题目内容
14.People may wonder(56)whydifferent words are used to describe these four(57)countries(country):England,Wales,Scotland and Northern Ireland.You can(58)clarify(clarify) this question if you study British history.First there was England.Wales was linked to it in(59)thethirteenth century.Now when people refer to England you find Wales (60)included(include)as well.Next England and Wales were(61)joined(join) to Scotland in the seventeenth century and later the name was changed to"Great British".(62)Happily(happy),this was accomplished without conflict when King James of Scotland (63)became(become)King of England and Wales as well.Finally the English government tried in the early twentieth century to form the United Kingdom by(64)getting(get) Ireland connected in the same (65)peaceful(peace)way.
分析 本文通过介绍英国的历史,主要解释了英国,威尔士,苏格兰和北爱尔兰这四个国家的名字的由来.
解答 答案:
56.why 考查句意理解以及从属连词 本句的意思是:人们可能想知道为什么用不同的词来描述这四个国家;此处指的是:为什么;故用why.
57.countries 考查名词 此处指的是:四个国家,故用复数名词countries.
58.clarify 考查动词的形式 本句的意思是:如果你学了英国历史,你就可以解释清楚这个问题了; 此处用在情态动词can之后,故用动词原形clarify.
59.the 考查定冠词 此处用在序数词thirteenth之前,指的是十三世纪;故用定冠词the.
60.included 考查固定结构 find sth.done意为:发现某事被…;此处指的是:现在当人们谈起英国的时候,你会发现威尔士也被包含在其中;故过去分词included.
61.joined 考查固定短语 be joined to 意为:被连接到…;被加在…之上;故用joined.
62.Happily 考查副词 此处用来修饰后面的句子,故用副词Happily.
63.became 考查时态 此处指的是当苏格兰的詹姆斯国王成为英格兰和威尔逊的国王时,应使用一般过去时,故用became.
64.getting 考查动名词 此处用在介词by之后作宾语,故用动名词getting.
65.peaceful 考查形容词 此处用来修饰名词way,故用形容词peaceful.
点评 本题主要考查了各种语法在短文中的具体运用.做本题时,需要在正确理解短文的前提下,逐句分析句意以及所考查到的语法现象;因此在平时的学习中,应熟练掌握各种语法知识,其中包括词法,句法,各种时态语态以及虚拟语气等.

This(45)Cwas talked about so much that scientists studied the horse's(46)D.The committee,after a(n)(47)Astudy,found that Clever Hans'owner and trainer was(48)A.He had not deliberately trained his horse to stop tapping by giving it a slight(49)B.Members of the committee got the right answers from Hans(50)Cwhen the owner wasn't there,(51)Dthat this type of trickery (诡计) hadn't happened.
It looked as if the horse really could think and(52)C.But soon after this another scientist found that if the horse was asked questions to which none of the people there knew the answers,then the animal(53)A gave a correct answer.The questions were asked by showing the horse a card that the questioner himself had not(54)B.
This biologist soon discovered that the horse had actually(55)Ato very slight unconscious movements of head or body made by a questioner who knew the(56)Bnumber of taps.He counted the taps to himself,and when the horse got to the right number,the questioner's tension was(57)Dby a small,unconscious movement of his head or body.The horse then(58)Ctapping.Questioners who didn't know the answer didn't do this.The horse had really(59)Bitself to answer these very small(60)Dduring its training.
41.A.believed | B.remembered | C.expected | D.doubted |
42.A.chance | B.knowledge | C.method | D.ability |
43.A.explanations | B.information | C.answers | D.facts |
44.A.jumping | B.tapping | C.moving | D.dropping |
45.A.problem | B.program | C.case | D.model |
46.A.interests | B.activities | C.habits | D.powers |
47.A.careful | B.simple | C.general | D.extra |
48.A.honest | B.creative | C.independent | D.patient |
49.A.praise | B.hint | C.trust | D.attention |
50.A.still | B.nearly | C.even | D.only |
51.A.knowing | B.considering | C.pretending | D.proving |
52.A.work | B.play | C.count | D.argue |
53.A.never | B.sometimes | C.always | D.ever |
54.A.designed | B.read | C.improved | D.answered |
55.A.responded | B.returned | C.complained | D.compared |
56.A.various | B.correct | C.strange | D.direct |
57.A.ignored | B.checked | C.offered | D.shown |
58.A.practiced | B.continued | C.stopped | D.began |
59.A.permitted | B.taught | C.regretted | D.forced |
60.A.suggestions | B.instructions | C.questions | D.movements |
A. | 观察 | B. | 看见 | C. | 失明 | D. | 看不见 |
A. | for the first time | B. | the first time | ||
C. | at the first time | D. | in the first time |
A. | /; the | B. | the; the | C. | the; an | D. | /; an |