单选题 An Indian anthropologist, Chandra Thapar, made a study of foreign cultures, which had customs similar to (91) of his native land. One culture in (92) fascinated him because it reveres one animal (93) sacred, much as the people in India (94) the cow. The things he discovered might interest you (95) you will be studying India as part of this course.
The tribe Dr. Thapar (96) is called the Asu and is found on the American continent north of the Tamhumara of Mexico. Though it seems to be a (97) developed society of its type, it has an overwhelming (98) with the care and feeding of the rac—an animal much like a bull in size, strength and temperament. In the Asu tribe, it is almost a social (99) to own at least one (100) not more rats. People not possessing at least one are (101) in low esteem by the community because they are too poor to (102) one of these beasts properly. Some members of the tribe, to (103) their wealth and social prestige, even own (104) of racs.
(105) the rac breed is not very healthy and usually does not live more than five to seven years. Each family invests large (106) of money each year to keep its rac healthy and shod, for it has a tendency to throw its shoes often. There are rac (107) in each community, perhaps more than one if the community is particularly (108) . These specialists, however, due to the long period of ritual training they must undergo and (109) the difficulty of obtaining the right selection of charms to treat the rac, demand (110) offerings whenever a family must treat an ailing rac.

【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 此处代词应代替前面customs,所以选those。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 能与in搭配的有detail、particular和fact,而根据句意应选particular,in particular即“特别”的意思。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 与前面的revere相搭配用as,revere...as...“把……当作……来膜拜”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本句前半部分提到revere一词,此处与前半部分是平行结构,所以选择D。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 句子前后是因果关系,所以选B since。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] search搜寻,调查;live居住;learn了解,学习;study研究。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] developed通常用highly修饰,即“高度发达的”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 四个选项中能与with搭配的只有preoccupation一词,另外前文又谈到崇拜某一动物的习俗,所以用preoccupation一词最合适,指“特别专注于某一事物”。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 此处应选obligation即“拥有一头rac几乎已成了一种社会义务”。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 此处应选if,意思是“如果不能拥有多头racs也至少要拥有一头“。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 四个选项中能与in搭配的只有held,即“使某人处于(极低的社会)地位上”。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 此处maintain的意思是供养。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 这四个词都有“显示、展示”的意思,但句中的展示带有炫耀的意味,而有此含义的只有display。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 形容牛群应用herds一词。pack带有贬义,用来形容人群;flock通常用来指羊群或鸟群;group可指任何组、群,不如herd贴切。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 初步看来unfortunately和actually都可用于此处,但从下文来看,rac生病带来的是沉重负担,所以应用unfortunately。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] large sums of是一个词组,意思是“大量的”,而sum用于a large sum of这一词组中,large前并没有a,所以应选sums。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 下一句提示出specialists一词。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 文章最后一句提到这些专科医生的收费是很高的,所以只有很富有的社区才能请得起他们。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 此处应选to,与前文due to相对应,省略了due。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 此处的offerings指养rac的人家送给医生的作为医疗费用的东西,而dear和over—priced是用来形容商品或服务价格的;much修饰不可数名词。所以选costly,意思是“代价高的”。