2021年204英语（二）模拟题及详解（一）

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1、The homeless make up a growing percentage of America’s population. __1__ homelessness has reached such proportions that local government can’t possibly __2__ . To help homeless people __3__ independence, the federal government must support job training programs, __4__ the minimum wage, and fund more low-cost housing. __5__ everyone agrees on the numbers of Americans who are homeless. Estimates __6__ anywhere from 600,000 to 3 million. __7__ the figure may vary, analysts do agree on another matter: that the number of the homeless is __8__ , one of the federal government’s studies __9__ that the number of the homeless will reach nearly 19 million by the end of this decade.    Finding ways to __10__ this growing homeless population has become increasingly difficult. __11__ when homeless individuals manage to find a __12__ that will give them three meals a day and a place to sleep at night, a good number still spend the bulk of each day __13__ the street, Part of the problem is that many homeless adults are addicted to alcohol or drugs. And a significant number of the homeless have serious mental disorders. Many others, __14__ not addicted or mentally ill, simply lack the everyday __15__ skills need to turn their lives __16__ .Boston Globe reporter Chris Reidy notes that the situation will improve only when there are __17__ programs that address the many needs of the homeless. __18__ Edward Zlotkowsk, director of community service at Bentley College in Massachusetts, __19__ it. “There has to be __20__ of programs. What we need is a package deal.”

问题1

A、Indeed

B、Likewise

C、Therefore

D、Furthermore

问题2

A、stand

B、cope

C、approve

D、retain

问题3

A、in

B、for

C、with

D、toward

问题4

A、raise

B、add

C、take

D、keep

问题5

A、Generally

B、Almost

C、Hardly

D、Not

问题6

A、cover

B、change

C、range

D、differ

问题7

A、Now that

B、Although

C、Provided

D、Except that

问题8

A、inflating

B、expanding

C、increasing

D、extending

问题9

A、predicts

B、displays

C、proves

D、discovers

问题10

A、assist

B、track

C、sustain

D、dismiss

问题11

A、Hence

B、But

C、Even

D、Only

问题12

A、lodging

B、shelter

C、dwelling

D、house

问题13

A、searching

B、strolling

C、crowding

D、wandering

问题14

A、when

B、once

C、while

D、whereas

问题15

A、life

B、existence

C、survival

D、maintenance

问题16

A、around

B、over

C、on

D、up

问题17

A、complex

B、comprehensive

C、complementary

D、compensating

问题18

A、So

B、Since

C、As

D、Thus

问题19

A、puts

B、interprets

C、assumes

D、makes

问题20

A、supervision

B、manipulation

C、regulation

D、coordination

2、When prehistoric man arrived in new parts of the world, something strange happened to the large animals. They suddenly became extinct. Smaller species survived. The large, slow-growing animals were easy game, and were quickly hunted to extinction. Now something similar could be happening in the oceans.    That the seas are being overfished has been known for years. What researchers such as Ransom Myers and Boris Worm have shown is just how fast things are changing. They have looked at half a century of data from fisheries around the world. Their methods do not attempt to estimate the actual biomass (the amount of living biological matter) of fish species in particular parts of the ocean, but rather changes in that biomass over time. According to their latest paper published in Nature, the biomass of large predators (animals that kill and eat other animals) in a new fishery is reduced on average by 80% within 15 years of the start of exploitation. In some long-fished areas, it has halved again since then.    Dr Worm acknowledges that the figures are conservative. One reason for this is that fishing technology has improved. Today's vessels can find their prey using satellites and sonar, which were not available 50 years ago. That means a higher proportion of what is in the sea is being caught, so the real difference between present and past is likely to be worse than the one recorded by changes in catch sizes. In the early days, too, longlines would have been more saturated with fish. Some individuals would therefore not have been caught, since no baited hooks would have been available to trap them, leading to an underestimate of fish stocks in the past. Furthermore, in the early days of longline fishing, a lot of fish were lost to sharks after they had been hooked. That is no longer a problem, because there are fewer sharks around now.    Dr Myers and Dr Worm argue that their work gives a correct baseline, which future management efforts must take into account. They believe the data support an idea current among marine biologists, that of the "shifting baseline". The notion is that people have failed to detect the massive changes which have happened in the ocean because they have been looking back only a relatively short time into the past. That matters because theory suggests that the maximum sustainable yield that can be cropped from a fishery comes when the biomass of a target species is about 50% of its original levels. Most fisheries are well below that, which is a bad way to do business.1、The extinction of large prehistoric animals is noted to suggest that _____2、We can infer from Dr Myers and Dr. Worm’s paper that _____3、By saying these figures are conservative (Line 1, paragraph 3), Dr Worm means that _____4、Dr Myers and other researchers hold that _____5、The author seems to be mainly concerned with most fisheries’ _____.

问题1

A、large animal were vulnerable to the changing environment.

B、small species survived as large animals disappeared.

C、large sea animals may face the same threat today.

D、Slow-growing fish outlive fast-growing ones.

问题2

A、the stock of large predators in some old fisheries has reduced by 90%.

B、there are only half as many fisheries as there were 15 years ago.

C、the catch sizes in new fisheries are only 20% of the original amount.

D、the number of larger predators dropped faster in new fisheries than in the old.

问题3

A、fishing technology has improved rapidly

B、then catch-sizes are actually smaller then recorded

C、the marine biomass has suffered a greater loss

D、the data collected so far are out of date.

问题4

A、people should look for a baseline that can’t work for a longer time.

B、fisheries should keep the yield below 50% of the biomass.

C、the ocean biomass should restored its original level.

D、people should adjust the fishing baseline to changing situation.

问题5

A、management efficiency

B、biomass level

C、catch-size limits

D、technological application.

