   C. treat   D. concern

(   ) 12. A. too   B. very   C. quite   D. so

(   ) 13. A. put up   B. got up   C. set up   D. build up

(   ) 14. A. At   B. In   C. For   D. By

(   ) 15. A. parents   B. teachers   C. neighbors   D. relatives

(   ) 16. A. spread   B. get   C. bring   D. give

(   ) 17. A. keep   B. let   C. have   D. make

(   ) 18. A. being   B. having   C. getting   D. wanting

(   ) 19. A. cost,   B. pay   C. take   D. spend

(   ) 20. A. booklet   B. magazine   C. article   D. newspaper

Answer 1

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1. C B項是名詞不妥。

A和D與事實不符，因澳大利亞的大部分地方為干旱的沙漠地區(qū)故答案應選c。

2. A此處為"圍繞干旱地區(qū)周邊"，A是最佳選項。

3. D可根據(jù)上下文做出判斷。

4. B美國各地叫做"state州"，B選項在此最符合句意。

cities、areas和regions等的概念有大有小，用在這里無法進行對比，均不對。

5. C這里需要一個形容詞來修飾radio。答案C為復合形容詞，表示"雙向通信系統(tǒng)"。正確答案應選  C.

6. A可參見隨后的farm—詞。由此可知答案應選A. 同時，on the farm是一固定搭配短語。

7. B本句的意思是"一個人可以聽到其他人的講話"與前面的"像個電話"相吻合。

else — 詞的用法應該用在疑問代詞或不定代詞之后,表示"其他、另外、別的"等意思。其他選項不能用在此處。故答案選   B.

8. D B項有些迷惑人。但不可以與come into 連用。

D項come into use的意思為"開始使用"，符合此處的需要。

come into effect雖也可以構(gòu)成短語，但意思是"開始生效"，句意不符。

9. C此處programme的意思是"節(jié)目，程序，綱要，計劃"等;而item是"項目，條款，(信息、情報等的) 一則，一條"；arrangement是"排列，安排"；design是"設計，圖案，花樣，企圖，圖謀"，均不符合此句的要求。

10. A how to…構(gòu)成不定式的復合結(jié)構(gòu)作know的賓語。故答案選A.

11. B A、C和D項都是及物動詞，不與后面的for連用。 D項要是名詞或用在be con?cerned for的固定短語中，才可與for連用。 care for的意思是"關(guān)心，關(guān)懷，照料"，符合題意所以正確答案應選 B.

12. D此題每個選項看似都可以填人空中，但因含有較明顯的因果關(guān)系，故正確答案應選D₀

13. C build up似乎可以選用但時態(tài)不對。

14. A at表示在每天的一個固定時間打開通訊來上課。故A項是正確答案。

15. B根據(jù)句意應是聽老師講課。

16. D to give news是"發(fā)表;宣布；聲明；報導新聞"之意。其他選項不對。

17. A 固定短語keep in touch with_D

18. C A和C從搭配上符合句意。但A項前面已有was,再用就重復了。故答案應選   C.

19. B take for是"認為，以為"，與句意不符。 A和D不與for連用。

20. D根據(jù)文章的最后部分可以判斷出，這種雙向通訊系統(tǒng)可好比是一份報紙，隨時了解身邊所發(fā)生的一切。文章、雜志和小冊子明顯與句意不符。故D為最佳選擇。