Question

【题目】根据短文理解，从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择正确答案。
The seasons in Australia are opposite（相反）to ours. 1 it is winter here, it is summer there. Australia is 2 the south of the world. June, July and August are the winter months. The summer is in December, 3 and February. The north of the country is4 than the south. Australia's main（主要的） problem is water. A 5 large part of the country has no rain at all. But the east coast（海岸） has rain6 the year round. There are no dry months here. In March, 1982, there was a terrible drought（干旱） in Australia. The summer rain didn't 7. There were 138 million sheep in Australia that year. This was 14% of all the sheep in the world. Because there was not 8 rain and the grass didn't grow well, the farmers 9 to sell many of their sheep and many sheep 10, too. It was a great disaster（灾难）for Australia farmers.
（1）A.Because B.Since C.When D.For
（2）A.in B.on C.to D.near
（3）A.November B.January C.March D.October
（4）A.colder B.cooler C.hotter D.warmer
（5）A.very B.so C.too D.much
（6）A.whole B.half C.all D.part
（7）A.have B.fall C.give D.keep
（8）A.plenty B.a little C.a lot D.enough
（9）A.have B.had C.must D.needed
（10）A.died B.dead C.death D.dying

Answer 1

【答案】（1）、C
（2）、A
（3）、B
（4）、C
（5）、A
（6）、C
（7）、B
（8）、D
（9）、B
（10）、A

【解析】（1）C 前句The seasons in Australia are opposite to ours.已作出了提示, 故应选择连词when。故选C
（2）A 表示在“某一范围之内的某一方”要用介词in。故选A
（3）B 根据自然常识, 一季有三个月, 且句中已给出夏季中前后两个月December和February, 故选B。
（4）C 根据地理知识, 澳大利亚位于南半球, 其北方要比南方更靠近赤道, 因此北方的天气比南方热。故选C
（5）A 该题考查词汇意义和用法。so和too不能用在a large part of结构中, much通常用在形容词或副词的比较级前, 以加强语气, 也不符合该结构要求。故选A
（6）C 该题是考查词语的固定搭配。all the year round表示“整年”的意思。故选C
（7）B 该题是考查语意, fall表示“下雨”的意思。故选B
（8）D plenty和a lot后不能直接接名词。故选D
（9）B 由前后两句的时态提示, 确定此题答案应为B。
（10）A 这四个选项的单词都有“死”的意思, dead是形容词, death是名词, dying是现在分词, 它们都不能充当句子的谓语。故选A