单选题
British Government

When British voters go to the polls during General Elections to decide (51) will govern them they usually have a choice of at least three candidates who will each (52) one of the three main political parties in Britain today.
The Labour Party is the party of (53) , while the Tory Conservative Party the right and (54) the two, with policies and opinions of its own, is the smaller Liberal Party.
Britain is divided into over 600 political units called "constituencies", each with (55) own candidates who stand for Parliament hoping to be elected (or re-elected) with large majorities. The cities and large towns are themselves divided into constituencies and they also choose the Members of parliament (MPs) who will represent their (56) in the houses of Parliament at Westminster. Here, in the "House", the government (57) the day led by its Prime minister and his Cabinet—a team of specially selected ministers— (58) its duties of governing the country. Various proposals are put forward for debate and discussion and these may, (59) become part of the law of the land. The government (60) has to face the criticism of the other parties which are in opposition. This. is the sort of democratic process that the majority of British people seem to (61) Her Majesty's Government is watched over by Her Majesty's Opposition, and (62) a certain balance of power is maintained. Decisions are made by a majority vote and this, of course, is (63) the other parties, the liberals, the national and Regional parties and other independent parties can (64) their influence. Some issues may be decided on a (65) handful of votes.

单选题 A. what B. which C. who D. whom
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】主句中提到了candidates，据此我们推断这里应该选一个表示人的疑问代词，作decide宾语从句的主语。
单选题 A. represent B. present C. stand D. oppose
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】这句话是说：英国选民至少可以有三个候选人，分别代表英国三个主要政党。represent意为“代表”；present意为“给、拿出”；stand意为“站”； stand for意为“代表”；oppose意为“反对”。
单选题 A. rightist B. leftist C. the right D. the left
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】在英国，工党和保守党是两大对立党派，这从连词while一词即可窥见一斑。后半句提到保守党是右派党，用的是the right，我们自然地就想到工党应该是the left或leftist：左派党人。
单选题 A. between B. among C. from D. amidst
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】between意为“在(两者)之间”，among意为“在(三者)之间”， from意为“从……中间”，amidst意为“在……中间”。自由党不属于工党和保守党，是独立的，所以不能用from和amidst。
单选题 A. its B. their C. his D. her
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】each指的是each constituency，它的所有格当然是its。
单选题 A. outlooks B. prospects C. views D. morals
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】outlook意为“展望、看法”，prospect意为“希望、前途”，view意为“看法”，morals意为“品行、终身”。这句的意思是，选民们希望自己所选的议员能在威斯敏斯特议会上代表选民自己的意见。
单选题 A. for B. with C. of D. in
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】the government of the day意为“现在的政府”，of短语是定语，用来修饰the government。
单选题 A. carries B. gives C. takes D. goes
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】carry意为“持有”(表静态)，give意为“给”，take意为“拿到，抓住”(表动态)。
单选题 A. at last B. finally C. necessarily D. eventually
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】“有关这些事宜的问题最终可能变成法律”，因此选eventually。
单选题 A. in office B. in position C. in place D. in upperhand
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】party in office是固定用法，意为“执政党”。
单选题 A. agree B. disagree C. favour D. follow
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】英国人民是否喜欢这种政体呢?从democratic这个褒义词推断，英国人民应该对这种制度持肯定态度，所以选favor。
单选题 A. thus B. however C. so D. as
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据句意，上句的意思是“在野党时时监督执政党”，这句的意思是“一种权利平衡……”。我们可以推断出，监督体制可以维持权利平衡，这是一种因果关系，所以选thus。
单选题 A. which B. how C. where D. what
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】从句中缺少的是一个状语，同时，该句的主语是this，它所指的是a majority vote，由此可知此处应填where。
单选题 A. expose B. impose C. effect D. exercise
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】施加影响，只能用exercise the influence。
单选题 A. only B. mere C. sole D. solo
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】填入词是修饰handful的，所以肯定不能选sole(唯一的)。而 mere和only用法不同，only修饰a handful of时在其前，即only a handful of；而mere则可在a后。