Question

完形填空 　　This week a housewife brought a case(诉状)against the travel agency(旅行社)where she had worked, 　　1　　 that she had been wrongly dismissed．She suddenly became an unsatisfactory employee－because she 　　2　　 that she was 　　3　　 to marry the assistant manager! She was sacked(解雇)　　4　　 her wedding(婚礼)． 　　Instead of disapproving of 　　5　　 the travel agents had done, the press has, 　　6　　, taken a surprised, even sympathetic(同情的)attitude towards them．They seem to suppose that there is a real dilemma(左右为难)．And 　　7　　 many companies．A spokesman for one big firm declared, “Many couples are in the same department, but we 　　8　　 discourage them from working side by side．” 　　When I first joined BBC Radio 　　9　　 a studio(演播室)manager, I 　　10　　 not to work in the Drama Department, where my husband already had an established position．I asked 　　11　　, and was told it would be unfortunate if a wife were promoted over a husband! Times has changed－but 　　12　　．Today I think it would be felt that colleagues might not like it in case the couple plotted(密谋)together in some way, or caused people to feel uncomfortably with their family quarrels． 　　　　13　　 point of view is ridiculous．Husbands and wives who work together have a real contribution to make．They can take work home more happily, work overtime, and support and encourage 　　14　　 in their careers．　　15　　 the fear of their plotting together, this sort of thing is already common in most places where people work． (1) [　　] A． in case B． on the grounds C． for fear D． in order (2) [　　] A． would announce B． had announced C． was announced D． would have announced (3) [　　] A． about B． nearly C． almost D． already (4) [　　] A． in B． before the day for C． the day for D． the day before (5) [　　] A． that all B． all what C． what all D． what (6) [　　] A． on the whole B． in the whole C． by all D． unfortunately (7) [　　] A． so are B． so do C． neither are D． neither do (8) [　　] A． do B． have do C． must D． used to (9) [　　] A． for B． as C． to be D． act as (10) [　　] A． tried B． was made C． was let D． was advised (11) [　　] A． why B． them C． the reason for why D． what to do (12) [　　] A． that hasn’t B． for not much C． not that much D． not as much (13) [　　] A． What a B． Which C． Such D． Such a (14) [　　] A． one another B． each others C． themselves D． to work hard (15) [　　] A． But for B． As long as C． As for D． To get rid of

Answer 1

答案：1．B;2．B;3．A;4．D;5．D;6．A;7．B;8．A;9．B;10．D;11．A;12．C;13．D;14．A;15．C;
解析：

(1)	in case意为“万一”；for fear意为“生怕”；in order意为“为了”，这三项用在句中都不符合题意。on the grounds意为“因为，以……为理由”。根据句意“她来投诉，是因为她被错误地解雇了”。
(2)	根据上下文，这位妇女成为“令人不满意的雇员”是因为她“宣布要嫁给the assistant manager”，所以应该用过去完成时。
(3)	be about to do意为“将要做某事”，相当于be going to do sth．，其他三项都不符合题意。
(4)	表示“在结婚的那天”介词应该用on，而不能用in。the day for her wedding用法不妥。The day before her wedding意为“在她结婚的前一天”，此时间状语前面通常可省略介词，符合题意。
(5)	what相当于the thing(s)that或all the things that，用来引导宾语从句，其他三项都是错误的。
(6)	on the whole意为“大体上”，相当于generally。在这个短语中不能用介词in。其他两项不符合题意。
(7)	前一句They seem to…中谓语是实义动词seem，不是be动词。本句表示“许多公司也是如此。”所以应该用so do…。如果前一句是否定句，才能用neither do表示“同样也不”，所以D项不能用。
(8)	本句意为“许多夫妻双双在同一部门工作，但是我们却硬是阻止他们不要并肩工作”。这是公司的一贯做法，所以have to和must都不符合题意。used to表示“过去常常，现在不这么做了”，也不能用。do用在这里表示强调，加强语气。
(9)	as在这儿作介词，和join连用意思是“以……的身份参加”，其他三项用法都不妥。注意如果把act as改为and acted as也是对的。
(10)	根据下文I asked…and was told…，可以推测是“我”被劝说不要在the Drama Department工作，所以要用被动语态。was made not to work和was let not to work都有“被迫不让在某处工作”的意思，都不符合题意。
(11)	如果用asked them，句子结构和句意都不完整。the reason for why中的why应改为that。what to do意为“做什么”，用在这里意思不通。
(12)	根据上下文句子的意思是“时代已经变了，但变化还不怎么大”。A、B和D三项都不对。C项中的that相当于so。
(13)	What a…如果被用来引导一个感叹句，感叹句的结构不对，且少了感叹号。which用来构成疑问句，句后应是问号，但即使改为问号，也不符合句意。point是可数名词，用作单数时前面应加冠词a。
(14)	根据上下文，本句应为“他们在事业中互相支持，互相鼓励”。表示“互相”可用each other或one another，放在及物动词后面作宾语，所以选A项。
(15)	but for意为“要不是……”；as long as意为“假设”或“只要”；to get rid of意为“(为了)去掉……”，这三项都不符合题意。C项as for意为“至于”，相当于with regard to，它有时有贬义的意思，用在这里意思是“至于害怕他们会一起搞密谋……”，略带有“不屑一顾”的含义。