3、Many things make people think artists are weird and the weirdest may be this: artists' only job is to explore emotions, and yet they choose to focus on the ones that feel bad.    This wasn't always so. The earliest forms of art, like painting and music, are those best suited for expressing joy. But somewhere in the 19th century, more artists began seeing happiness as insipid, phony or, worst of all, boring as we went from Wordsworth's daffodils to Baudelaire's flowers of evil.    You could argue that art became more skeptical of happiness because modern times have seen such misery. But it's not as if earlier times didn't know perpetual war, disaster and the massacre of innocents. The reason, in fact, may be just the opposite: there is too much damn happiness in the world today.    After all, what is the one modern form of expression almost completely dedicated to depicting happiness? Advertising. The rise of anti-happy art almost exactly tracks the emergence of mass media, and with it, a commercial culture in which happiness is not just an ideal but an ideology.    People in earlier eras were surrounded by reminders of misery. They worked until exhausted, lived with few protections and died young. In the West, before mass communication and literacy, the most powerful mass medium was the church, which reminded worshippers that their souls were in peril and that they would someday be meat for worms. Given all this, they did not exactly need their art to be a bummer too.    Today the messages your average Westerner is bombarded with are not religious but commercial, and forever happy. Fast-food eaters, news anchors, text messengers, all smiling, smiling. Our magazines feature beaming celebrities and happy families in perfect homes. And since these messages have an agenda--to lure us to open our wallets to make the very idea of happiness seem unreliable. "Celebrate!" commanded the ads for the arthritis drug Celebrex, before we found out it could increase the risk of heart attacks.    What we forget--what our economy depends on is forgetting--is that happiness is more than pleasure without pain. The things that bring the greatest joy carry the greatest potential for loss and disappointment. Today, surrounded by promises of easy happiness, we need someone to tell us as religion once did, Memento mori: remember that you will die, that everything ends, and that happiness comes not in denying this but in living with it. It's a message even more bitter than a clove cigarette, yet, somehow, a breath of fresh air.1、By citing the example of poets Wordsworth and Baudelaire, the author intends to show that _____.2、The word “bummer” (Line paragraph 5) most probably means something _____.3、In the author’s opinion, advertising _____.4、We can learn from the last paragraph that the author believes _____.5、Which of the following is true of the text?

问题1

A、Poetry is not as expressive of joy as painting or music

B、Art grow out of both positive and negative feeling

C、Poets today are less skeptical of happiness

D、Artist have changed their focus of interest

问题2

A、religious

B、unpleasant

C、entertaining

D、commercial

问题3

A、emerges in the wake of the anti-happy part.

B、is a cause of disappointment for the general peer

C、replace the church as a major source of information

D、creates an illusion of happiness rather than happiness itself.

问题4

A、Happiness more often than not ends in sadness.

B、The anti-happy art is distasteful by refreshing.

C、Misery should be enjoyed rather than denied.

D、The anti-happy art flourishes when economy booms

问题5

A、Religion once functioned as a reminder of misery.

B、Art provides a balance between expectation and reality.

C、People feel disappointed at the realities of morality.

D、mass media are inclined to cover disasters and deaths.

4、In spite of “endless talk of difference,” American society is an amazing machine for homogenizing people. This is “the democratizing uniformity of dress and discourse, and the casualness and absence of consumption “launched by the 19th –century department stores that offered ‘vast arrays of goods in an elegant atmosphere. Instead of intimate shops catering to a knowledgeable elite.” these were stores “anyone could enter, regardless of class or background. This turned shopping into a public and democratic act.” The mass media, advertising and sports are other forces for homogenization.    Immigrants are quickly fitting into this common culture, which may not be altogether elevating but is hardly poisonous. Writing for the National Immigration Forum, Gregory Rodriguez reports that today’s immigration is neither at unprecedented level nor resistant to assimilation. In 1998 immigrants were 9.8 percent of population; in 1900, 13.6 percent. In the 10 years prior to 1990, 3.1 immigrants arrived for every 1,000 residents; in the 10 years prior to 1890, 9.2 for every 1,0Now, consider three indices of assimilation------language, home ownership and intermarriage.    The 1990 Census revealed that “a majority of immigrants from each of the fifteen most common countries of origin spoke English “well” or “very well” after ten years of residence.” The children of immigrants tend to be bilingual and proficient in English. “By the third generation, the original language is lost in the majority of immigrant families.” Hence the description of America as a graveyard” for language. By 1996 foreign-born immigrants who had arrive before 1970 had a home ownership rate of 75.6 percent, higher than the 69.8 percent rate among native-born Americans.    Foreign-born Asians and Hispanics “have higher rates of intermarriage than do U.S-born whites and blacks.” By the third generation, one third of Hispanic women are married to non-Hispanics, and 41 percent of Asian-American women are married to non-Asians.    Rodriguez not that children in remote villages around world are fans of superstars like Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks, yet “some Americans fear that immigrant living within the United States remain somehow immune to the nation’s assimilative power.”    Are there divisive issues and pockets of seething in America? Indeed. It is big enough to have a bit of everything. But particularly when viewed against America’s turbulent past, today’s social induces suggest a dark and deteriorating social environment.1、The word “homogenizing” (Paragraph 1) most probably means _____.2、According to the author, the department stores of the 19th century _____.3、The text suggests that immigrants now in the U.S. _____.4、Why are Arnold Schwarzenegger and Garth Brooks mentioned in Paragraph 5?5、In the author’s opinion, the absorption of immigrants into American society is _____.

问题1

A、identifying

B、associating

C、assimilating

D、monopolizing

问题2

A、played a role in the spread of popular culture.

B、became intimate shops for common consumers.

C、satisfied the needs of a knowledgeable elite.

D、owed its emergence to the culture of consumption.

问题3

A、are resistant to homogenization.

B、exert a great influence on American culture.

C、are hardly a threat to the common culture.

D、constitute the majority of the population.

问题4

A、To prove their popularity around the world.

B、To reveal the public’s fear of immigrants.

C、To give examples of successful immigrants.

D、To show the powerful influence of American culture.

