单选题
Lately I have been noticing the great number of electrical appliances (电器) on the market. It seems to me that there are (36) now than a few years ago. I' m not really (37) why this is so; (38) I do have (39) ideas. The first is that we are just too (40) to do things by hand (41) . For every little job we once had to do there is now a (42) . The second is that electrical appliance companies are just trying to make (43) out of people's laziness. (44) all of these electrical appliances around for us to use now, I (45) how I would have lived fifty years ago. (46) , how would I have cleaned my floor? I guess I could have (47) one of those things called a "broom", which I (48) see now. I'm not trying to say I don't (49) electrical appliances; I certainly (50) . It is hard for me to imagine (51) I would do without my hair dryer! (52) , I do think a lot of modem appliances are needless and (53) may become even lazier by using them. (54) we'll have a catastrophic(灾难的) electric failure some day and (55) just how much we really have been depending on our electrical appliances!
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 考查比较级。本题较为容易,一是短文第一句中即有the great number(数量巨大)一处,说明电器数量多;二是空格后有一个than提示要用比较级。结合这两者即可知,正确答案是[C]。其余三项中,[A]、[D]两项是否定义,与短文第一句的意思不符;而[B]项则不是比较级。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 考查形容词搭配和上下文理解。sure指“确定”,其后跟about sth. 或者从句;happy指“高兴,愉快”,其后一般跟不定式或者that从句;interested指“感兴趣的”,其后跟in (doing) sth. ,不跟从句;surprised指“惊讶的”,其后跟at sth,也可跟从句。由于空格后是一个从句why this is so (为什么会这样),后文又列举了几个原因,且作者并未流露出自己对电器数量多这一情况是何种心理,故本题选[A]最恰当。
【答案解析】[解析] 考查上下文逻辑和固定搭配。由上下文文意不难看出,本题空格后的how问句是对前一句中how从句的一种具体化,故是举例,应选for example(比如说,例如)。其余三项也都是固定搭配,但都不表举例的逻辑关系:in fact指“事实上”,一般用于引出与前面所述不同的一种情况;by the way指“顺便说一句”,引出的是补充内容;in other words指“换句话说”,用于解释说明。
【答案解析】[解析] 考查动词辨义和上下文理解。由上下文文意,尤其是后面一句:It is hard for me... I would do without my hair dryer(难以想像没有吹风机我该怎么办)可知,此处指作者离不开电器,故选depend on(依赖,依靠)。其余三项都不对:change指“改变,变化”,share指“分享,共用”,worry about指“担心”。
【答案解析】[解析] 考查上下文理解。本题较为容易,因为前文中已经出现了we are just too lazy to do things和people's laziness,据此即知lazier的主语应当是人,且是泛指所有人,故选people。其余三项中,[A]、[C]项都不难排除,[B]项others则指“别人,其他人”,而本文并没有与之对应的参照者,故不能选。