单选题 Like all the huge metropolises of the world, there are lots of diversions both outdoors and indoors in Chicago. The Art Institute of Chicago has one of the world's (1) art collections, including more French Impressionist paintings than even in the Paris Louvre itself. The Field Museum of Natural History and the Museum of Science and Industry are also great historical and cultural treasure houses to (2) as well as entertain children and adults (3) In the Field Museum one comes (4) a surprisingly big collection of Chinese exhibits from the ancient (5) to the early century. The Sears Tower and the Buckingham Fountain are the pride of the Chicagoans; (6) having 110 storeys is said to be the highest tower in the world and the (7) is the largest fountain in the United States. Lake Michigan is for yachting in summer time, (8) the highlights of Chicago life all the year round are concerts, operas and plays (9) by the city's orchestra, opera houses and theatres. In summer, especially around the Independence Day, July 4th, many festivals and fairs are given outdoors, which, (10) crowds and crowds of people, with their parades, fireworks, (11) concerts, water-skiing and good foods.
But with all its attractions and beautiful spots Chicago is also a city (12) for crimes. All the dwelling houses are (13) with three doors and visitors have to speak through microphone (14) in the wall to the residents before they can get admitted. In the streets there are white-color telephones. When one finds oneself (15) , he needs only to knock the receiver (16) the hook and the next instant the police will (17) . If one does not drive a car, it may well be dangerous for him or her to go out alone in the evening. At first I did not take this warning seriously. (18) , my two encounters with the Black people (19) dusk in the neighborhood were so unpleasant and frightening that I have (20) shut myself evenings in my room, in almost all studying, imposing a curfew on myself.

单选题 [A] smallest [B] smaller [C] greatest [D] greater
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查固定搭配与上下文逻辑关系。根据下文中提到的more一词可知，small显然是不对的，在选项C、D中，应该选择最高级，这是一种固定句型：one of the+形容词的最高级。
单选题 [A] instruct [B] tell [C] inform [D] conduct
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析与上下文逻辑关系。instruct意为“教育，教导”；tell意为“告诉”；inform意为“通知”；conduct意为“指导，组织”。根据上下文的文意，只有选项A正确，这里指：这些艺术珍品使孩子和大人在欣赏享受艺术的同时受到了教育。
单选题 [A] alike [B] both. [C] like [D] either
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析与用法。alike意为“一样，相同”，这里表示对成人和小孩子一样予以指导，给予欣赏；both意为“两者都”，应该是both children and adults；like意为“像……一样”，不用于句末；either意为“也，而且”，常用于否定句及疑问句中。
单选题 [A] upon [B] to [C] with [D] for
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查短语的固定搭配。Come upon意为“遇到，突然想到”；come to意为“来到，达到”；come with意为“随……而来”；come for意为“来拿……，来接……”。根据后面所接的宾语“a surprisingly big collection of Chinese exhibits”，只有选项A可以与之搭配，故正确。
单选题 [A] age [B] ages [C] time [D] times
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 考查固定搭配和用法。times在此表示“时代”，“古代”必须用“ancient times”这一固定的短语。
单选题 [A] the first [B] the former [C] the previous [D] the formal
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 考查固定搭配。the former是一个固定的搭配，表示“前者”，后者是“the latter”，它们一般配对出现。
单选题 [A] later [B] latter [C] late [D] former
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 考查固定搭配。前面空格处提到了前者，此处就是说的后者，故选项B正确。
单选题 [A] when [B] as [C] while [D] but
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查连词的用法。while除了表示时间外，还可以表示对比和转折的意思，翻译为“而……”，根据上下文，这里是把芝加哥和密歇根湖做了个对比。而其余几个词都无法表达这层含义。
单选题 [A] given [B] performed [C] conducted [D] acted
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析与固定搭配。give意为“给出”，无法与operas和plays搭配；perform意为“演出，表演”，可以与operas和plays搭配，为正确答案；conduct意为“指导，指挥”，可以接指挥乐队，不能和其他词搭配；act意为“扮演，演出”，只可以和play搭配。
单选题 [A] amazed [B] enticed [C] captured [D] attracted
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析。amaze意为“使惊奇”；entice意为“引诱，诱使”；capture意为“捕获，抓住”；attract意为“吸引”。根据上下文，这里表示的是：吸引了无数的观众，故选项D正确。
单选题 [A] outsides [B] outdoor [C] without [D] within
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 考查固定搭配与上下文逻辑关系。根据上下文，这里讲的是发生在户外的事情，而outdoor concerts是一个固定的短语，表示“室外音乐会”。
单选题 [A] notorious [B] known [C] famous [D] popular
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析与上下文逻辑关系。所填的词后面提到的是crime，故此处需要一个表示贬义含义的词。notorious意为“臭名昭著的”，是个贬义词，放在此处合适，其他几个词都不表示贬义。
单选题 [A] guarded [B] defended [C] protected [D] forefended
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析与上下文逻辑关系。protect意为“保护”；guard意为“守卫，警戒”； defend意为“保卫”；forefend意为“防止，防避”。这里根据上下文是说所有的住宅都安装三扇门进行保护，故选项A正确。
单选题 [A] equipped [B] installed [C] put [D] inserted
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 考查词义辨析与上下文逻辑关系。equip意为“配备，装备”；install意为“安装”； insert意为“镶嵌，插入”。这里讲的是装在墙上的小话筒，故选项B符合句意。
单选题 [A] in the moment [B] in necessity [C] in a juncture [D] in an emergency
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 考查短语辨析与上下文逻辑关系。in the moment意为“在……的时候”，一般用 in a moment，意为“马上，一会儿”；in necessity意为“需要，必须时”；juncture意为“时刻，关头”，一般用于短语at this juncture；in an emergency=if there is emergency，意为“如果发生紧急情况”。本句话是说：当人们发现自己身处险境时，他只需把话筒从挂钩上敲下来即可，不一会儿警察就会来救他了。
单选题 [A] off [B] out [C] down [D] away
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查介词用法与上下文逻辑关系。knock off意为“敲掉，敲落”；knock out意为“敲出，打出”；knock down意为“打倒，撞倒”；knock away意为“敲下”。选项A和D意思上近似，但有区别，off=away from sth．符合这里的语境。
单选题 [A] rescue him [B] come to his rescue [C] come to save [D] save
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 考查短语的固定搭配。come to his rescue意为“前来救他”。
单选题 [A] Therefore [B] Moreover [C] However [D] Whatever
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查连词用法与上下文逻辑关系。这里根据上下文的意思，前后是表示转折的，故选项C正确。
单选题 [A] in [B] on [C] at [D] by
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查短语的固定搭配。at dusk意为“黄昏”。
单选题 [A] since [B] then [C] after [D] until
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查上下文逻辑关系。本句表示的是从那时起直到现在，故选择since合适，同时，如果使用since时态要用现在完成时，本句用的正好是这个时态。