问题5

A、rewarding

B、successful

C、fruitless

D、harmful

5、Stratford-on-Avon, as we all know, has only one industry—William Shakespeare—but there are two distinctly separate and increasingly hostile branches. There is the Royal Shakespeare Company (ASC), which presents superb productions of the plays at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre on the Avon. And there are the townsfolk who largely live off the tourists who come, not to see the plays, but to look at Anne Hathaway’s Cottage, Shakespeare’s birthplace and the other sights.    The worthy residents of Stratford doubt that the theatre adds a penny to their revenue. They frankly dislike the RSC’s actors, them with their long hair and beards and sandals and noisiness. It’s all deliciously ironic when you consider that Shakespeare, who earns their living, was himself an actor (with a beard) and did his share of noise-making.    The tourist streams are not entirely separate. The sightseers who come by bus- and often take in Warwick Castle and Blenheim Palace on the side—don’t usually see the plays, and some of them are even surprised to find a theatre in Stratford. However, the playgoers do manage a little sight-seeing along with their playgoing. It is the playgoers, the ESC contends, who bring in much of the town’s revenue because they spend the night (some of them four or five nights) pouring cash into the hotels and restaurants. The sightseers can take in everything and get out of town by nightfall.    The townsfolk don’t see it this way and local council does not contribute directly to the subsidy of the Royal Shakespeare Company. Stratford cries poor traditionally. Nevertheless every hotel in town seems to be adding a new wing or cocktail lounge. Hilton is building its own hotel there, which you may be sure will be decorated with Hamlet Hamburger Bars, the Lear Lounge, the Banquo Banqueting Room, and so forth, and will be very expensive.    Anyway, the townsfolk can’t understand why the Royal Shakespeare Company needs a subsidy. (The theatre has broken attendance records for three years in a row. Last year its 1,431 seats were 94 percent occupied all year long and this year they’ll do better.) The reason, of course, is that costs have rocketed and ticket prices have stayed low.    It would be a shame to raise prices too much because it would drive away the young people who are Stratford’s most attractive clientele. They come entirely for the plays, not the sights. They all seem to look alike (though they come from all over)---lean, pointed, dedicated faces, wearing jeans and sandals, eating their buns and bedding down for the night on the flagstones outside the theatre to buy the 20 seats and 80 standing—room tickets held for the sleepers and sold to them when the box office opens at 10:30 a.m.1、From the first two paragraphs, we learn that _____.2、It can be inferred from Paragraph 3 that _____.3、By saying “Stratford cries poor traditionally”(Line 2, Paragraph 4), the author implies that _____.4、According to the townsfolk, the RSC deserves no subsidy because _____.5、From the text we can conclude that the author _____.

问题1

A、the townsfolk deny the RSC’ s contribution to the town's revenue

B、the actors of the RSC imitate Shakespeare on and off stage

C、the two branches of the RSC are not on good terms

D、the townsfolk earn little from tourism

问题2

A、the sightseers cannot visit the Castle and the Palace separately

B、the playgoers spend more money than the sightseers

C、the sightseers do more shopping than the playgoers

D、the playgoers go to no other places in town than the theatre

问题3

A、Stratford cannot afford the expansion projects

B、Stratford has long been in financial difficulties

C、the town is not really short of money

D、the townsfolk used to be poorly paid

问题4

A、ticket prices can be raised to cover the spending

B、the company is financially ill-managed

C、the behavior of the actors is not socially acceptable

D、the theatre attendance is on the rise

问题5

A、is supportive of both sides

B、takes a detached attitude

C、favors the townsfolk’s view

D、is sympathetic to the RSC

6、On the north bank of the Ohio River sits Evansville, Ind., home of David Williams, 52, and of a riverboat casino where gambling games are played. During several years of gambling in that casino, Williams, a state auditor earning $35,000 a year, lost approximately $175,0He had never gambled before the casino sent him a coupon for $20 worth of gambling.    He visited the casino, lost the $20 and left. On his second visit he lost $8The casino issued to him, as a good customer, a Fun Card, which when used in the casino earns points for meals and drinks, and enables the casino to track the user's gambling activities. For Williams, these activities become what he calls electronic heroin.    (1)______________. In 1997 he lost $21,000 to one slot machine in two days. In March 1997 he lost $72,1He sometimes played two slot machines at a time, all night, until the boat locked at 5 a.m., then went back aboard when the casino opened at 9 a.m. Now he is suing the casino, charging that it should have refused his patronage because it knew he was addicted. It did know he had a problem.    In March 1998, a friend of Williams’ s got him involuntarily confined to a treatment center for addictions, and wrote to inform the casino of Williams’ s gamblers. The casino included a photo of Williams among those of banned gamblers, and wrote to him a” cease admissions” letter noting the medical/psychological nature of problem gambling behaviors, the letter said that before being readmitted to the patronizing the casino would pose no threat to his safety have to his safety or well-being.    (2) ______________.The Wall Street Journal reports that the casino has 20 signs warning: “Enjoy the fun ... and always bet with your head, not over it”. Every entrance ticket lists a toll-free number for counseling from the Indiana Department of Mental Health. Nevertheless, Williams’ s suit charges that the casino, knowing he was “helplessly addicted to gambling”, intentionally worked to ”love” him to “engage in conduct against his will” well.    (3) ______________.    The fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders says “pathological gambling” involves persistent, recurring and uncontrollable pursuit less of money than of taking risks in quest of a windfall.    (4) ______________.Pushed by science, or what claims to be science, society is reclassifying what once were considered character flaws or moral failings as personality disorders akin to physical disabilities.    (5) ______________.    Forty-four states have lotteries, 29 have casinos, and most of these states are to varying degrees dependent on --you might say --addicted to--revenues from wagering. And since the first Internet gambling site was created in 1995, competition for gamblers' dollars has become intense. The Oct. 28 issue of NEWSWEEK reported that 2 million gamblers patronize 1,800 virtual casinos every week. With $3.5 billion being lost on Internet wagers this year, gambling has passed pornography as the Web's most profitable business.

问题1

A、Although no such evidence was presented, the casino's marketing department continued to pepper him with mailings. And he entered the casino and used his Fun Card without being detected.

B、It is unclear what luring was required, given his compulsive behavior. And in what sense was his will operative?

C、By the time he had lost $5,000 he said to himself that if he could get back to even, he would quit. One night he won $5,500, but he did not quit.

D、Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever, but for a long time it was broadly considered a sin, or a social disease. Now it is a social policy: the most important and aggressive promoter of gambling in America is government.

E、David Williams’s suit should trouble this gambling nation. But don’t bet on it.

F、It is worrisome that society is medicalizing more and more behavioral problems, often defining as addictions what earlier, sterner generations explained as weakness of will.

G、The anonymous, lonely, undistracted nature of online gambling is especially conductive to compulsive behavior. But even if the government knew how to move against Internet gambling, what would be its grounds for doing so?

问题2

A、Although no such evidence was presented, the casino's marketing department continued to pepper him with mailings. And he entered the casino and used his Fun Card without being detected.

B、It is unclear what luring was required, given his compulsive behavior. And in what sense was his will operative?

C、By the time he had lost $5,000 he said to himself that if he could get back to even, he would quit. One night he won $5,500, but he did not quit.

D、Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever, but for a long time it was broadly considered a sin, or a social disease. Now it is a social policy: the most important and aggressive promoter of gambling in America is government.

E、David Williams’s suit should trouble this gambling nation. But don’t bet on it.

