{{/B}} Music is an important way of expressing people's
feelings and emotions. The{{U}} (26) {{/U}}, for instance, from 1960 to
1969 will be{{U}} (27) {{/U}}by many as a period of social and political
un- rest in America.{{U}} (28) {{/U}}this time, many people despaired{{U}}
(29) {{/U}}the music favored by the American teenagers.{{U}} (30)
{{/U}},we must now admit that the music they loved was{{U}} (31)
{{/U}}a sign of the period and a{{U}} (32) {{/U}}of the tensions and
changes that were{{U}} (33) {{/U}}American society. In the early
sixties,{{U}} (34) {{/U}}about social justice and equality were{{U}}
(35) {{/U}}by the song "Blowing in the Wind" which{{U}} (36)
{{/U}}the civil rights song "We Shall Overcome". The conflict concerning
military{{U}} (37) {{/U}}in Vietnam was sung about in 1965 in the{{U}}
(38) {{/U}}song "Eve of Destruction" and in the song "Ballad of the
Green Beret". A few years{{U}} (39) {{/U}},a gradual shift in mood
became{{U}} (40) {{/U}}in one of the most popular songs which suggested
calmer questions and possible answers even as some pop stars protested loudly{{U}}
(41) {{/U}}the draft. Finally, music as a{{U}} (42) {{/U}}of
the political and social process in America was highlighted at Wood-stock, New
York, where half a million young people came{{U}} (43) {{/U}}in 1969 to
spend three days listening to songs that spanned the decade. This event was a
symbol of the desire for{{U}} (44) {{/U}}within a time of unrest. Woodstock
was a{{U}} (45) {{/U}}of hope in days of
rage.
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[相关考点] generation①代.一代(约指20至30年);一代人,同代人:sb.’s descendant in the tenth~某人的第十代后裔②生殖:the organs of~生殖器官
age ①年龄:His~is ten.他10岁。/;I'm forty years of~.我40岁。②成年:法定年龄:The voting~is 18.法定选民年龄是18岁。
decade ①十;十个构成的一组:a~of proposals十项建议②十年,十年期:This was the first summit between the two countries in more than a~.这是两国之间十多年来的第一次最高级会议。
era ①时代;历史时期;(某一重要历史事件后的)年代:the Victorian~维多利亚女王时代/the Romantic~(文艺)浪漫主义时期/an~of prosperity繁荣时期②纪元:a hundred years before the Christian~公元前100年
[解析] 由其后的同位语“from 1960 to 1969”可知,空白处的时间段是“十年”。故选C。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[相关考点] record ①记录,记下……备案:~the proceedings at a meeting记录会议议程/The minutes~ed that there had been a heated argument.记录表明会上曾发生一场激烈的争论。②登录,登记;提交(契据等)备案:~a vote把投票结果登录在案
remember ①记得;回想起:I~(that)she used to wear a green dress.我记得她从前常穿一身绿色的衣服。/I~reading that book when I was eight.我记得8岁时读过那本书。②牢记,记住,不忘记:I~long passages of Shakespeare.我记住了大段大段的莎士比亚诗剧。/I’ll try to~the poem.我要努力把这首诗背下来。
regret 后悔,遗憾:I felt no regret for it这件事我不觉得后悔。
recommend ①推荐,荐举;称赞:strongly~a book(a doctor)to sb.向某人竭力推荐一本书(一名医师)/He~ed me for the post of head master.他举荐我担任校长。②劝告,建议:I highly~you to follow(或that you follow)your doctor's advice.我力劝你该听从医生的嘱咐。/The doctor may~limiting the amount of fat in your diet.医生可能提议你限制饮食中的脂肪。
