學位英語考試完形填空專項突破練習題9
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Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage, and for each blank there are 4 choices marked A, B, C and D at the end of the passage. You should choose ONE answer that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the center.
The United States56a large part of the North American continent. Its neighbors are Can-ada57the north,58Mexico to the south.59the United States is a big country, it' s not the largest in the world. In 1964 its60was over 185,000,000.
When this land first became a nation, after61independence from England, it had thirteen states,62of the states was represented on the American flag by a63. All the states were in the eastern part of the continent. As the nation grew towards the west, new states were in the eastern part of the continent. As the nation grew towards the west, new states were added and new stars64on the flag. For a long time, there were 48 states. In 1959, however, two65 stars were added to the flag66the new states67Alaska and Hawaii.
Sometimes68is said that the Indians are the only real Americans. Most Americans, how-ever, are descendants(后代) of people69came from all over the world to find a new70 in a new land.71who came first and72greatest numbers to make their home73the eastern coast of North America were mostly from England. It is74that reason that the lan-guage of the United States is English and that its culture and customs are more like75of Eng-land than of any other country in the world.
56. A. does B. makes C. covers D. gives
57. A. to B. in C. at D. from
58. A. or. B. and C. either D. nor
59. A. Although B. As C. Because D. Now that
60. A. nation B. people C. persons D. population
61. A. doing B. winning C. giving D. making
62. A. every B. all C. each D. some
63. A. satellite B. moon C. planet D. star
64. A. disappeared B. appeared C. were disappeared D. were appeared
65. A. less B. More C. another D. others
66. A. represents B. represented C. represent D. representing
67. A. of B. from C. between D. by
68. A. this B. that C. It D. such
69. A. which B. who C. those D. whom
70. A. work B. land C. life D. star
71. A. There B. This C. Those D. That
72. A. on B. in C. by D. for
73. A. on B. in C. over D. of
74. A. because of B. because C. for D. from
75. A. these B. those C. the one D. that
答案：
56.C cover“覆蓋”，在本句中指美國占據北美大陸的很大一部分面積。其他三個詞都與本意無關，所以選C.
57.A表示兩個地區的位置有三個介詞：in，to，on.in表示兩者存在所屬或包含的關系（如臺灣和中國的關系），to表示兩地相鄰但不接壤（如中國和日本的關系），on表示相鄰fi接壤（如中國和越南的關系）。因選項中沒有on，就只能選to，表相鄰。
58.B本句列舉了美國的兩個鄰國，一個是加拿大，另一個是墨西哥，兩者應是并列的關系，所以應選and.
59.A“美國是個大國”與“它不是世界上更大的國家”兩個分句間很顯然是轉折的關系，所以應選although，只有它表轉折。now that=since“現在，既然”，表原因。
60.D population“人口，人口數量”，其余的都不能表達此意。
61.Bwin independence“贏得獨立”，其他三個詞都與本意無關，所以選B.
62.c本句意思是美國獨立后有13個州，每個州都在美國國旗上有所表現。謂語動詞是was，意味著主語是單數，這樣排除了all和some.而every一般不與of連用，所以只能選each.
63.D該空可根據常識來判斷美國國旗上的星代表的是美國的州。如果沒有這個常識可從下文“當美國擴展到西部之后，新的州加入進來，就有新的星加到國旗上”來推斷。
64.B本句含義是當美國擴展到西部之后，新的州加入進來，就有新的星出現在國旗上。由于appear（出現）是個不及物動詞，所以不能用被動語態，所以選B.
65.B two more stars“又多了兩顆星”。another表示“又，再”的時候，往往放數詞之前，應說"another two stars"。
66.D representing the new states“代表著兩個新州”，該結構是現在分詞短語，修飾stars，因為stars和represent之間是主動關系，所以用現在分詞來表示。
67.A介詞of在此處表示同位關系，即the new states就是指Alaska和Hawaii.又如：the city of Beijing北京市。
68.C It is said that…“據說”，其中it做形式主語。英語中形式主語和形式賓語只能由it來充當，其他代詞都不行。
69.B who在本句中引導定語從句，由于先行詞是people，定語從句中又缺少主語，所以用who引導。
70.C本句意思是更多的美國人都是那些來自于世界各地、來新大陸尋找新生活的人的后代。work不可數，不能由a修飾，而世界各地的人是不可能到新大陸尋找星星的，所以無論從語法上，還是從含義上都應選C.
71.C those who…“…的那些人”，those在此處表示那些人。其余選項都不能這樣用。
72.B in great numbers“大量地，大批地，成群結隊地”，指人成群地來，固定搭配。
73.A on the coast“沿著海岸線”。coast往往和on相搭配，而不與其他介詞搭配。
74.C for that reason“由于那個原因”，固定搭配。又如for some reason“由于某種原因”。
75.B those可用來指代前面所提到的復數名詞。在本句中，those代替的是"its culture and customs"。that和the one都用來指代單數名詞，these無此用法。
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