单选题
Read the following passage and decide which answer best fits each space. For questions 26~45, mark one letter A, B, C or D on the Answer Sheet.The "standard of living" of any country means the【C1】______person's share of the goods and services which the country produces. A country's standard of living, therefore depends【C2】______and foremost on its capacity to produce wealth. "Wealth" in this【C3】______is not money, for we do not live on money【C4】______on things that money can buy: "goods" such as food and clothing, and "services" such as【C5】______and "entertainment". A country's capacity to produce wealth depends upon many factors, most of which have an effect【C6】______one another. Wealth depends【C7】______a great extent upon a country's natural resources. Some regions of the world are well supplied with coal and minerals, and have a【C8】______soil and a favorable climate; other regions【C9】______none of them. Next to natural resources【C10】______the ability to turn them to use. China is perhaps as well off as the USA in natural resources, but suffered for many years from【C11】______and external wars, and for this and other reasons was incapable【C12】______her resources. Sound and【C13】______political conditions, and freedom from foreign invasion, enable a country to develop its natural resources peacefully and steadily, and to produce more wealth than another country【C14】______well served by nature but less well ordered. A country's standard of living does not only depend upon the wealth that is produced and【C15】______within its own borders, but also upon what is indirectly produced through international trade. For example, Britain's wealth in foodstuffs and other agricultural products would be much【C16】______if she had to depend only on those grown at home. Trade makes it possible for her surplus manufactured goods to be traded abroad for the agricultural products that would【C17】______be lacking. A country's wealth is, therefore, much【C18】______by its manufacturing capacity,【C19】______that other countries can be found ready to【C20】______its manufactures.
【答案解析】解析:考点:习惯搭配。分析:词组first and foremost意为“首要的”,本句表示“因而一个国家的生活标准首要取决于该国生产财富的能力”。又如:He does a bit of writing,but first and foremost he’s a teacher.(他也写一些文章,但他首要是个教师。)
单选题
【C3】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析:考点:词义辨析。分析:本句4个选项的意思分别是:A.(in this)way“在这一方面”;B.feeling“感觉”;C.sense“意义,感官”;D.occasion习惯上与介词on相搭配(on this occasion),意为“在这一场合”。该句意为“财富在这一意义上不是指货币”,选项C既符合题意又符合语法要求。
【答案解析】解析:考点:习惯搭配。分析:词组be capable of(doing)sth.意为“能够做……”,因此选项B正确。本句意为“由于某种原因,中国不能开发自己的资源”。又如:He is capable of running a milein four minutes.(他能用4分钟跑完1英里。)
【答案解析】解析:考点:词义辨析。分析:本句意为:“因而一个国家的财富受到该国生产力的很大——”。4个选项的意思分别是:A.impressed“给予深刻的印象”;B.effected“产生……的影响,导致了……”,如:The storm effected a flood in this area.(这场暴雨给这个地区造成了洪水。);C.influenced“影响,对……起作用,左右,支配”,如:It's clear that her paintinghas been influenced by Picasso.(她的画显然受到Picasso的影响。);D.infected“感染,传染”。只有选项C符合题意。
单选题
【C19】
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】解析:考点:逻辑关系。分析:本句意为:“一个国家的财富在很大程度上受其生产能力的影响,——能有其他国家愿意……其产品”,该处缺少连词,因此只有选项C“只要,假如”是正确答案。又如:I will agree to go provided(that)my expenses are paid.(假如为我担负费用,我就同意去。)