[解析] 此处描述的是美国过去的历史,历史是不能忘记的。record意为“记录”与介词on搭配,构成on record结构,意为“记录下来的”;remember意为“记忆”;regret意为“悔恨”,其后一般与for搭配;recommend意为“推荐、介绍”。因此选项remember符合题意,故选B。
【答案解析】[相关考点] only ①唯一的;仅有(一些)的:I was the~one smoking.我是唯一的吸烟者。/Man is the~creature that can speak.人是唯一能说话的动物。②(子、女)独生的
occasionally ①偶尔的,偶然的,间或发生的:an~glance backward偶尔往后的一瞥/ He only smokes an~cigar.他只是难得吸支雪茄烟。②重大活动的,盛会的;供重大活动(或盛会)使用的:~poetry应景诗/~furniture供庆典(或盛会等)使用的家具
often ①常常,经常:We~get very wet cold winters here.我们这里的冬天经常下雨,又极寒冷。/The disease is~fatal.这种病经常致命。②通常:American girls are~ very pretty.美国女孩子通常很漂亮。/Children~dislike tomatoes.孩子们一般说来不喜欢西红柿。
[解析] 从句意上看,空格处描述的是音乐是那个时代怎样的标志,从选项上看,C、D项过于绝对,occasionally意为“有时候,偶而”;only意为“仅仅,只”,符合句意,“音乐只是那个时代的一个标志”。故本题的正确答案为A。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[相关考点] reflection ①反射;反照;反响:the~of a sound wave声波的反射/The~of light confused us momentarily.反光使我们一时头昏眼花。②反射光;反射热;回声: The~of the sun on the windshield was blinding.汽车挡风玻璃上的太阳反光令人目眩。
recreation ①(通过娱乐、消遣等达到的)身心调剂,精力恢复②消遣;娱乐,游戏:I am too busy for~.我太忙,没有空消遣。/quiet,innocent~s安静又无害的文娱活动/Gardening is one of her~s.园艺是她的消遣之一。
relaxation ①松弛,松懈,放松:the~of the muscles肌肉的弛松②放宽;缓和;减轻;削弱:the~of restrictions限制的放宽/There must be no~in our high standards.我们坚持高标准,对此决不容许有些微放松。
[解析] 与前文“标志”相对应,这里是指音乐是当时社会的一种反映。选项reflection意为“反射,反省,沉思,反映”;reaction意为“反应,反作用”强调的是一个事物作用于另一个事物所形成的结果;recreation娱乐;relaxation松弛。故符合文意的选项为A。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[相关考点] effect ①结果:The~Of the gale was to over turn several boats.大风造成的后果是吹翻了几条小船。②效力,作用;影响:a law of little~效力微微的法律/His protest had no~.他的抗议无济于事。/Tax reform will have the~of improving the distribution of income.税制改革将会改善收入的分配。
affect ①影响:The change has seriously~ed his in come.这样一变,他的收入大受影响。②(在感情方面)打动;震动:The sight~ed her to tears.此情此景使她感动得流泪。/He was much~ed by the sad news.这不幸的消息使他大受震动。
defect ①缺点,缺陷,毛病,瑕疵:It was a~in her character.那是她性格上的缺点。 a hearing~听觉缺陷/The TV set had a basic~.那架电视机有个大毛病。②缺乏,欠缺:a~in the sense Of right and wrong是非观念的缺乏
perfect ①完美的,完善的;完满的,理想的:a~gemstone一颗完美无瑕的宝石/The actor was~for the part.由这位演员担任这一角色再理想不过了。②完好的,完整的;健全的:The set was~;no thing was missing Or broken.这一套完整无缺,一件也不少,一点也没损坏。/He is not in his~mind.他神志不大正常。
[解析] effect n.影响;affect认影响;defect n.过失,缺点;perfect v修改,使完美。这里是讲正在影响美国的变化。故选B。
【正确答案】
D
【答案解析】[相关考点] question ①问题:She asked him a lot of~s about his child hood.她问了他许多有关他童年的问题。/A panel Of experts answered the~s on education which Were put to them.专家小组回答了向他们提出的有关教育的问题。②疑问,不确定:There was absolutely no~about the diagnosis:She had lung cancer.业已完全确诊:她得了肺癌。