F、It is worrisome that society is medicalizing more and more behavioral problems, often defining as addictions what earlier, sterner generations explained as weakness of will.

G、The anonymous, lonely, undistracted nature of online gambling is especially conductive to compulsive behavior. But even if the government knew how to move against Internet gambling, what would be its grounds for doing so?

问题3

A、Although no such evidence was presented, the casino's marketing department continued to pepper him with mailings. And he entered the casino and used his Fun Card without being detected.

B、It is unclear what luring was required, given his compulsive behavior. And in what sense was his will operative?

C、By the time he had lost $5,000 he said to himself that if he could get back to even, he would quit. One night he won $5,500, but he did not quit.

D、Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever, but for a long time it was broadly considered a sin, or a social disease. Now it is a social policy: the most important and aggressive promoter of gambling in America is government.

E、David Williams’s suit should trouble this gambling nation. But don’t bet on it.

F、It is worrisome that society is medicalizing more and more behavioral problems, often defining as addictions what earlier, sterner generations explained as weakness of will.

G、The anonymous, lonely, undistracted nature of online gambling is especially conductive to compulsive behavior. But even if the government knew how to move against Internet gambling, what would be its grounds for doing so?

问题4

A、Although no such evidence was presented, the casino's marketing department continued to pepper him with mailings. And he entered the casino and used his Fun Card without being detected.

B、It is unclear what luring was required, given his compulsive behavior. And in what sense was his will operative?

C、By the time he had lost $5,000 he said to himself that if he could get back to even, he would quit. One night he won $5,500, but he did not quit.

D、Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever, but for a long time it was broadly considered a sin, or a social disease. Now it is a social policy: the most important and aggressive promoter of gambling in America is government.

E、David Williams’s suit should trouble this gambling nation. But don’t bet on it.

F、It is worrisome that society is medicalizing more and more behavioral problems, often defining as addictions what earlier, sterner generations explained as weakness of will.

G、The anonymous, lonely, undistracted nature of online gambling is especially conductive to compulsive behavior. But even if the government knew how to move against Internet gambling, what would be its grounds for doing so?

问题5

A、Although no such evidence was presented, the casino's marketing department continued to pepper him with mailings. And he entered the casino and used his Fun Card without being detected.

B、It is unclear what luring was required, given his compulsive behavior. And in what sense was his will operative?

C、By the time he had lost $5,000 he said to himself that if he could get back to even, he would quit. One night he won $5,500, but he did not quit.

D、Gambling has been a common feature of American life forever, but for a long time it was broadly considered a sin, or a social disease. Now it is a social policy: the most important and aggressive promoter of gambling in America is government.

E、David Williams’s suit should trouble this gambling nation. But don’t bet on it.

F、It is worrisome that society is medicalizing more and more behavioral problems, often defining as addictions what earlier, sterner generations explained as weakness of will.

G、The anonymous, lonely, undistracted nature of online gambling is especially conductive to compulsive behavior. But even if the government knew how to move against Internet gambling, what would be its grounds for doing so?

1、试题答案：第1题:A;第2题:B;第3题:D;第4题:A;第5题:D;第6题:C;第7题:B;第8题:C;第9题:A;第10题:A;第11题:C;第12题:B;第13题:D;第14题:C;第15题:C;第16题:A;第17题:B;第18题:C;第19题:A;第20题:D;

试题解析：第1题:

逻辑关系。解答本题需要理解该空格前后句子并分析两者间的逻辑关系。空格前句为一个简单句，陈述了“在美国，无家可归的人所占人口比例越来越高”的事实。空格后句表达了“这部分人群所占比例已经到了地方政府可能无法_____的程度”。空格前后两句话表达了一个相同的概念，就是美国无家可归人口在增长。同时，空格后句又使用了such..that...结构对这一事实进行了肯定并加强了语气。本题四个选项中，只有A选项Indeed（确实；事实上）具有相应的含义，故正确答案为A选项。强干扰项排除：D选项Furthermore表示递进关系（=in addition）。递进关系一般为同一个事物的两个方面特征。两者间具有一定相似性，同时又具备一定差异性。本题中空格前后句子是指同一事物，但不是两个方面的特征，考生注意不要把空格前后对同一事物同一特征表述程度上的差异误解为两个方面的特征。

动词辨析题，首先分析题目所在句子：“这部分人群所占比例已经到了地方政府可能无法_____的程度”。其次分析四个选项的含义：stand=忍受，忍耐；cope=应付，处理；approve=批准，同意；retain=保持，保留。将四个选项代入句子，基本上都可以说得通，因此需要进一步联系上下文语境分析出正确答案。根据原文可知，本句谈的是"local government（地方政府）"，而下一句变成了"federal government（联邦政府）"，因此本处上下文的语境关系应是“地方政府不能_____联邦政府就出马了"。根据这样的语境架构，只有B选项cope为正确答案：“这部分人群所占比例已经到了地方政府可能无法应对的程度"。“地方政府”已经无法应付的事情，需要“联邦政府”出马了。强干扰项排除：A选项stand：代入原句“这部分人群所占比例已经到了地方政府可能无法忍受的程度”。语境结构上，接下来应该谈的是“地方政府"忍受不了之后怎么办，而不是“联邦政府”要怎么办。考生如果忽视了上下文语境关系，最有可能选择的就是A选项。

介词辨析题。该空所在动词不定式要表达的意思是：为了帮助流浪汉自食其力。结合动词help的用法，显然不能跟in和for搭配，排除A.B，而help sb.with sth.意思是“帮助某人做某事"，不合文意，所以只能是D选项toward，等同于to，意思是“帮助流浪汉走向自食其力”。强干扰项排除：C选项with：help sb.with sth.意思是“帮助某人做某事”。而此处要表达的是为了帮助流浪汉获得/走向自食其力，只有介词toward（=to）表示方向。该空容易受思维惯性影响而误选C选项。

动词辨析题。该空所在句是一个由三个并列的谓语动词构成的简单句。该空所需动词应与support和fund保持词性和情感色彩上的一致。support和fund均为积极词汇，因此该空也应为积极词汇，结合文意，该空表示“提高最低工资水平"，因此只有A选项符合文意。强干扰项排除：B选项add：增加，添加。“增加最低工资”看似也说得通，但add作及物动词的一般用法是：add sth to...它强调的是“添加，补充”之意。

