Big cites today are confronted with very serious problems. Transport is a (1 )difficulty: some planners believe in (2 ) transport system; others believe in making it possible for citizens to move (3 ) in private cars. There are several ways of (4 ) a public transport system. Sometimes it is built under the ground, sometimes it is on the (5 ) , and sometimes it is even above ground level, (6 ) in parts of New York and more crime and Tokyo for example. In most cases, of course, it is a (7 ) of some or all of these elements.
The (8 ) of the city centers has also been a problem in the last 30 years. The hearts of many cities have become poorer and poorer, (9 ) more and more crime and violence, (10 ) the people who can afford to have moved out to the (11) . This is the opposite of the situation 100 years ago, (12) wealthy people lived in the center, and the poor lived (13 ) the outskirts of the city.
Ecological problems also (14) , as factories and cars pollute the air,tree are cut down to make (15 ) for urban clearways, and crowded conditions cause garbage to (16 ) in the streets.
In order to solve these problems, some planners believe we should limit the size of our cities, perhaps by restricting population, or perhaps by offering (17) jobs in the provinces. Others believe that cities cannot be limited in size and that the problems must be solved in a (18) of ways—by creating green areas, building (19 ) houses for everybody, stopping factory pollution, (20 ) motor transport, and so on.
问题1选项
A.minor
B.major
C.little
D.small
问题2选项
A.mass
B.mess
C.massy
D.messy
问题3选项
A.outside
B.through
C.across
D.about
问题4选项
A.setting up
B.making up
C.taking up
D.building up
问题5选项
A.field
B.earth
C.surface
D.soil
问题6选项
A.like
B.as
C.same
D.similar
问题7选项
A.cooperation
B.imitation
C.separation
D.combination
问题8选项
A.decrease
B.decline
C.reduction
D.release
问题9选项
A.or
B.being
C.with
D.against
问题10选项
A.while
B.though
C.because
D.even
问题11选项
A.suburbs
B.downtowns
C.countrysides
D.rural
问题12选项
A.where
B.what
C.when
D.why
问题13选项
A.on
B.in
C.at
D.by
问题14选项
A.arise
B.rise
C.arouse
D.raise
问题15选项
A.place
B.path
C.road
D.way
问题16选项
A.compose
B.present
C.accumulate
D.dispose
问题17选项
A.potential
B.attractive
C.competitive
D.secure
问题18选项
A.various
B.variable
C.variety
D.varying
问题19选项
A.decent
B.fundamental
C.delicate
D.eternal
问题20选项
A.developing
B.forbidding
C.reforming
D.eliminating
第1题:B
第2题:A
第3题:A
第4题:A
第5题:B
第6题:B
第7题:D
第8题:B
第9题:C
第10题:A
第11题:A
第12题:C
第13题:A
第14题:A
第15题:D
第16题:C
第17题:B
第18题:C
第19题:A
第20题:D
1.结合上下文:现在的大城市正面临着许多严重的问题,而交通则是一个最主要的难题。选项B符合原文句意。
2.固定搭配。mass transport system指"公共交通体系"。本句意思:有些规划者相信公共交通体系可以解决这一问题。
3.move out¬side "外迁"; move through"跨过";move across"跨过";move about"走来走去"。 根据句意: 另外一些人相信公民可以驾驶私家汽车出行。
4.set up"建立";make up"组成,编造";take up"拿起,占据", build up"增进, 增强"。 这里指建立公共交通系统,所以选项A正确。
5.结合上下文可知,这里指在地面上。on the field"在操场上,在田野上";on the earth"在地面上";on the surface"在表面上, 在外表上",on the soil"在土壤上" 。所以选项B符合原文。
6.根据原文句意可知,这里是以纽约和东京的部分地区为例。下文的for example决定了这里只能填入as,其他选项均不正确。
7.根据句意:大多数情况下,它们是所有这些元素的结合。所以选项D正确。combination of"是...的结合", cooperation一般与with搭配,指"与...合作"。
8.根据句意这里应该指城市中心的衰退,只有选项B符合,其他选项不用来修饰city centers。
9.这里是一个插入语,所以用with表伴随。选项C正 确。句意:许多市中心变得越來越贫穷, 犯罪事件和暴力行为也越来越多。
10.根据填空处后面的the people who can afford可推测,这里应填入while表示两种情况形成对比。
11.根据句意可推测,这里应该选择一个和"市中心"相对的词语。suburb "郊区"; down¬town "市区"; countryside和 rural均指 "乡下; 农村"。所以选项A更恰当。
12.根据句子结构和句意判断, 这里应填入引导时间状语的关系副词when,所以选项C正确。
13.固定搭配。on the outskirts of 为固定搭配,指"在郊区"。
14.形近词辨析。arise"产生";rise"升髙, 上升;站起来, 起床";arouse"唤醒", 通常接意识, 觉悟等词;raise "提起, 举起,抚养"。根据句意:生态问题也随之产生。选项A符合句意。
15.固定搭配。make way for sth.表示"给...让路"。
16.根据句意, 这里指垃圾在街道上聚集。accumulate"增加, 聚集"; compose"组成, 构成";present "出现, 出席";dispose"处理, 处置"。选项C符合句意。
17.potential"潜在的" ;attractive"有吸引力的";competitive "有竞争力的";secure "牢固的,可靠的"。句意:为了解决这些问题,一些规划者认为我们应该限制城市的规模,比如限制人口,在地方提供有吸引力的工作。选项B符合原文。
18.a variety of "许多的"为固定搭配;various"多样的",前面不接不定冠词"a"; variable"易变的, 多变的"; varying"变化的"。句意:另外一些人认为城市规模不能缩小, 问题应该用多种方法来解决。
19.形容词辨析。decent"合乎礼仪的;像样的;体面的";fundamental"基本的, 重要的, 必要的";delicate"纤弱的;瘦弱的";eternal "永久的"。这里指给每个人建造像样的房屋,所以选项A符合原文。
20.选项B首先排除, 文章需要一个动名词, 而不是一个形容词, 选项A和C意思不符, 所以也排除, 只有选项D正确。