argument ①争论,争执,争吵;辩论:the~over self-rule关于自治的争论/We got into an~a-bout whether to go by sea or by air.我们开始了一场关于乘船去还是乘飞机去的争论。②说理;论证:settle a dispute by~通过说理解决争端/I did not follow his~.我未能理解他的论证。
debate ①辩论,争论;讨论;与……辩论(或争论等):Parliament will~the question tomorrow.议会明天将辩论这个问题。②考虑,思考,盘算:He~d what to do.他考虑该怎么办。/We were debating whether to go by bus or train.我们在考虑乘公共汽车去还是坐火车去。
dispute ①争论;辩论:The strikers began to~hotly with members of management.罢工工人开始和资方人员激烈地争执起来。/They~d for hours about where to go.他们为了去哪里的问题争论了几个小时。②争吵,吵架:The robbers~d violently over the stolen goods.那些盗贼为分赃而激烈争吵。
[解析] argument意为“争论,辩论”,是一般性质的争论;,debate表示“辩论”,指正式的辨认,常有仲裁人评判,并有一定的规则;dispute意为“争论,辩论,怀疑,抗拒”表示比较激烈的争论,也可指对某事提出质疑。此处指的是美国60年代的民权运动,其争论的状况应当是经较激烈的,选项dispute符合文意,故选D。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[相关考点] dismiss ①让……离开;把……打发走;解散;遣散:She was~ed from the hospital when found free from leukaemia.检查结果没有得白血病,她便获准出院。②解雇;免……的职;开除:He~ed his secretary be cause of her incessant lateness.由于他的秘书经常迟到,他把她辞退了。/Major Parker was~ed/from the army last October.帕克少校去年10月被军队开革。
promote ①提升,晋升,擢升:He was~d(to或to the rank of)captain.他被提升为上尉。②使(学生)升级:Will he be~(/to the next higher grade?会给他升级吗?
[解析] 空格前的主语是争论,选项中能与其搭配的词是raise意为“提出”,即“提出争议”之意;其它选项dismiss“解散”;remove"移动”;promote"促进”,均无法与争议搭配,故本题选C。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[相关考点] reform ①改革;改良;改造(社会等):a movement to~English spelling改革英语拼法运动/He spent years trying to~the world.他花了多年时间,力图改造世界。②改造(人),使改过自新:He was sent to an institution organized to~criminals.他被送到一个犯人改造所去了。
echo ①回声,回音;反响:a thunderous~雷鸣般的巨大回声/The economic collapse had dangerous political~es.经济崩溃引起了政治上的危险反响。②应声虫,附和者:She is only an~of her husband's opinions,and has no ideas of her own.她只是丈夫意见的附和者,自己从没有主张。
repeat 经重复的,反复的,再三的,屡次的:suffer~heavy defeats屡遭惨败/~changes of plan计划的迭次更动/an often~excuse一而再再而三用上的借口/accuse sb.of his~acts of bad faith控告某人屡次背信的行为
respect ①尊敬,敬重:show~to old age尊敬老人/He has won(或gained)broad~ from the people as a revolutionary leader.他作为革命领袖受到人民的广泛尊敬。②[~s]敬意;问候:Give my~s to His Lordship.代我向爵爷致敬。/Please send them my~s when you write.写信时请代我向他们致意。
[解析] 空格的前后为两首歌,此处可意为“与……相呼应”,选项echo意为“发回声,随声附和”,符合文意,故本题选B。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[相关考点] involvement ①卷入;牵连(in,with):have no direct~in politics未直接卷入政治/My personal~with him and his family is deep.我个人和他以及他的家庭瓜葛很深。②复杂;混乱:draw the superpowers into~使超级大国卷入纠纷
assignment ①(分派的)任务;(指定的)作业:What are today's~s?今天的任务(或作业)是什么?②分配;指派,选派:He was informed of his~as vice-consul in Liverpool.他被通知他已被选派为利物浦副领事。
replacement ①代替,取代;接替:更换:the~of local troops with international troops国际部队之取代当地部队/Your worn-out tyres need~.你那磨损的车胎需更换了。②归还;赔还;复归原位:The~of this rare vase will take some time.照原样赔还这只罕见的花瓶需费一些时间。
settlement ①安顿;定居②移民,殖民,殖民地的开拓:When did the~of Carolina be- gin?卡罗来纳殖民地的开拓是何时开始的?
