单选题
Change, or the ability to (31) oneself to a changing environment is essential (32) evolution. The farmer whose land is required for housing or industry must adapt himself: he can transfer to another place and master the problems (33) to it; he can change his occupation, perhaps (34) a period of training; or he can starve to death. A nation which can't adapt its trade or defense requirements to (35) world conditions faces an economic and military disaster. Nothing is fixed and permanently stable. (36) must be movement forward, which is progress of a sort, and movement backward, which is decay and deterioration. In a changing world, tradition can be a force for good or for evil. (37) long as it offers a guide, it helps the ignorant and the uninformed to take a step (38) and, thereby adapt themselves to (39) circumstances. But if we make an idol of tradition, it ceases to be a guide. It becomes an obstacle (40) on the path of course. Man is to accept the help which tradition can give but to be well aware of its limitations in a changing world.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[注释] adapt oneself to 为常用词组,表示“使自己适应……”。在阅读句子时,应注意下文中反复出现了该词,抓住这一线索,就可选出正确答案。A. change(变换),B. fit (与……相称,使符合),D. adopt(采取,采纳;领养,收养)。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[注释] be essential to (for)...为固定搭配,意为“对于……是不可少的”。句中指的是“对于发展来说是必不可少的”。同义词组为be vital to。还要掌握二者在下面结构中的用法:It is+ essential/vital+ that从句,该结构的主语从句中要用(should)+V.形式。