副词辨析题。由该空后一句中的"from 600，000 to 3 million"可知，流浪汉的数量是不确定的，因此该空所在句一定是表示否定的逻辑含义。"Not everyone"表示部分否定，“并不是所有的人都在流浪汉人数上持一致意见”，故正确选项是D。强干扰项排除：C选项Hardly：几乎不。虽然也表示逻辑上的否定，但该否定副词位于句首时，一般要用倒装结构。

动词辨析题。该句意思是：估计流浪汉的数量在60万到300万之间。表示范围的跨度，只能用C选项range，range from.t..常用固定搭配。强干扰项排除：D选项differ：相异 differ.. from...to...表示“与……不同”，不表示范围的波动，例如differ from individual to individual意思为“视个人情况而不同"。

逻辑关系。根据文意，该句逻辑应该是表示让步或转折关系，只有B选项Although符合条件。意思是：尽管流浪汉的数量可能会有差异，但分析家们在另一点上达成了共识。强干扰项排除：D选项Except that：除了。如果是“除了在流浪汉数量上意见不一致”，那么接下来讲的应该全部是与流浪汉相关问题的共同看法，而非"analysts do agree on another matter"（在另一点上达成了共识），故排除。

动词辨析题。结合选项，不难看出此处动词应该表示人数的增加。由表示“数量越来越多的”短语an increasing number of可知，此处人数的增加只能用increasing，故正确答案是C选项。强干扰项排除：B选项expanding：指范围、体积的扩大、膨胀。D选项extending：指在一个方向上的延伸、加长，如extend a road（延长道路），均不能表示人数的增加，故排除。

动词辨析题。该空所在句的从句部分是一般将来时，显然所填动词应表达对将来的预测，故选predicts。强干扰项排除：D选项discovers：指通过有意识地寻找或查询，发现某种已经存在的现象或事物。“已经存在的事物”不可能用将来时描述，故排除。

动词辨析题。本文第一段讲的是需要帮助流浪汉自食其力的问题，因此该空很明显应该选择A选项assist，呼应前文的help。强干扰项排除：B选项track：跟踪。后文提到即使流浪汉有了避难所，还是会有很多人每天大部分时间流落街头。考生可能会断章取义，认为很难找到方法来追踪流浪汉的足迹，但忽略了本段的段落主旨“给流浪汉提供帮助”.C选项sustain：维持。上一段提出流浪汉数量增加考生可能想当然地认为本段该写维持现有人数已经很难了。考生若不结合上下文和全文主旨，很容易犯主观臆断的错误。

逻辑关系题。由后文"still"（仍然）一词可知，该空所在分句表示让步，只有Even（即使）一词符合条件，故正确答案是C选项。强干扰项排除：B选项But代入原文，意思是“但是当流浪汉设法找到了一个提供一日三餐和夜宿之地的避难所时，他们仍然每天大部分时间流落街头”。乍一看没有问题，但从逻辑上讲，仍然=但是，一个句子两个“但是"，显然不合逻辑

名词辨析题。该空后面是一个定语从句，修饰所填名词，由从句“可提供一日三餐和夜宿之地的避难所”可知，该名词应该表示住所，虽然四个选项都可以表示住所，但shelter特指为无家可归的人提供的临时避难所，故选B强干扰项排除：A选项lodging主要指“出租的房子，寄宿的房子"。C选项dwelling：住宅，公寓。

动词辨析题。依据文意，该空的意思是“闲荡，流浪”，排除选项A.C，wander指毫无目的地流浪，符合文意，故选D。强干扰项排除：B选项strolling：闲荡，主要指休闲地散步，显然不符合流浪汉的特征。故排除。

逻辑关系题。该段主旨为帮助流浪汉很难。该空前一句在说很多流浪汉有精神问题，这是困难之一。接下来，一定还是围绕有困难这一主旨展开的，"not addicted or mentally ill"表明是好事。而后文又提到“缺乏技能”这一困难。所以此处应为让步关系，只有while表让步。这句话大意：尽管流浪汉不喝酒，不吸毒，精神也正常，他们仍然缺少让生活好转的日常生存技能。强干扰项排除：D选项whereas：然而，但是。whereas可用于比较两个事物、人或情景，前后主语不同，因此不能使用省略形式，所以whereas既不符合文意，也不符合语法结构。

固定搭配题。根据文意，陈述的对象是无家可归者，所以C选项survival最符合语境。survival skill为固定搭配，意为“生存技能"。强干扰项排除：A选项life：生活，life和skill搭配时，表示“生活技能”，不仅包含生存技能，而且还包含发展技能，但针对流浪汉而言，life skill显然过于宽泛。

介词辨析题。该空的文意是：让他们的生活有所好转。turn around“使转变”符合文意。强干扰项排除：B选项over：tun over表示“翻过来”的意思。

形容词辨析题。该空所填形容词应与programs后的定语从句的意思保持一致，“能够解决流浪汉的许多需求”的项目，只能是“全面的，综合的"。故B选项comprehensive是正确答案。强干扰项排除：A选项complex：复杂的。复杂的项目不一定能解决流浪汉的多种需求。与many needs相呼应的应为comprehensive。

逻辑关系题。本空所在句子的主干为_____Edward Zlotkowski _____ it，后面引号中的内容明显是Edward Zlotkowski的话。因此，本句意思是：正如爱德华·兹洛特科瓦斯基所言。这个常用的句子结构为“as sb. puts it”。

动词辨析题。同18题。

名词辨析题。根据a package deal“一揽子方案”可知，这是一个综合性的项目，所以需要对其进行协调。supervision（监督），manipulation（操纵），regulation（规定，管理）虽然也能搭配，但都没有D选项coordination（协调）更符合语境。强干扰项排除：A选项supervision：监督。如果是项目间不得不监督，那上文一定会有对因缺乏监督而出现的问题的论述，上文没有提到因监督缺乏造成的问题，显然不合语境。C选项regulation：规定，管理任何一个项目都需要对其进行规定和管理，文章没有必要在最后特意强调项目之间必须有管理，故排除。

2、试题答案：第1题:C;第2题:A;第3题:C;第4题:D;第5题:B;

试题解析：第1题:

