完形填空分类练习二
(总分80,考试时间90分钟)
Passage 1
The census of 1851 recorded half of the population of Britain as living in towns—the first society in human history to do so. Over the (1) 70 years, the population of Britain had rin at an unprecedented (2) , passing the levels reached in earlier period of (3) when the population had been decimated by epidemics such as the Black Death.
But was there any reason for (4) ? The towns offered a better chance of work and (5) wages than the countryside, (6) many families were trapped in dire poverty and asonal employment. On the other hand, the countryside was (7) . A baby born in a large town with a population of more than 100,000 in the 1820s might (8) to live to 35; in the 1830s, life expectancy was down to a (9) 29. A comparison between a desperately unhealthy large town and a small market town (10) the costs of migrating in arch of work and prosperity.
In 1851, a boy born in inner Liverpool had a life expectancy of only 26 years, (11) a boy born in the small market town of Okehampton, (12) could expect to live to 57.
Large towns were, (13) , desperately unhealthy, with death from sickness (14) a level not en since the Black Death. New epidemics were (15) the cities: cholera and typhoid were (16) by polluted water; typhus was spread by lice; and "summer diarrhea" was caud by (17) of flies feeding on hor manure and human (18) The problem was easy to (19) and difficult to solve: too little was invested in the urban environment, (20) wers, street paving and cleansing, and in pure water and decent housing.
1.
A. early B. former
C. previous D. precedented
2.
A. pace B. rate
C. velocity D. stride
3.
A. growth B. advance
C. ri D. improvement
4.
A. optimism B. pessimism
C. indifference D. enthusiasm
5.
A. higher B. more
C. lower D. less
宫保鸡丁的做法6.
A. which B. there
C. where D. /
7.
A. better B. healthier
C. cleaner D. quieter
8.
A. suppo B. assume
C. postulate D. expect
9.
A. tolerable B. mirable
C. understandable D. accessible
10.
A. demonstrates B. exhibits
C. prents D. shows
11.
A. compared to B. in comparison with
C. compared with D. compare with
12.
A. who B. where
绿眼虫C. which D. that
13.
A. however B. therefore
C. nevertheless D. notwithstanding
14.
民工工资A. at B. in
C. to D. with
15.
A. stroking B. stalking
C. staking D. staining
16.
A. motivated B. carried
C. promoted D. generated
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17.
A. schools B. teams
C. swarms D. herds
18.
A. waste B. dust
C. rubbish D. disposal
19.
A. distinguish B. find
C. identify D. manipulate
过春节的画怎么画20.
A. on B. at
C. in D. to
Passage 2
Comparisons were drawn between the development of television in the 20th century and the diffusion of printing in the 15th and 16th centuries. Yet much had happened (1) As was discusd before, it was not (2) the 19th century that the newspaper became the dominant pre-electronic (3) , following in the wake of the pamphlet and the book and in the (4) of the periodical. It was during the same time that **munications revolution (5) up, beginning with transport, the railways and leading (6) through the telegraph, the telephone, radio, and motion pictures (7) the 20th century world of the motor car and the airplane. Not everyone es that process in (8) . It is important to do so.
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It is generally recognized, (9) , that the introduction of **puter in the early 20th century, (10) by the invention of the integrated circuit during the 1960s, radically changed the process, (11) its impact on the media was not immediately (12) . As time went by, computers became smaller and more powerful, and they became personal too, as well as (13) , with display becoming sharper and storage (14) increasing. They were
thought of, like people, (15) generations, with the distance between generations much (16)
It was within **puter age that the term "information society" began to be widely ud to describe the (17) within which we now live. **munications revolution has (18) both work and leisure and how we think and feel both about place and time, but there have been (19) views about its economic, political, social and cultural implications. Benefits have been (20) "harmful" outcomes. And generalizations have proved difficult.
1.
A. between B. before
C. since D. later
2.
A. after B. by
C. during D. until
3.
A. means B. method
C. medium D. measure
4.
A. process B. company
C. light D. form
5.
A. gathered B. speeded
离婚协议书标准版C. worked D. picked
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A. on B. out
C. over D. off
7.
A. of B. for
C. beyond D. into
8.
A. concept B. dimension
C. effect D. perspective
9.
A. indeed B. hence
C. however D. therefore
10.
A. brought B. followed
C. stimulated D. characterized
11.
A. unless B. since
C. lest D. although
12.
A. apparent B. desirable
C. negative D. plausible
13.
A. institutional B. universal
C. fundamental D. instrumental
14.
A. ability B. capability
C. capacity D. faculty
15.
A. by means of B. in terms of
C. with regard to D. in line with
16.
A. deeper B. fewer
C. nearer D. smaller
17.
A. context B. range
C. scope D. territory
18.
A. regarded B. impresd
C. influenced D. effected
