Question

【题目】完形填空

London is a ______ city. Over six and a half ____ people live there. People call the oldest part of London the city centre. It’s also a financial (金融的) city. _____ half a million people work in the _____. They go to work every day by train or by underground.Of course, lots of people go by car, too.

London has two airports, Heathrow and Gatwick. Heathrow, the larger______, is one of the busiest airports in the world.

There are also many places of ______ in London. Buckingham (白金汉宫) and Westminster Abbey (威斯敏斯特教堂）are two of the favourite ones for tourists. But the most famous building in London is the Tower. All of them make London more beautiful.

【1】A. small B. big C. new D. quiet

【2】A. million B. thousand C. hundred D. ten

【3】A. At last B. At the beginning of C. At least D. At the end of

【4】A. banks B. factories C. farms D. offices

【5】A. this B. those C. one D. ones

【6】A. interesting B. interest C. interests D. interested

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】C

【4】A

【5】C

【6】B

【解析】

【1】B考查形容词及语境理解。句意：伦敦是一个大城市。small小的；big大的；new新的；quiet安静的。结合地理知识可知伦敦是一个大城市，所以该选B。

【2】A考查数词及语境理解。句意：六百五十多万人住在那里。million百万；thousand前；hundred百；ten十。联系后面句子___ half a million people work in the _____.可知该选A。

【3】C考查介词短语及语境理解。句意：至少有五十万人在银行工作。 At last最后；At the beginning of在……开始时；At least至少；At the end of在……结束时。在这四个短语中能修饰数词的只有At least，所以选C。

【4】A考查名词及语境理解。句意：至少有五十万人在银行工作。banks银行；factories工厂；farms农场；offices办公室。联系前面句子It’s also a financial (金融的) city.可知该选A。

【5】C考查不定代词及语境理解。句意：希思罗机场的比较大，是世界上最繁忙的机场之一。this这；those这些；one一；ones是不定代词one的复数形式。所填词被形容词修饰，故排除了A和B，这里指的是伦敦两个机场中比较大的那一个，属单数。所以选C。

【6】B考查名词及语境理解。句意：在伦敦也有许多名胜。interesting有趣的；interest兴趣；nterests是interest的复数形式；interested感兴趣的。根据下文描述可知这里是说伦敦有很多名胜，place of interest，是一个固定短语，所以选B。