根据第一段第4句，类似的事情（something similar）可能会发生在海洋中（oceans）这正是作者说前面内容的目的，而且本文下面的三个段落均在讨论海洋渔业过度捕捞的问题，也能证明作者提及史前大型动物灭绝只是为了引出下文大型海洋动物也将面临同样厄运的话题。所以C为正确选项。干扰排除：A选项：根据第一段第3句，大型动物易于猎取，容易被猎杀，但并没有强调大型动物会受到环境变化的伤害，所以A选项属于无中生有。B选项：根据第一段第1、2句，大型动物灭绝了，小型动物存活了下来，但这并不是作者提到史前大型动物的灭绝的目的，这只是文章的细节事实，所以B选项是答非所问。D选项：文章第一段没有谈及生长快速的鱼类，更没有谈到生长缓慢的鱼类比生长快速的鱼类活得更久的问题，所以D选项是无中生有。

根据第二段第5句话，在一个新渔场中大型食肉海洋生物的总量在15年里平均减少了80%，即15年后只剩下20%。第6句话又进一步说从那以后（then指的是15年之后）又减少了一半（halved），也就是在20%的基础上又减少10%，所以80%加上10%等于90%，即大型食肉鱼类的数量减少了90%，所以正确答案是A干扰排除：B选项：根据第二段第5句，文章只说新渔场中大型食肉海洋生物的总量在15年里平均减少了80%，没有说现在的渔场数量，更没有说现在渔场的数量减半的问题，所以B选项是无中生有。C选项：第二段只说了新渔场中“大型食肉海洋动物”（large predators）的总量只剩下了20%，没有说新渔场的捕鱼量（catch sizes）只有原来的20%，所以C选项属于偷换概念。D选项：第二段没有提及新旧渔场鱼类数量“下降速度”的对比，故D为错误选项。

第三段第1句话后面的内容是对该句话的补充说明，指出现代渔业技术的改进、鲨鱼的减少等因素都大大提高了捕鱼率，正如该段第4句所说的“现在和过去的真正差距可能会比捕捞量（或捕鱼规模）变化记录显示的差距更糟糕"。也就是说，海洋生物总量损失的实际情况比现有数据显示的结果更加严重，因此C选项为正确答案。干扰排除：A选项：该选项的内容是对第三段第②句的同义转述，但这只是数据保守的一个原因，考生必须根据上下文所表达的主要内容和逻辑来理解这句话的含义，所以A选项是错误的。B选项：第三段第4句提到，捕鱼技术的发展意味着更多的海洋生物正在被捕获，即现在的捕捞规模（catch sizes）更大，B选项“实际捕捞规模比记录的要小”，属于正反混淆。D选项：数据保守和过时是两个概念，保守不一定意味着过时，而且文章上下文也不是这个逻辑，更没有提及过时的概念，所以D选项是错误的。

第四段第2句指出：他们相信自己的数据支撑一个目前海洋生物学家持有的观点，那就是“动态底线”，shifting（动态的）这个词暗示要根据情况进行调整，所以正确答案是D。干扰排除：A选项：根据第四段第①句，迈尔斯博士和沃尔姆博士声称，他们的工作给出了一个未来（渔业）管理必须考虑的正确底线。既然他们的工作给出了正确底线，就不用人们去寻找，人们只要以他们的底线为参照即可，所以A选项是无中生有。B选项：根据第四段第4句，当一种目标捕捞生物的生物量大约达到原始水平的50%时，渔场才能实现其最大化的可持续产量。但是原文强调的不是所有鱼种总量的50%，而是某一个目标捕捞物种（a target species）总量的50%，所以B选项是偷换概念。C选项：在第四段中，迈尔斯博士和沃尔姆博士只说了他们的研究给出了一个正确的底线，没有说海洋生物量应该恢复到最初的水平，所以C选项是无中生有。

本文主要就是围绕“海洋生物总量”这个话题展开的，文中第二段第4，5，6句出现了三次"biomass"，说明海洋生物量的变化。第三段虽然没有出现这个词，但是也进一步说明了海洋生物量的损失比实际记录的要严重。第四段中也出现了biomass，旨在说明人们应该根据生物量的水平来确定捕捞的基数。所以B选项为正确答案。干扰排除：A选项的management在第四段第1句只提及一次；C选项的catch-size在第三段第4句提及一次；文中只在第三段第②句中提及了一次technology，所以A.C.D都不是作者主要关心的对象。

3、试题答案：第1题:D;第2题:B;第3题:D;第4题:B;第5题:A;

试题解析：第1题:

原文第二段第③句提到，从19世纪的某个时期开始，越来越多的艺术家开始把快乐看成是无意义的，我们从华兹华斯笔下的水仙到波德莱尔笔下的恶之花就可以看出这种变化，这说明作者拿这两个诗人作为例证，是为了证明：艺术家改变了自己的看法，认为快乐没有意义，即艺术家改变了他们的兴趣点。故选项D正确。干扰排除：文章没有说到“绘画或音乐比诗歌更能表达欢乐”，所以A选项是无中生有。文中指出艺术既可以表现快乐情绪，也可以表现悲伤情绪，但没有提到艺术的来源问题，故选项B也是错误的。根据第二段第3句，艺术家改变了自己的看法，认为快乐没有意义，即现在的艺术家“怀疑快乐”，C选项和原文正反混淆。

bummer一词出现在第五段第4句，all this应该指本段前四句话：早期的人们生活困苦，英年早逝，教堂也经常提醒他们处于危险之中。所以第四句话说“考虑到这一切”，应当指的是上文所说的人们生活痛苦，所以不再希望艺术也（too）成为一个bummer，即成为一种“反映痛苦的事物”，所以本题B选项unpleasant为正确答案。其他选项都没有反映痛苦的概念，所以是错误的。

第六段主要探讨的是反快乐艺术的意义，即反快乐艺术的存在是为了抵制商业广告所宣传的那些幸福感，反快乐艺术告诉我们广告所阐述的快乐是不可靠的（unreliable），所以D选项的illusion of happiness（快乐的幻觉）符合上下文的主要内容干扰排除：A选项：文章第四段第3句提到，“反快乐艺术的兴起（The rise of anti-happy art）几乎与大众传媒同时出现”，即大众传媒一出现，反快乐艺术就出现了。广告是大众传媒的内容，所以文章的逻辑是：先有大众传媒和广告，然后才有反快乐艺术。所以A选项混淆了前后逻辑。B选项：利用末段不相关词汇disappointment设置的干扰项，但原文并没有表明作者认为广告导致普通大众的失望，故排除选项B.C选项：根据第五段第③句，文章只说“在大众传媒出现和教育普及之前，最有力的大众媒介是教会”，但并没有说，后来的广告取代了教堂，更没有提到广告是“主要信息来源”，所以C选项是无中生有，主观推导。

