题目内容
20.Special Public BudgetGraffiti (涂鸦) Vandalism (故意破坏公物的行为)in Adelaide costs the public purse more than two million dollars a year,which (33)has been revealed(reveal).Ratepayers and taxpayers foot the bill for continual cleanups of graffiti from metropolitan bus shelters,public buildings and reserves,TransAdelaide alone spends about one million dollars a year (34)removing(remove) graffiti from buses and trains.And Adelaide's 27metropolitan councils expect to spend at least one million dollars this financial year on graffiti clean-ups.
However,costs would be hundreds of thousands of dollars higher (35)If councils did not rely on volunteers or criminals serving community service orders to do the work.Glenelg Council,for example,has a Correctional Services Department team which removes graffiti from the foreshore area at least once a week.Other councils,(36)like Elizabeth,Noarlunga and Payneham,have employed special anti-graffiti officers.Salisbury is among those councils (37)which call on a data bank of volunteers to immediately paint out graffiti"tags".
Despite the"tagging"of the War Memorial on North Terrace (38)followed (follow) by the public outcry 18months ago,several councils have reported a significant increase in graffiti attacks.
"We have budgeted 53,200 for clean-ups this year,but we will go over that.Each year the budget goes up by 15 or 20 per cent,"an Elizabeth City Council spokesman said yesterday,"It really is (39)anenormous social problem."
A spokesman for Stirling Council said his council could easily spend 20,000 a year on graffiti,but could not afford 6,000 for the most offensive or obvious work."It's not a matter of how much graffiti you have,(40)buthow much you can afford to clean up,"he said.
分析 本文主要讲述的是一个特别公共预算--清理城市涂鸦开支增加的情况.城市涂鸦这种不文明行为每年要花上阿德莱德200多万美元,这件事情已经被揭露了.纳税人们不停为清理涂鸦而买单,这些涂鸦出现在大都会公车棚、公共建筑和历史遗迹之上,仅TransAdelaide一个机构每年就要在清理公交火车涂鸦上花费近100万美元.清理城市涂鸦也导致了冲突的增长.
解答 33.has been revealed 34.removing 35.If 36.like 37.which 38.followed 39.an 40.but
33题答案是has been revealed.本题考查的是非限制性定语从句和被动语态.城市涂鸦这种不文明行为每年要花上阿德莱德200多万美元,这件事情已经被揭露了.故答案是has been revealed.
34题答案是removing.本题考查的是现在分词短语,表示目的.纳税人们不停为清理涂鸦而买单,这些涂鸦出现在大都会公车棚、公共建筑和历史遗迹之上,仅TransAdelaide一个机构每年就要在清理公交火车涂鸦上花费近100万美元.故答案是removing.
35题答案是If.考查条件状语从句.根据前后文的逻辑关系可以判断,此处作者想要阐述条件.故答案是If.
36题答案是like.本题考查的是固定搭配.举例说明其他市政服务机构包括哪些.故答案是like.
37题答案是which.查定语从句.该从句缺主语,而which在定语从句中可指物,故用关系代词which在从句中作主语. 故答案是which.
38题答案是followed.本题考查的是过去分词.过去分词作后置定语修饰前边的"the‘tagging'of the War Memorial on North Terrace".清理城市涂鸦也导致了冲突的增长.故答案是followed.
39题答案是an.本题考查的是冠词.enormous social problem中的enormous是发音是以元音音素开头的单词,且problem是可数名词单数形式,故前面用不定冠词an修饰.
40题答案是but.考查连词和固定搭配.前半句有not…此处用but."不是…而是…".故答案是but.
点评 本文主要讲述的是一个特别公共预算--清理城市涂鸦开支增加的情况.题型涵盖了被动语态、时态、非谓语、原因状语从句、固定搭配、定语从句、过去分词、冠词、连词等板块.本文文章有难度,因为出现了很多不熟悉的生词,但是挖空处要填的内容难度不大,而且填空部分几乎没有难词、偏词、怪词.所以,扎实的语法基本功以及理解力是考生确保语法选择题拿满分的前提.这篇文章除了要求学生的语法功底外,更不能忘了有不少题目是需要通过上下文语境和语义来进行填空的.
A.Joint effort in the development of for-profit centers B.Benefits brought to parents C.An alternative to the problem of public playgrounds D.Suitable time arrangement for working parents E.Parents'worries of the kids safety in the new playground F.Parents'concern about kids playing time |
As public playgrounds grow increasingly worn and shabby,the for-profit centers offer clean,safe,supervised activities as well as a variety of challenging exercises to develop youngsters'physical fitness,usually for a fee of around﹩5 an hour."Playgrounds are dirty,not supervised,"says Dick Guggenheimer,owner of the two-month-old Discovery Zone in Yonkers,N.Y.,part of a Kansas City-based chain."We're indoors; we're padded; parents can feel their child is safe."
77.A
Discovery Zone has sold 120 outlets in the past 14 months,boasting sandboxes full of brightly colored plastic balls,mazes,obstacle courses,slides and mountains to climb.Now McDonalds is getting into the act.The burger giant is test-marketing a new playground,Leaps&Bounds,in Naperville,Ill.Phys Kids of Wichita has opened one center and has plans to expand.
78.F
American parents are rightly worried about their kids'leisure life.There are 36 million children in the U.S.aged 2 to 11 who watch an average of 24 hours of TV a week and devote less and less energy to active recreation.Nationwide decrease in education budgets are making the problem worse,as gym classes and after-hours sports time get squeezed.Says Discovery Zone president Jack Gunion:"We have raised a couple of pure couch potatoes."
79.D
In an attempt to attract more people,the new facilities cater to (迎合) the concerns of two-earner families,staying open in the evenings,10ng after traditional public playground have grown dark and unusable.At Naperville's Leaps&Bounds,families can play together for﹩4.95 per child,parents free.Fresh-faced assistants,dressed in colorful sport pants and shirts,guide youngsters to appropriate play areas for differing age group.
80.B
These new playgrounds are not meant to be day-care facilities; parents are expected to stay and play with their kids rather than drop them off.But several also provide high-tech baby-sitting services.At some of the Discovery Zones,parents can register their children in special supervised programs,then leave them and slip away for a couple of hours to enjoy a movie or dinner.The most fun of all,though,is getting to do what parents used to do in the days before two-career families and two-hour commutes:play with their kid.That,at least,is old-fashioned,even at per-hour rates.