题目内容
1．My driving has improved a lot，but it is still ____ perfect．（ ）| A． | next to | B． | far from | C． | due to | D． | apart from |
分析 我的驾驶提高了许多，但远非完美．
解答 答案：B 考查介词短语．next to紧靠…旁边，贴近；far from远非；due to由于；apart from缺少；除…以外．根据句意，B项正确．
点评 考查介词短语，弄清楚各个介词短语的含义并区别各个介词短语之间的差异，了解某些介词短语的特殊用法，然后结合语境选择正确答案．
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1．Britain and Ireland
The British Isles is made up of two large islands：One is called Ireland and the other（27）B．Britain，or Great Britain，is the larger of these two islands，and it is（28）Ainto three parts：Scotland，Wales and England．
The United Kingdom is that （29）D of the British Isles ruled over by the Queen．It is made up of Scotland，Wales and England，that is，the（30）Dof Britain，and also about one sixth of Ireland，the Northern part．The（31）Cof Ireland is self-governing．The（32）Cname of the United Kingdom is（33）B"The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"．
（34）Dis larger and richer than Scotland，Wales and Northern Ireland，and has the largest（35）Dof the United Kingdom，so people often use the（36）A"England"and"English"when they（37）A"Britain"and"British"．This sometimes makes the Scots and the Welsh a little（38）A．The Scots in particular are very（39）Aof their separate nationality．The Welsh too do not regard（40）Das English，and have a culture and even a（41）Bof their own．
Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1801，but for forty years the"Irish （42）B"was the greatest headache of the United Kingdom．（43）A，Ireland is divided into two：Northern Ireland still（44）Bto the United Kingdom，and in 1922 the rest of Ireland（45）Cto found an Irish Free State，later called Eire and now the Republic of Ireland．
The Republic of Ireland does not regard itself as part of Britain，and is not now even a supporter of the Commonwealth of Nations （英联邦）．Unlike the major Commonwealth countries it did not lift a finger to（46）DBritish in the Second World War and now wants the whole of Ireland to be a republic．
The British Isles is made up of two large islands：One is called Ireland and the other（27）B．Britain，or Great Britain，is the larger of these two islands，and it is（28）Ainto three parts：Scotland，Wales and England．
The United Kingdom is that （29）D of the British Isles ruled over by the Queen．It is made up of Scotland，Wales and England，that is，the（30）Dof Britain，and also about one sixth of Ireland，the Northern part．The（31）Cof Ireland is self-governing．The（32）Cname of the United Kingdom is（33）B"The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland"．
（34）Dis larger and richer than Scotland，Wales and Northern Ireland，and has the largest（35）Dof the United Kingdom，so people often use the（36）A"England"and"English"when they（37）A"Britain"and"British"．This sometimes makes the Scots and the Welsh a little（38）A．The Scots in particular are very（39）Aof their separate nationality．The Welsh too do not regard（40）Das English，and have a culture and even a（41）Bof their own．
Ireland became part of the United Kingdom in 1801，but for forty years the"Irish （42）B"was the greatest headache of the United Kingdom．（43）A，Ireland is divided into two：Northern Ireland still（44）Bto the United Kingdom，and in 1922 the rest of Ireland（45）Cto found an Irish Free State，later called Eire and now the Republic of Ireland．
The Republic of Ireland does not regard itself as part of Britain，and is not now even a supporter of the Commonwealth of Nations （英联邦）．Unlike the major Commonwealth countries it did not lift a finger to（46）DBritish in the Second World War and now wants the whole of Ireland to be a republic．
| 27．A．Wales | B．Britain | C．England | D．Scotland |
| 28．A．divided | B．cut | C．broken | D．separated |
| 29．A．piece | B．island | C．country | D．part |
| 30．A．south | B．north | C．part | D．whole |
| 31．A．smaller | B．larger | C．rest | D．island |
| 32．A．correct | B．true | C．full | D．complete |
| 33．A．also | B．therefore | C．likely | D．perhaps |
| 34．A．The UK | B．The British isles | C．Great Britain | D．England |
| 35．A．colleges | B．officials | C．cities | D．population |
| 36．A．words | B．names | C．spellings | D．pronunciations |
| 37．A．call | B．forget | C．speak | D．write |
| 38．A．angry | B．difficult | C．tired | D．lonely |
| 39．A．proud | B．fond | C．full | D．kind |
| 40．A．it | B．Wales | C．them | D．themselves |
| 41．A．capital | B．language | C．history | D．programs |
| 42．A．Country | B．Question | C．Disease | D．Republic |
| 43．A．At last | B．So | C．Meanwhile | D．Also |
| 44．A．returns | B．belongs | C．gets | D．speaks |
| 45．A．hoped | B．refused | C．broke away | D．used |
| 46．A．feel | B．touch | C．fight | D．help |