单选题
Read the following passage and choose the best word for each space. For questions 26~45, mark one letter A, B, C or D on the Answer Sheet. Do you want to send an e-mail message to the White House? Good luck. In the past,【C1】______President Bush — or at least those assigned to read his mail — what was【C2】______your mind it was necessary only to sit down at a personal computer connected to the Internet and【C3】______a note to president@whitehouse.gov. But this week, Tom Matzzie, an online organizer with the A.F.L.-C.I.O., discovered that 【C4】______with the White House had become a bit more【C5】______. When Mr. Matzzie sent an e-mail protesting【C6】______a Bush administration policy, the message was bounced back with an automated reply, saying he had to send it again in a new way. Under a system【C7】______on the White House Website【C8】______the first time last week, those who want to send a message to President Bush must now【C9】______as many as nine Web pages and【C10】______a detailed form that starts by asking whether the message sender supports White House policy【C11】______differs with it. The white House says the new e-mail system is an effort to be more responsive【C12】______the public and offer the administration "real time" access【C13】______citizen comments. Completing a message to the president also requires【C14】______a subject from the provided list, then entering a full name, organization, address and e-mail address.【C15】______the message is sent, the writer must wait for an automated response【C16】______his message,【C17】______whether the addressee intended to send the message. The message is delivered to the White House only after the person using that e-mail address【C18】______it. "Over【C19】______, it's a very cumbersome process," said Jakob Nielsen, an authority on Web design. "It's probably designed deliberately to【C20】______on their e-mail."
单选题
【C1】
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】解析:考点:固定结构。分析:本句将目的状语提前,正确的语序应该是“it was necessary only to sit down to tell…”,其中“it”为形式主语, “to sit down”为真正的主语, “to tell”为目的状语,因此选项B.to tell正确。
【答案解析】解析:考点:词组辨析。分析:本句意为:“……只需在一台与因特网相连的个人电脑旁坐下,______邮件发到president@whitehouse.gov。”4个选项的意思分别是:A.cut off“切断,断绝”;B.see off“送行”;C.dash off“匆匆而写或画”;D.give off“发出(气体)”。只有选项C.dash off符合题意,这里指的是“一挥而就,将邮件发至……”,因此该选项正确。又如:I must dash off a few letters before I go out.(我在出去以前必须赶写几封信。)
【答案解析】解析:考点:习惯搭配。分析:4个选项中只有选项B.against能与protest相搭配,构成词组protest against,意为“反对……”。该句指的是“马奇先生发出一封电子邮件抗议布什政府的某项政策”,又如:They are holding a rally to protest against the government's defense policy.(他们正举行集会以抗议政府的防务政策。)
【答案解析】解析:考点:固定结构。分析:whether…or表示“是……还是……”,引导两个供选择的从句,如:We were wondering whether to go today or tomorrow.(我们弄不清是今天走还是明天走。)根据本文中信息词可判断选项B.or正确,代入句中该句意为“表格开头询问发件人是支持还是反对白宫的政策”。
单选题
【C12】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析:考点:习惯搭配。分析:be responsive to sb./sth.表示“对……回答,应答”,因此选项A.to正确,本句指的是“启用新的电子邮件系统是为了对公众做出更及时的应答”。
单选题
【C13】
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】解析:考点:习惯搭配。分析:access to sb./sth.表示“接近(某人/某物)的方法、机会、权利”,因此选项A.to正确,本句指的是“并让政府能实时获悉公民的意见”。又如:get access to classified information(得到接触秘密情报的机会)。