单选题 Text The following issue is what we are going to discuss. Most of the people who (26) most often and (27) gloriously in the history books are great conquerors and generals and soldiers, (28) the people who really helped civilization (29) are often never mentioned at all. We do not know who first (30) a broken leg, or launched a seaworthy boat, or (31) the length of the year, or (32) a field; but we know all about the killers and destroyers. People think a (33) deal of them, so much so that (34) all the highest pillars in the great cities of the world you will find the figure of a conqueror or a general or a soldier. (35) I think most people believe that the (36) countries are those that have beaten in baffle the greatest number of other countries and ruled (37) them as conquerors. It is just possible they are, but they are not the most civilized. Animals fight', so (38) savages. Then to be good at fighting is to be good (39) in which an animal or a savage is good, but it is not to be civilized. Even being good at getting other people (40) for you and telling them how to do it most efficiently--this (41) is what conquerors and generals have done—is not (42) . People fight to (43) quarrels. Fighting means killing, and civilized people ought to be able to find some way of settling their disputes other than (44) seeing which side can kill off the greater (45) of the other side, and then saying that that side which has killed most has won. And not only has won, but, because it has won, has been in the right. For that is what going to war means; it means saying that might is right.
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查惯用语的用法。a great deal of是一个固定词组，意为：“很多，大量”。例如：They have spent a great deal of money on this project．他们在这一工程上耗费了很多资金。a lot of和lots of都是词组，意为：“很多，大量”；much或more作为副词，不能与deal构成词组，故本题应选C项。
单选题
A. onto B. on C. at D. for
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查惯用语的用法。on all the highest pillars意为：“历史上所记载的，在历史的纪念柱上”，其中pillar的意思是：“柱子，纪念柱，中坚力量，积极支持者”等。
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查词语对应关系。D选项greatest与句中的greatest number of other countries相对应，意为：“最强大的国家就是在战斗中击败了数目最多的其他国家并统治他们的国家”。rich“富有的”； stronger“强大的”；powerful“有力的”都不能与greatest number of other countries相匹配。
单选题
A. in the way B. by the way C. on the way D. to the way
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查惯用语的语义辨析。in the way意为：“以……方式”； by the way意为：“在途中，在路旁，顺便”；on the way意为： “在路上，走向，在进行中”。此句的意思是：“因此人们好斗的天性和动物或是野人好斗的方式是一样的，但是这种好斗的天性是不能被教化的”。故应选A。
单选题
A. to attack B. to strike C. to fight D. to quarrel
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查语义辨析。Even being good at getting other people to fight for you…“即使擅长于让别人为你战斗……”，fight“战斗”； attack“攻击”；strike“敲打”；quarrel“吵架”。
单选题
A. above all B. after all C. all over D. all the while
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查惯用语的语义辨析。after all“毕竟，终归，归根到底”；above all“首先，尤其”；all over“全身，到处，遍及”；all the while“一直，始终”。
单选题
A. to be civilizedB. being civilizedC. to be good D. being good