Question

【题目】Motor cars were first made in England just before 1900. The parts for the bodies and engines(发动机)were __ made, and the cars built from these were popular at one time. This lasted a long time and the cars __ a lot of money.

Some of these cars are __ running and every year take part in a race from London to Brighton.

Later the makers had to find a quicker and ___ way of making cars so that more people could buy them. ___ making all the parts on their own, some car makers ___ other factories to do this. The parts were only fitted together by the car makers.

An American named Henry Ford found a quick way of ___ cars. He had a ___ of men who fitted together each part of a car. Then the men moved on to another car.

When the cars were ___, they were driven away and another line of cars was started.

Today the cars are carried by a moving track. Modern car-making works are ____ large that each one is really a lot of factories close together. Thousands of men and women work in each factory, make and assemble(装配)the many different parts of cars.

【1】A. arm B. hand C. machine D. nature

【2】A. spent B. paid C. used D. cost

【3】A. even B. still C. also D. only

【4】A. expensive B. cheaper C. stranger D. important

【5】A. Instead of B. Because of C. In order to D. By

【6】A. had B. ordered C. asked D. hoped

【7】A. carrying B. buying C. selling D. making

【8】A. group B. many C. few D. little

【9】A. given B. noticed C. finished D. gone

【10】A. so B. such C. too D. just

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】B

【4】B

【5】A

【6】C

【7】D

【8】A

【9】C

【10】A

【解析】

短文大意：本文是一篇说明文，介绍了汽车制造的历史轨迹和发展历程。

【1】句意：车身和发动机的零件是手工制造的。考查名词辨析题。根据句意语境，可知选B。

【2】句意：这持续了很长一段时间，汽车也花了很多钱。考查动词辨析题。A. spent花费（时间/金钱），主语需是人；B. paid付钱，主语需是人；C. used使用，主语需是人或有生命的事物；D. cost花费/价值，主语需是物。本句主语the cars是物，根据句意语境，可知选D。

【3】句意：其中一些车还在行驶，每年都要参加从伦敦到布莱顿的比赛。考查副词辨析题。A. even甚至；B. still仍然；C. also也；D. only仅仅。根据下文and every year take part in a race from London to Brighton.，可知有些车还在行驶，still符合句意，故选B。

【4】句意：后来，汽车制造商不得不找到一种更快、更便宜的制造汽车的方式，以便让更多的人能够购买。考查形容词比较级辨析题。and连接并列结构，根据前面的quicker，可知用比较级，可排除AD两项。结合下文so that more people could buy them.，可知cheaper符合句意，故选B。

【5】句意：一些汽车制造商没有自己生产所有零部件，而是要求其他工厂这样做。考查动词辨析题。A. Instead of（是…）而不是…，强调作为…的替换；B. Because of因为，表原因；C. In order to为了，表目的；D. By通过，表方式。根据句意语境，可知BCD三项意思都与句意不合，故选A。

【6】句意：一些汽车制造商没有自己生产所有零部件，而是要求其他工厂这样做。考查动词辨析题。A. had有；B. ordered命令，表示强制性动作；C. asked要求/请求；D. hoped希望，表示动作尚未发生。ask sb. to do要求某人做某事；根据句意语境，可知ABD都不合句意，故选C。

【7】句意：一位名叫亨利·福特的美国人发现了一种快速制造汽车的方法。考查动词辨析题。根据首句Motor cars were first made in England just before 1900.和第三段Later the makers had to find a quicker and cheaper way of making cars so that more people could buy them.，可知短文介绍的是汽车制造，make制造/生产，故选D。

【8】句意：他有一群人，他们把汽车的各个部件装配在一起。考查形容词辨析题。A. group B. many不可和不定冠词a/an连用，可排除。a group of一群（人、虫、兽等），后接复数名词；a few of少数几个；a little of一点，后接不可数名词。men是复数名词，根据句意语境，可知选A。

【9】句意：汽车完工后，他们就被开走了。考查动词辨析题。A. given给；B. noticed注意/通知；C. finished完成；D. gone去（某地）。根据下文they were driven away and another line of cars was started.另一条汽车生产线开始，可知此前的组装完成，故选C。

【10】句意：现代汽车制造工厂是如此之大，以至于每一个工厂都是紧密相连的。考查so…that结构。such后接名词（短语），large（大的）是形容词，可排除。so…that如此……以至于，引导结果状语从句，其否定句可用too…to代替。本句是结果状语从句，根据句意语境，可知选A。

完形填空，它集阅读理解、语法、词法、句法于一体，是难度最大的题，重点考查语言综合运用的能力。解题的方法第一要带着空，通读文章，搞清事件发生的背景。紧紧抓住上下文语境所提供的信息,充分利用各种线索，语法知识,以及句子之间的关系，词的搭配，结合上下文背景语境，结合句意选择适合语境的选项。