06年GCT考试英语辅导教材--完型(9)

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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来源：www.examda.com

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】本句意为：汽车取代了马，成为日常交通工具。Replace “取代”；deny “否定、否认”；reproduce “复制”；ridicule “嘲笑”。故选replace。

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

3.【答案】A

【解析】根据上下文,本句的意思应该是“大部分的美国人能够买车”。

4.【答案】D

【解析】本句的意思是“汽车生产商开始改进产品，提高效率”，只有improve “改进” 符合句意。Raise提高. make制造. reduce减少。

5.【答案】C

【解析】根据上下文，只能选average “平均”。unusual不同寻常的。

6.【答案】D

【解析】本句缺主语，只有A和D可作主语，但A项的意思不符。Purchasing “购买”，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】在表示某物花费某人多少钱的意思时，若物为主语，动词要用cost。

9.【答案】C

【解析】本句意为汽车的影响涉及整个经济。Influence “影响”；affect是动词，不符合语法；running和notice不符合句意。

10.【答案】B

【解析】spend (in) doing sth.是固定搭配。来源：www.examda.com

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“结果(是)……”。

2.【答案】C。

【解析】根据本句内容可知：“许多学生想放弃(give up)他们的爱好而学习诸如外语、国际贸易、法律这些学科(领域)(areas)”。来源：www.examda.com

3.【答案】B。

【解析】like在此基本上等于such as，以避免重复。

4.【答案】A。

【解析】the number of与单数谓语连用。

5.【答案】C。

【解析】参见8。在how can he do well中，动词do作不及物动词，意为“进行”，“发展”。

6.【答案】D。

【解析】Be from…来自……。

7.【答案】A。

【解析】Doesn’t want，doesn’t like不符合语意，答案enjoys不符合语法规则。

8.【答案】B。

【解析】be different from that of his parents与其父母的生活不同。That指前面的life。

9.【答案】C。

【解析】was interested不符合语意，was clever，was not clever易排除。

10.【答案】D。

【解析】“或许在当初他按照自己的爱好选择他的专攻课程，这种情况就不会发生”。此句表示与过去事实相反(条件句中用虚拟语气)。