单选题 The 18th-century battlefield was, compared with that of the 20th century, an intimate theater, especially (41) in the engagement of Revolution, which were usually small even by the standards of the day, soldiers has to come to close quarters to kill; this fact reduced the mystery of battle, though perhaps not its terrors. But at least the battlefield lost some of its impersonality. In fact, in (42) to the 20th century combat, in which the enemy (43) remains unseen and the source of incoming fire unknown, in the 18th-century battles the enemy could be seen and some- times even (44) . (45) one's enemy may have aroused a singular (46) of feeling uncommon in modern battles. Before the assault occurred tension and anxiety (47) up as the troops marched from their movements was well understood by themselves and their enemies, who must have watched with feelings of dread and fascination. When the order came sending them (48) , rages, even madness replaced the attackers' (49) , while terror and desperation filled those who received the (50) .

单选题 A. close B. back C. intimate
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】前一句已提到了18世纪的战场是一个intimate theater.此处是对intimate一词的重复或具体例子的引申解说。
单选题 A. connection B. contrast C. contract
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】此处属固定搭配。空白处前的in与后面的to,都是介词。in contrast to或with (与…形成对比),有时也用by contrast to或with的形式来表述。
单选题 A. often B. always C. usually
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】全文对现代战场与18世纪战场的对比是从一般的情况进行的,因此,要注意上下文用词的一致性。
单选题 A. killed B. touched C. seen
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】上下文已经说明,在18世纪的战场上,交战双方不但能相互看到对方,而且有时甚至接触交战。
单选题 A. Seeing B. Dealing C. Fighting
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据下文内容可知,这句话是在说明战斗开始前交战双方互睹对方时的心情,因此可排除选项[B]、[C]。seeing是动名词。
单选题 A. despair B. sadness C. intensity
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】这里描述开战前双方无法预料胜负时的紧张心情,因此可排除[A]、[B],否则无法与下句中的tension and anxiety保持概念和逻辑上的一致。
单选题 A. stored B. kept C. built
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】build up:to increase or develop,其他的选择项尽管亦能与空白处后的副词up构成短语,但不切题意,与第44、45、46题脱离内在的逻辑关系。
单选题 A. upward B. outward C. forward
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】由于此处讲战斗刚开始,那么下命令是让士兵们向前冲。如果选其他选择项,那么这句话就不明白了,同时与上下文也脱离了逻辑关系。
单选题 A. anxiety B. sympathy C. passions
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】该题的选择应以短文中空白47处前面的tension and anxiety为语境线索来排除选择[B]、[C]。
单选题 A. charge B. defeat C. danger
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】charge在此等于attack,这句话的意思是:受到攻击的一方充满了恐惧与绝望。否则,第48、49两题所在的句子便无法在内容上和逻辑上与上文连贯了。