Part IV 完形填空

Cloze (10 points) choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the best answer for each blank and mark your answer on the Answer Sheet. The English countryside hasaclassic image. People imagine that life in the country is slow and calm; that there are no traffic jams, no pollution, and no crime. In some places, this is true; but in others it is not. Small towns and villages are becoming more and more popular ; people have more space and most houses have gardens. But problems are growing . Lots of people want to live in the country and work in the city; so more and more people travel long distances each day, to go to work. Of course they don't use buses or trains; they use cars. Little villages now have traffic problems in the morning, just like big cities! The problems are very complicated! If everyone moves into the country, the peace of the countryside will disappear ! People leave cities and big towns, to escape from urban problems; but more and more, they are bringing their problems with them. On warm summer days, and cold winter days, air pollution can beabig problem in large parts of the south of England, not just in London. Perhaps there is hope for the future. Soon Britain's population will stop rising. From about the year 2030, it will perhaps start to fall. In 100 year's time, there will be less people in Britain than today — perhaps two million less. No doubt there will be less pollution too; oil and petrol will probably be rare by then.

46. 1. other
    2. the others
    3. others
    4. another

    答案 C

    本题考查的是固定句型。some…others...表示"有些.....另一些" 的意思。此处指其他地方，用others代指，

47. 1. famous
    2. beautiful
    3. secure
    4. popular

    答案 D

    本题考查的是前后语义衔接。根据前文，很多人向往乡村生 活，所以小城镇和村庄会越来越受欢迎，

48. 1. declining
    2. growing
    3. solved
    4. involved

    答案 B

    本题考查的前后语义衔接。此处为转折问题却在增长，

49. 1. far
    2. short
    3. remote
    4. long

    答案 D

    本题考查的是前后语义衔接。根据前文的内容，很多人在乡村 生活，在城市工作，中间的路途肯定是长距离，

50. 1. like
    2. as
    3. for
    4. to

    答案 A

    本题考查的是前后语义衔接和短语辨析。just like 常作副词，放 在句中，后面词或者句子。just as通常作连词，可以放在句首，后面通常跟从句 根据横线后的名词big cities 推断，只能用just like。表示乡村出现了像城市一 样的交通问题。

51. 1. arise
    2. emerge
    3. continue
    4. disappear

    答案 D

    本题考查的是前后语义衔接。根据前文可知，如果人们都搬到 乡村来居住那山村的宁静就会消失，

52. 1. developing
    2. bringing
    3. causing
    4. creating

    答案 B

    本题考查的是前后语义衔接和常见搭配。根据前文，越来越多的 人从城市来到乡村，同时也会带来他们的问题。bring with 是固定搭配，表示"带 来了......."。

53. 1. parts
    2. places
    3. cities
    4. blocks

    答案 A

    本题考查的是名词辨析和常见搭配。part 部分，place 地方，city 城 市，block街区这里要表达的是英格兰南部的一些地区，只有parts of有这个意思

54. 1. fear
    2. plan
    3. hope
    4. vision

    答案 C

    本题考查的是前后语义衔接。根据下文，一百年后，随着人口下降 这些问题得到缓解，所以未来是有希望的，

55. 1. more
    2. less
    3. much
    4. few

    答案 B

    本题考查的是前后语义衔接。分析句意，随着人口减少，环境污染 问题肯定也会越来越少。