根据最后一段末句，“这样的信息虽然比丁香烟还要苦涩（bitter），然而不管怎样，却也有一股清新的气息（fresh air）"，这句话中的it即指代反快乐艺术（the ant-happy art），B选项中的distasteful和原文中的bitter是同义替换，所以为正确答案。干扰排除：A选项：根据最后一段第2句设置的干扰项，该句强调的是：最快乐的事情也最有可能（potential）带来悲伤，而不是说最快乐的事情常常以悲伤结束，所以A选项属于偷换概念，是错误的。C选项：最后一段第3句提到，快乐不会因为你否定（deny）死亡而降临，我们要接受（live with）死亡的事实，即快乐并不等于永生，而是要承认死亡。文章中的死亡即等于痛苦（misery），C选项的意思是：苦难应该被享受（enjoyed），而不是被否认（denied），这里的denied虽是文中所说，但enjoyed一词却是无中生有，所以C选项错误。D选项：最后一段第1句话中的插入成分提到，“我们的经济依赖于我们的遗忘"，但是这句话没有说，在经济繁荣的时候，反快乐艺术会大行其道，故排除。

根据文章第五段第3句，“在西方，在大众传媒出现和教育普及之前，最有力的大众媒介是教会，它提醒（reminded）信徒们，他们的灵魂处于危险之中，他们总有一天会成为蛆虫的食物。”即提醒人们生活痛苦（misery），因此宗教曾经起到提醒人们生活的苦难这一作用，所以A选项是正确的细节选项。干扰排除：B选项：文章第四段和第六段的确暗示了悲伤艺术能平衡过多的不切实际的虚幻的幸福。不少同学认为B选项是全文主题，应该是最佳答案，但是本文真正的主题词应该是悲伤艺术（anti-happy art），而不是单纯讲宏观的艺术。所以，B选项的主语art应该改成anti-happy art，即 B选项的主语扩大了范围。C选项：文章第六段强调的是人们对广告感到失望，因为广告的目的是为了挣钱（lure us to open our wallets），广告吹嘘的快乐不可靠（the very idea of happiness seem unreliable），但是C选项偷换了失望的对象，把对广告的失望改成了对社会现实的不满意，扩大了失望的对象范围，所以是错误的。D选项：文中没有出现“大众传媒倾向于报道灾难和死亡”的相关内容，另外，文章第六段末句以一种关节炎药物的广告宣传为例，强调了媒体广告掩盖关节炎药物会引起心脏病的事实，并没有“报道”这个负面事实，所以从这个角度来说，D选项也是正反混淆。

4、试题答案：第1题:C;第2题:A;第3题:C;第4题:D;第5题:B;

试题解析：第1题:

根据第一段第1句In spite of"endless talk of difference，"下文应该出现语意转折，即：“尽管美国人喋喋不休地谈论差异性，但是美国社会还是有共同或相似的东西"，所以可以推导出下文说的an amazing machine for homogenizing people应该有“共同或相似”的含义，也就是说homogenizing的含义与difference相反，所以C选项assimilating（同化）就是首先要考虑的选项。同时，第2句话中的uniformity（同样，一致）也提示homogenizing含有“相同”的含义。此外，如果做题做到最后，也会发现第一题选C是正确的，因为这篇文章接下来的几个段落都在描述移民们如何被美国社会同化，语言如何被同化，母语如何消失，甚至第五段的最后一句话还出现了assimilative这个词，即“具有同化性的"。A选项是“识别"，B选项是“联系”，D选项是“垄断”，均与上下文相去甚远。

A选项：文章第一段没有任何语句说百货商店促进了流行文化的传播，除非第3句中的消费文化（culture of consumption）等于A选项中的流行文化，那么A就是对的。但是没有证据证明“消费文化”等同于“流行文化”，所以A有可能对，也有可能错，它是正确答案的概率是50%，B, C选项：干扰源来自第一段第4句话，原文"instead of"表否定说明百货商店不是专卖店，专卖店只迎合知识精英（knowledgeable elite），百货商店是面对社会各阶层的大众商店。所以B.C选项把百货商店和专卖店混为一谈，是错误选项。D选项：干扰源来自第一段第3句话，launched一词在原文中是过去分词作定语，修饰consumption，即“19世纪百货商店的出现促使了消费文化的出现”，即百货商店先出现，然后才有“消费文化”的出现。所以D选项因果倒置，正反混淆。综上分析，B.C、D明显是错误选项，所以A选项为正确答案。

根据第二段第1句话的定语从句，以及移民所占总人口数的比例分析，还有第三段提到的本族语的丧失，以及第四段提到的与美国人通婚现象都表明移民被同化，几乎威胁不了美国的共同文化。相反，美国同化的力量非常强大，使各地人民在美国能说英语，能接纳美国文化。所以C选项符合上下文主要内容和逻辑，是正确答案。

大写的单词一般是例证，所以本题的问题应该是这两个人为了证明什么主题。很多同学都以为后面的转折词yet很重要，但是例证一般只有两个作用，要么是证明上文的主题，要么是引出下文要说的话题。第五段这两个明星的例证是为了进一步证明美国大众文化的同化力量，不但同化了来到美国的移民，也能影响到世界各地没有来到美国的偏远山区的孩子们。所以D选项符合例证逻辑，是正确答案。

文章第一段就强调了美国文化强大的影响力，即美国文化成功地通过媒体、广告、体育使得移民语言被同化，随后几段指出通过住房、通婚使得移民几乎不再具备原来的国家或民族的特点，所以，美国社会对移民的吸收是成功的。因此B选项为正确答案。

5、试题答案：第1题:A;第2题:B;第3题:C;第4题:D;第5题:D;

试题解析：第1题:

根据第二段第1句，“斯特拉特福德镇那些自以为是的居民们认为剧院没有为当地的收入贡献一点力量”，这里的剧院就是RSC演戏的地方，所以A为正确选项。干扰排除：B选项："the actors of the RSC"来自第二段第②句，但是文章并没有出现imitate这个词汇，因此不能自认为莎士比亚曾经也留有胡子，所以现在的演员是模仿莎士比亚，文章没有暗示现在的演员在模仿莎士比亚留胡子，只能说明大家有相同特点而已，所以一切要从原文事实出发，不要主观推导。还有，on and off stage（在台上和台下）也是无中生有，文章没有说台下也模仿莎士比亚的事情。所以B选项属于主观推导。C选项：根据第一段，斯特拉特福德镇有两个关系不好（hostile）的分支，第一个分支是RSC剧团，第二个分支是当地居民（townsfolk），所以C选项显然偷换了两个分支的逻辑主语，而且文章没有说RSC有两个分公司，只说了斯特拉特福德镇这个地方有两个分支。所以C选项偷换主语。D选项：根据第一段第③句，“小镇上的居民大部分是靠游客观光获得收入"，但D选项的little含有否定的意思，所以D选项属于正反混淆。

