单选题 Directions: following text.Choose the best word or
phrasefor each numbered blank and mark A, B, C or D on ANSWER SHEET 1.
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【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 定语从句引导词辨析。由四个选项可知,此处测试带介词的定语从句 引导词。先行词the waV后的定语从句由that或in which引导,而且in which /that可省略,[C]in which符合语法要求,因此应选择[C]选项。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 名词辨析。本文论述的是如何经济购物。根据句意“人们购买商品或 服务的方法可能为你省钱也可能浪费钱”可知,此空格处的含义为“购物的 方式”,way用来指具体的方法其后引出定语从句。其他选项中[B]fashion 和[D] method也可表示“方式,方法”,但method指一个详细的,逻辑有序 的计划,fashion指高度个人化的,甚至是独特的行为,常用in a fashion的 结构。语言点:go about doing sth.着手进行某事。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[解析] 固定搭配。add to为固定搭配,表示“增加了…”add to the cost:花钱、 增加成本。该句用or把save money或add to the cost两个互为相反的概念连 在一起,以衬托出理智消费的重要性。