题目内容
Australia is nearly as large as the United States,but most of it is too 1 for people to live in. Around the 2 of this huge dry part are large sheep and cattle 3 . A few of them are as large as the smallest 4 in America. Often the nearest neighbors are many hundred miles away.
The 5 radio is very important to people who live 6 these great Australian farms. It works much like a telephone. A person can listen to someone 7 talk and then give an answer.
When these radios first came into 8 ,the Australian government set up a special twoway radio 9 . Then,people on the large farms could talk to a doctor hundreds of miles away. They could tell the doctor about someone who was sick,and the doctor could let them know 10 to 11 for the sick person.
Since the large forms were 12 far away from the towns,the children could not go to school. Radio schools were 13 for them in some areas. 14 a certain time each day,the boys and girls turned on their radios and listened to 15 in cities miles away.
Families on the large farms wanted to 16 news to their neighbors. " Round robin" talks by radio were started to 17 families in touch with each other. They could talk about who was going away or who was sick or who was 18 married. The men could talk about their sheep and cattle and how much money the market would 19 for them. In many ways the radio became a 20 for the farm people of Australia.
( ) 1. A. moist B. drought C. dry D. humid
( ) 2. A. edge B. side C. center D. part
( ) 3. A. villages B. countryside C. states D. farms
( ) 4. A. cities B. states C. areas D. regions
( ) 5. A. two ways B. twoside C. twoway D. two sides
( ) 6. A. on B. in C. at D. by
( ) 7. A. different B. else C. another D. other
( ) 8. A. effect B. practice C. management D. use
( ) 9. A. item B. arrangement C. programme D. design
( ) 10. A. how B. what C. which D. that
( ) 11. A. cure B. care C. treat D. concern
( ) 12. A. too B. very C. quite D. so
( ) 13. A. put up B. got up C. set up D. build up
( ) 14. A. At B. In C. For D. By
( ) 15. A. parents B. teachers C. neighbors D. relatives
( ) 16. A. spread B. get C. bring D. give
( ) 17. A. keep B. let C. have D. make
( ) 18. A. being B. having C. getting D. wanting
( ) 19. A. cost, B. pay C. take D. spend
( ) 20. A. booklet B. magazine C. article D. newspaper
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1. C B项是名词不妥。
A和D与事实不符，因澳大利亚的大部分地方为干旱的沙漠地区故答案应选c。
2. A此处为"围绕干旱地区周边"，A是最佳选项。
3. D可根据上下文做出判断。
4. B美国各地叫做"state州"，B选项在此最符合句意。
cities、areas和regions等的概念有大有小，用在这里无法进行对比，均不对。
5. C这里需要一个形容词来修饰radio。答案C为复合形容词，表示"双向通信系统"。正确答案应选 C.
6. A可参见随后的farm—词。由此可知答案应选A. 同时，on the farm是一固定搭配短语。
7. B本句的意思是"一个人可以听到其他人的讲话"与前面的"像个电话"相吻合。
else — 词的用法应该用在疑问代词或不定代词之后,表示"其他、另外、别的"等意思。其他选项不能用在此处。故答案选 B.
8. D B项有些迷惑人。但不可以与come into 连用。
D项come into use的意思为"开始使用"，符合此处的需要。
come into effect虽也可以构成短语，但意思是"开始生效"，句意不符。
9. C此处programme的意思是"节目，程序，纲要，计划"等;而item是"项目，条款，(信息、情报等的) 一则，一条"；arrangement是"排列，安排"；design是"设计，图案，花样，企图，图谋"，均不符合此句的要求。
10. A how to…构成不定式的复合结构作know的宾语。故答案选A.
11. B A、C和D项都是及物动词，不与后面的for连用。 D项要是名词或用在be con?cerned for的固定短语中，才可与for连用。 care for的意思是"关心，关怀，照料"，符合题意所以正确答案应选 B.
12. D此题每个选项看似都可以填人空中，但因含有较明显的因果关系，故正确答案应选D0
13. C build up似乎可以选用但时态不对。
14. A at表示在每天的一个固定时间打开通讯来上课。故A项是正确答案。
15. B根据句意应是听老师讲课。
16. D to give news是"发表;宣布；声明；报导新闻"之意。其他选项不对。
17. A 固定短语keep in touch withD
18. C A和C从搭配上符合句意。但A项前面已有was,再用就重复了。故答案应选 C.
19. B take for是"认为，以为"，与句意不符。 A和D不与for连用。
20. D根据文章的最后部分可以判断出，这种双向通讯系统可好比是一份报纸，随时了解身边所发生的一切。文章、杂志和小册子明显与句意不符。故D为最佳选择。