根据第三段后三句话，我们知道看演出的人除了花钱看演出以外，顺便会花钱游览景点，在镇上留宿。但观光者只花钱观光，天黑之前就走了。所以看演出的人给小镇带来更多的收入。B选项是对该部分内容的总结概括，是正确答案。干扰排除：A选项：根据第三段第1、2句设置的干扰项，原文指游客群不是分离的，而不是说观光者不能分别参加城堡和宫殿。所以A选项属于无中生有。C选项：观光者只花钱观光，不住宿，所以花的钱会更少，所以C选项错误。D选项：根据选项B的分析可知，看演出的人也会顺便游览景点，而D选项的no过于绝对，与原文正反混淆。

根据第四段第3、4句，斯特拉特福德镇的每家酒店都在增加新的客房和酒吧，希尔顿也在这里修建了一家分店，并且肯定会配有哈姆雷特汉堡酒吧、李尔休息室、班科宴会厅等消费水平高的地方。这说明小镇有经济实力兴修豪华酒店，哭穷只是欲盖弥彰的说法，所以C选项为正确答案。同时，我们也可以从这两句话判断出，该小镇已经扩张了，当地居民并不贫困，故排除A选项和B选项。文章没有谈及小镇居民过去收入是否低，所以D选项属于无中生有。

第五段第1句指出，小镇居民认为RSC不需要补贴，紧接着第2句给出原因，即“剧院已经连续三年打破了上座率纪录。去年一整年，剧院1431个座位的上座率达到了94%。今年还会更高”。也就是说RSC剧院的上座率一直很高，今年还会创新高，因此居民们认为RSC剧团赚钱应该不成问题，不需要补贴，所以正确答案为D干扰排除：A选项：根据第五段第3句，RSC剧团需要补贴的理由是，剧院成本飙升（costs have rocketed）但票价仍保持较低水平（ticket prices have stayed low），文中并没有说小镇的居民认为，剧院可以通过提高票价来弥补支出。所以A选项无中生有。B选项：第五段第1句就提到剧院已经连续三年打破了上座率纪录，第2句也指出剧院上座率达到了94%，今年还会更高，显然剧院很受欢迎，不可能经营不善，所以B选项属于正反混淆。C选项：第五段并没有提到演员的行为不被社会接受，是无中生有；另外，文章只有第二段第2句讲到小镇居民不喜欢剧院的演员，因为他们留长头发和胡子，拖着凉鞋，吵吵嚷嚷，所以C选项也是跨段选项，和本题无关。

根据文章每个段落的主题，我们可以知道小镇居民否认RSC剧团的贡献，但实际上观看RSC剧团演出的人给小镇带来了更多收入。该小镇本应该给RSC剧团补贴，但却假装哭穷。作者支持剧院坚持较低票价的做法，以留住没有经济实力的年轻剧迷。这些都说明作者支持RSC剧团而反对小镇居民，因此正确答案为D.C选项"detached"意为“不偏不倚的，超然的"，类似于indifferent，所以排除。

6、试题答案：第1题:C;第2题:A;第3题:B;第4题:F;第5题:D;

试题解析：第1题:

浏览空格前后句，空格后句连续提到两个数字，这两个数字都和钱有关，并且呈现增长的趋势。因此这说明空格处也应提到和钱有关的数字，并且数字也是呈现增长趋势。分析选项，只有C选项中提到了两个和钱有关的数字，并且两个数字是呈现增长趋势。故正确答案为C选项。

浏览空格前后句，空格前句中提到了“一封信”的内容：威廉姆斯必须提供能证明他光临赌场不会对他的安全和幸福造成危害的相关信息；而空格后提到了一篇刊登在《华尔街日报》的文章，显然是另起了一个话题。因此空格所在段落/句子中包含的信息需要和前文有关而非和后文有关。分析选项，A选项首句的前半句提到了“尽管他没有这些证明”后半句则说的是“赌场的营销部还是不断地给他寄资料（pepper him with mailings）"，两句话都和空格前句的内容相关。故正确答案为A选项。

浏览空格前后句，和42题空格前后的结构一样，空格后句的“第四版《心理紊乱诊断数据手册》指出”表明从这里开始了一个新的话题，所以空格中的内容必须和前文有关。空格前句提到“威廉姆斯的诉状指出赌场明明知道他‘无可救要地沉溺于赌博’，却故意'引诱他，做出违背自己意愿的行为'。”因此下面的内容应和赌场是否引诱（lure）有关。分析选项，B选项中出现了luring一词，所以存在上下文之间的延续关系。故正确答案为B选项。

本题是本篇文章中较难的一题，需要对句子的含义进行理解分析。浏览空格前后句：前句提到的是“病态赌博”和钱无关，是“无法自控地寻求冒险刺激”；后句提到了对于人的行为问题重新定义和分类：“把从前认为是性格缺陷、道德过失的问题重新归类到人格障碍，类似于生理缺陷。”前后两句话本身具有延续性：个人的行为——对个人行为的重新归类。因此，空格所在的句子对于前后两句话应该起到承上启下的作用：会提到个人的行为，也会提到一种重新归类。分析选项，F选项的含义符合要求：前半句说“现在社会越来越多地利用医学方法处理行为问题”，提到了个人行为的问题；后半句说“以前被严厉的前辈们称之为意志薄弱的行为现在被认为是上瘾”，提到了重新分类的话题，具备承上启下的作用。故正确答案为F选项。

浏览空格前后句，空格后句出现了两个数字内容：44个州有彩票，29个州有赌场。很明显，具体的数据是对前文观点的举例辅助说明。因此，前文的观点一定会和这些“州”有关系。分析选项，D选项末句中出现了一个表示观点的信息：“在美国，最重要、最有力的赌博推动者是美国政府。”美国各州允许有彩票和赌场，赌博是政府许可的行为，因此这两个数字是对于这个观点的说明。故正确答案为D选项。