Question

【题目】Choose words or expressions and complete the passage.

Are you thinking of spending part of your summer holidays in Britain? We can help you. Just read the following introduction of its nicest holiday town—Brighton.

Brighton, a famous holiday town next to the sea in Sussex, on the southeast coast of England, is only 50 minutes on a fast train from London.

The town usually has a population of 134,000 people, but in the summer this number_________ a lot as Brighton gets a lot of tourists. They come here to spend their holidays by the sea and students come from lots of different countries. It is a very busy place at this time of the year, and there always seems to be a party going on!

A long time ago Brighton was a quiet fishing town. It_______had a different name from today’s, Bright helm stone. Later on, when swimming in the sea became popular, many rich and important people, as well as writers, musicians and _________________began to arrive and Brighton became a popular seaside holiday town. Prince George（later became King George IV）,first came to Brighton in 1783. He liked it so much and used to spend part of the summer there. He asked John Nash, who was a very famous builder at the time, to build him a palace. It took about 40 years to build the palace and it_______ half a million pounds! Many famous and important people enjoyed Brighton over the years. Now more than 400,000 tourists come to Brighton and the palace—Royal Pavilion—every year.

The Royal Pavilion, with its beautiful rooms and museum, is not the_________ interesting thing in Brighton. In May, this friendly and colorful town holds an international ___________ with many different kinds of music, dance, and theatre from all over the world.

So if you are also interested in this wonderful holiday town, why not come and enjoy?

【1】A. improvesB. raisesC. risesD. includes

【2】A. evenB. stillC. hardlyD. never

【3】A. fishermenB. policemenC. driversD. artists

【4】A. usedB. tookC. paidD. cost

【5】A. firstB. onlyC. wholeD. very

【6】A. placeB. prizeC. festivalD. photo

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】D

【5】B

【6】C

【解析】

本文是一篇说明文，介绍了英国的一个度假小镇布莱顿。介绍了小镇的地理位置、人口、著名景点、发展历史等。

【1】句意：这个小镇通常人口是有134,000人，但是在夏天，这个数字会上升很多，因为布莱顿会迎来许多游客。

考查动词词义辨析。A. improves改善，提高；B. raises举起，提起；C. rises升高，升起；D. includes包含。根据句意，可知此处表示人数增加。A选项的improve表示提高某种能力，B选项的raise为及物动词，其后要接宾语，C选项的rise为不及物动词，故选C。

【2】句意：它甚至还有过和如今不同的一个名字。

考查副词。A. even甚至；B. still仍然；C. hardly几乎没有；D. never从未。根据前文说它曾经是个安静的小渔村，和如今不一样，可知后文是更进一步描述它曾经的不同，故选A。

【3】句意：许多富人和名人，包括作家、音乐家、艺术家等来到布莱顿，从此，布莱顿变成了一个受欢迎的海边度假小镇。

考查名词词义辨析。A. fishermen渔民；B. policemen警察；C. drivers 司机；D. artists艺术家。根据前文列举的writers和musicians，可知此处列举的是名人，故选D。

【4】句意：建这个宫殿花了四十年，耗资50万英镑。

考查动词辨析。A. used使用；B. took花费；C. paid支付；D. cost花费。use通常表示使用某种工具；take用于固定句式it takes sb.+时间+to do sth.；pay的主语是人，其后接金钱；cost的主语为物，其后接金钱。故选D。

【5】句意：这座皇家宫廷，有着美丽的房间和博物馆，却并不是布莱顿唯一有趣的地方。

考查形容词。A. first第一的；B. only唯一的；C. whole整个的；D. very十分。根据文意，可知布莱顿有许多好玩的地方值得一游，故选B。

【6】句意：在五月，这个友好又多彩的小镇会举办一个国际节，会有来自世界各地的音乐、舞蹈和剧院等。

考查名词词义辨析。A. place地方；B. prize奖品； C. festival节日；D. photo照片。根据后文列举的different kinds of music, dance, and theatre from all over the world，可知是举办一个国际节，故选C。