2011年GCT考試英語輔導教材--完型(9)

來源：育路教育網時間：2011-07-14 18:09:12

Passage 15

Today the car is the most popular sort of transportation in all of the United States. It has completely __1__ the horse as a means of everyday transportation. Americans use their car for __2__ 90% of all personal business. Most Americans are able to __3_ cars. The average price of a regularly made car was 1,050 in 1950, 1,470 in 1960 and up to 1,750 in 1975. During this period American car manufacturers set about __4__ their products and work efficiency. As aresult, the yearly income of the __5__ family increased from 1950 to 1975 faster than the price of cars. For this reason __6__ a new car takes a smaller part of a family’s total earnings today. In 1951 proportionally it took 8.1 months of an average family __7_ to buy a new car. In 1962 a new car __8__ 8.3 of a family annual earnings, by 1975 it only took 4.75 month income. In addition, the 1975 cars were technicallysuperior to models from previous years. The __9__ of automobile extends throughout the economy as the car is so important to American.Americans spend more money __10__ keeping their cars running than on any other item

1. A.denied B.reproduced C.replaced D.ridiculed

2. A.hardly B.nearly C.certainly D.somehow

3. A.buy B.sell C.race D.see

4. A.raising B.making C.reducing D.improving

5. A.unusual B.smallest C.average D.biggest

6. A.bringing B.obtain C.bought D.purchasing

7. A.income B.work C.plans D.debts

8. A.used B.spent C.cost D.needed

9. A.running B.notice C.influence D.affect

10. A.to B.in C.of D.for

1.【答案】C

【解析】本句意為：汽車取代了馬，成為日常交通工具。Replace “取代”；deny “否定、否認”；reproduce “復制”；ridicule “嘲笑”。故選replace。

2.【答案】B【解析】nearly “接近”；hardly “幾乎不”；certainly “肯定”；somehow “設法”。接近90%符合句意。

3.【答案】A

【解析】根據上下文,本句的意思應該是“大部分的美國人能夠買車”。

4.【答案】D

【解析】本句的意思是“汽車生產商開始改進產品，提高效率”，只有improve “改進” 符合句意。Raise提高; make制造; reduce減少。

5.【答案】C

【解析】根據上下文，只能選average “平均”。unusual不同尋常的。

6.【答案】D

【解析】本句缺主語，只有A和D可作主語，但A項的意思不符。Purchasing “購買”，符合句意。

7.【答案】A

【解析】本句指的是家庭收入，只有income符合句意。

8.【答案】C

【解析】在表示某物花費某人多少錢的意思時，若物為主語，動詞要用cost。

9.【答案】C

【解析】本句意為汽車的影響涉及整個經濟。Influence “影響”；affect是動詞，不符合語法；running和notice不符合句意。

10.【答案】B

【解析】spend (in) doing sth.是固定搭配。

Passage 16

More and more students want to study in“hot”majors. __1__ a result, many students want to give up their interests and study in these __2__ such as foreign languages, international business and law, etc. Fewer and fewer students choose scientific majors, such as maths, physics and biology, and art majors, __3__ history, Chinese and philosophy. Only a few students can study in these “hot” majors, because the number of these “hot” majors __4__ limited.

If one has no interest in his work or study, __5__ can he do well? I learned this from one of my classmates. He is __6__ the countryside. His parents are farmers. Though he likes biology, he chose “international business”. He __7__ to live a life which is different __8__ of his parents. In the end, he found he __9__ in doing business.He found all the subjects to be tiresome. __10__ this wouldn’t have happened if he had chosen his major according to his own interests.

1. A. Being B. For C. Having D. As

2. A. place B. room C. areas D. space

3. A. even B. like C. just D. or

4. A. is B. are C. would be D. have been

5. A. why B. and what C. how D. and how

6. A. out of B. off C. in D. from

7. A. wantsB. doesn’t wantC. enjoysD. doesn’t like

8. A. from which B. from that C. for which D. for that

9. A. was interested B. was clever C. was not interested D. was not clever

10. A. So B.Then C. Just then D. Maybe

1.【答案】D。

【解析】as a result表示“結果(是)……”。