单选题 If you are writing or studying, it makes very much difference where the light comes from. People who use books and pens every day 1 to be especially careful about the direction from which the light shines on their work.
A house gets it"s light 2 from daylight through windows 3 is very good to use or from the lamps, but no matter what kind of light it is, the direction it slants(倾斜) towards our books or our work is a matter of great 4 to the eyes.
Take a book, stand with your back toward the window, and try to read. Your shadow falls across the page and makes it bad for your eyes as if you were in a 5 room.
Now turn 6 and face the window. The page is the shadow again, while the bright light is in your 7 . Try standing with your right side towards the window. This is very good for reading, 8 if you were writing, the shadow would 9 the page and trouble you a little.
There is just one other way: stand with your 10 side to the window. Now everything is perfect for reading and for writing, too.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查动词用法。want想要;know知道have to必须。填入[A]、[C] 两项语法虽正确,但意思不合逻辑.have to实际上是一个情态动词,用在此处含有警告或者忠告的意味。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查连词固定搭配。由空格后与此处并列的or from...部分即可推知应选either,构成either ...or...这一固定搭配,指“要么…,要么…”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查从句连接词。由句子结构可知空格后是一个从句,修饰daylight(日光)。而先行词是事物,且连接词在从句中不充当句子成分,因此应用which。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查名词辨义与上下文理解。由句意及空格前的修饰语great可知应选importance(重要,重要性)。(be)of great importance to指“对…来说很重要”。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查形容词辨义与上下文理解。dark黑暗的,bright明亮的;small小的。由句意、句中的 shadow(阴影)、bad(不好的)及as if后所用的虚拟语气不难推知选[A] 。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查固定搭配。turn over翻转,打翻;turn around转身,转过来;turn off关上(电器等)。由句意可知这里是要读者转过身来脸朝窗户,因此选[B] 。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查名词与上下文理解。eye眼睛;face脸,back背(部)。由上下文与常识可知,脸朝窗户时,光线会照着眼睛、影响阅读,故选[A] 。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】考查上下文关系。由句意可知,空格前后是明显的对立关系,因此选表转折的but(然而,但是)。or表选择和让步,指“或者,否则”;so表示因果,指“因此”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】考查固定搭配。fall down落下,掉下;fall into落入,陷入;fall across(阴影等)投射在…上。在前文中已经出现过fall across这一搭配,考生应能很快确定答案。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】考查上下文理解。由于前面提到的是将右边(your right side)朝向窗户,并且分析的是这样做的坏处,这里肯定就是说将左边朝向窗户了,因此选与right对立的left。