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　　Being not far from the sea, London is famous 1 its fogs. The worst of them 2 on December 4,1952. All movement in the town came to stop. It was almost impossible to drive or ride in anything. The streets which 3 into the center were filled with buses that moved two miles an hour. 4 however, the traffic was stopped. Being left by their 5 , the buses and cars stood empty in the streets. Many who usually traveled by bus took underground. But there were 6 many people there that the gates had to be closed. Being caught in the fog, people felt their way along the walls of houses with one hand, while they put out 7 in front of than so as not to knock against something or somebody.

　　At the Opera House(歌剧院) they got through the first act of La Traviata before so 8 fog had spread into the building that the 9 could not see the conductor.

　　It was a 10 fog, indeed, and as many as 4000 people in London lost their lives.

1．

[　　]

A．because

B．as

C．for

D．of

2．

[　　]

A．broke

B．happened

C．were happened

D．lasted

3．

[　　]

A．leads

B．is led

C．leading

D．led

4．

[　　]

A．Very slowly

B．Long before

C．Soon

D．Step by step

5．

[　　]

A．owner

B．drivers

C．engineer

D．passengers

6．

[　　]

A．such

B．so

C．quite

D．too

7．

[　　]

A．another

B．the others

C．the other

D．other

8．

[　　]

A．many

B．plenty

C．much

D．big

9．

[　　]

A．someone

B．drivers

C．managers

D．singers

10．

[　　]

A．terrible

B．fairly heavy

C．terribly

D．afraid

Answer 1

答案：C;B;D;C;B;B;C;C;D;A
解析：

1．C(be famous for…以……著名．) 　　2．B(happen表示“发生”，它没有被动语态．) 　　3．D(此处缺少谓语动词，故可以选择A，B和D中的一个．此句的主语是复数，故选择led．) 　　4．C(上句提到车速慢，所以很快就交通堵塞．) 　　5．B(从buses and cars来看，应填驾车的人．) 　　6．B(按上下文，可填so…that…或such…that…；但so修饰many，much，little和few，故填so．) 　　7．C(上文提到one hand，此处应指另一只手the other hand．) 　　8．C(雾(fog)大．要修饰a big fog用much．) 　　9．D(后面提到conductor(乐队指挥)，故填singers．) 　　10．A(是一场可怕的雾．)