单选题
Directions:
Read the following text. Choose the best word or phrase for each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on your ANSWER SHEET.
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In Britain, winter is the season not only for visits to the theatre, opera, concerts and ballet, but also for shopping or for sightseeing.
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【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】本题所选的词应该根据后文来推断,后文描述了伦敦冬季一片热闹景象,因此应该选busiest。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】这里要突出的是伦敦娱乐服务,因此选especially。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】从本句话意思可以看出,应该选shops。因为只有shop才有众多的商品出售。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】这里their指代前面的shops。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】shopper意为购物者。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】sale意为甩卖,西方国家在Christmas过后一般都有大批的商品甩卖。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】offer意为提供,不用presents是因为少了一个介词with。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】这里provincial是与伦敦这个capital相对的。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】eager意为热切的,有购物欲望的意思。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据下一句话的意思,应该用in,即即使你住在伦敦,你也得到处逛逛。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】从下一句话可以看出,人们还可以到伦敦之外的地方去远行,那么这里spend的对象就不应该是money而是time。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】一整年应该用all the year round。
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】看一看应该用see。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】此处是there...be句型。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】定语从句用which做先行词。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】整年即throughout the year。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】租一辆车应该用hire。
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】drive out into在这里指开车到外面看看冬天的美丽景色。
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】这里没有递进的语气,因此用still,表示仍然、依旧。
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】“at this time of the year”指一年中人们将有更多时间闲聊。