题目内容
第二节:语法填空(共10小题,每小题1.5分,满分15分)
阅读下面短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空,并将答案填写在答题卷标号为31-40的相应位置上。
As settlers moved to California ___31 the mid-nineteenth century, they became
concerned about the lack of rapid _____32 (communicate) with the eastern United States. Because of the dangers and hardships of ___33 (cross) the West, mail often did not arrive. Therefore the most important mails _____34 (send) via Panama, ____35 took a month or more. In 1860 a stagecoach company decided to meet the problem by beginning the Pony Express. The company hired __36 bravest riders and bought the fastest horses __37 (use) as relay(替换) teams between Missouri and California, and the company promised __38 mails would be sent in ten days. The company established two hundred stations along the route at which riders could rest and change horses. In less than two years, __39 , telegraph lines were completed and the Pony Express was ___40 longer needed.
31.in 32. communication 33. crossing 34. were sent 35. which
36. the 37. to be used 38. that / x 39. however 40. no
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