单选题
Passage 7
Changes in residence and jobs place a tremendous amount of stress and pressure on people {{U}}(1) {{/U}} they try to adjust themselves to new people and places. Yet transient relationships are not {{U}}(2) {{/U}} only to people and places. Objects move in and out of our lives at an astonishing rate. America, the "consumer society", has also {{U}}(3) {{/U}} the name "the throw away society". Every year we throw away incredible quantities of bottles, cans, paper, and on and on. Buildings are torn {{U}}(4) {{/U}} around us, and new ones take their places; they are cheaper to replace than to repair. With every major change, our places feel less familiar. Our lives become filled with a sense of impermanence and uncertainty.
The rate at which new and sometimes contradictory information comes at us {{U}}(5) {{/U}} contributes to our feelings of instability and transience. It's estimated that 90 percent of all scientists who ever lived are alive today. New scientific discoveries are being made every day of the week, {{U}}(6) {{/U}} unlike in other ages, new ideas are quickly applied in practical ways. The {{U}}(7) {{/U}} of new technology on our lives is felt almost immediately.
As we look back on history, we think in terms of large periods of time, from the ten thousand years of the agricultural revolution to the three hundred years of the industrial {{U}}(8) {{/U}}. Today time feels like it's accelerating. We now {{U}}(9) {{/U}} to think of change in terms of centuries, or rather in terms of decades: the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s. The day may come when we think of great {{U}}(10) {{/U}} of historical change in terms of years, even months.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】so that引导结果状语从句、目的状语从句：as引导时间状语从句、原因状语从句；until引导时间状语从句，主句一般为否定；since引导原因状语从句。根据句子的意思可知，所填之词应该引导时间状语从句。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】所填之词应该与to搭配。limit to意为“限于……”；adapt to意为“适合……”；apply to意为“应用于……”；refer to意为“提到……”。本句话的主语是relationship，句子的意思为：短暂的关系并不仅限于人和地点。所以选用B、C、D都不合适。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】take意为“获得，赢得”，指“在一场游戏或竞赛中获得……”；call意为“称呼，命名”；earn意为“赢得，博得(名声)”；give意为“给予，授予”。所填之词的宾语是the name，所以应该选用earn。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】tear down意为“推倒”；tear off意为“扯掉”；tear up意为“撕毁”；tear away意为“疾驰”。本句话的主语是building，所以应该选用tear down。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】farther意为“更远”，强调距离；even意为“甚至”；further意为“更远”，指“在程度上更深的、时间上更往前的或空间上更远的”；ever意为“曾经”。根据句子的意思可知，选用A、B、D都不当。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】but表示转折；so表示结果；or表示选择；for表示原因。根据句子的意思可知，此处表示转折关系，所以只能选but。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】affect意为“影响”，是动词；impression意为“印象”；force意为“压力”；influence意为“影响”。本句话是说新技术对我们的影响，所以选项B、C不对；A是动词，用在此处不对。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】age意为“时代”，指人类历史的一个时代或时期，以其独有的特征或成就为标志；day意为“日子”；date意为“时期”，指持续的时间；time意为“时期”，为复数时指许多年，是以类似事件、状况或现象为标志的一段时间。根据句子可知，应该选用age。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】所填之词应该与后面的to搭配。manage to意为“设法……”；incline to意为“易于……”；tend to意为“趋向于……”；intend to意为“打算……”。根据句子可知，选用A、B、D都不合适。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】times意为“时代”；periods意为“时期”；portions意为“部分”；deals意为“数量”。根据后面的“years，even months”可知，这是时间段，所以应该选用periods。