[解析] 由句意知“美国军队卷入越南战争的冲突”,空格处应为“卷入”之意。选项中involvement意为“包含,卷入;assignment意为“分配,委派,任务,作业”;replacement意为“代替,替换”;settlement意为“定居”。故本题选A。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[相关考点] dissatisfy 使不满(意):The team's poor performance dissatisfied the coasch.那个队球打得差劲,教练为此不满。
delight ①高兴,愉快,快乐:He clapped his hands in~.他高兴地鼓掌。/To the teacher's great~,all his students passed the examination.使教师极为高兴的是他的学生全部考试及格。②使人高兴的东西(或人);乐事;乐趣:The book is a~to read.这本书读来极有兴味。/Singing is her~.唱歌是她的爱好。/the winter~5冬季的乐事
please (作副词)请:Please sit down.=Sit down,(if you)please.请坐。
discouraging ①令人泄气的,使人灰心的:a~remark令人泄气的话2.阻止的:a~ effect on warts对疣的抑制作用
[解析] 这首歌表达的是对美国军队卷入越南战争的不满,而选项delighting、pleasing的感情色彩与前文中不满的情绪相背离,而discouraging的语意与文意不符。故本题选人。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[相关考点] later ①较晚的,更晚的:The late edition of this paper appears at 3pm;there is a~one at 5pm.这报纸的晚版于下午3时出版,下午5时还有更晚的一版。②以后的: in~years在以后的岁月里/We will discuss this in more detail in a~chapter.在下文的斗章中我们将更详细地讨论这一点。
past ①以前的,过去的;刚过去的:~experience过去的经验/the~history of the world世界过去的历史/I've not been feeling well for the~few days.几天来我一直感到不舒服。②结束了的,不复存在的:His prime is~.他青春已逝。/The days are:~ when Jewish blood could be shed with impunity.可以不受惩罚地屠杀犹太人的时代已一去不复返了。
ahead ①在前面,在前头:Danger~!前有危险!/walk(run)~of sb.走(跑)在没人前面/A new life lay~of him.新的生活展现在他面前。②向前,朝前:set the clock:~把时钟拨快/forge一前进
[解析] a few years later,表示几年之后。故选A。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[相关考点] evident 明显的,明白的:~defeat (disappointment)明显的失败(失望)/ He spoke with~sarcasm.他以明显的挖苦口吻说话。
positive ①有事实根据的,无可怀疑的,确实的:~proof(或proof~)确凿的证据②有把握的,确信的:I'm~about(或of)that.我对那点有绝对把握。
realistic ①现实的;实际可行的;注重实际的:Our income has got smaller,so we must be~and give up our car.我们的收入减少了,因此我们必须面对现实,还是把车卖了的好。②逼真的:a coat dyed with~blood stains用仿真的血迹染红的上衣/The sound effect is very~.音响效果非常逼真。
instructive ①有教育意义的;有启发性的:Experience furnishes very~lessons.经验能提供十分有意义的教训。②增进知识的;教训开导的:talk in an~tone用教训开导的口气说话
[解析] 由下文中"calmer(平静的)”的一词可以推测,公众的情绪较之以前的失望有明显的转变,选项evident有“明显的”之意,符合文意;positive意为“积极的”;realistic意为“现实的”;instructive意为“有益的,教育性的”。因此符合文意的选项为A。
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】[相关考点] towards ①进行中的:There is work~.有正在进行的工作。②有希望的,有前途的
[解析] protest against反对,为固定搭配。故本题选B。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[相关考点] tool ①工具。器具,用具;刀具;器械;工具机,机床:a carpenter's (gardener's)~s木匠(花匠)的一应工具②起工具作用的东西;方法,手段[律]谋生器具(=tools of one's trade):He used his boss's absence as a~for gaining influence.他利用上司外出的机会来扩大权势。
creation ①创造;创作;(服装等的)创造性设计②创建,创设:authorize the~of a Department of Energy批准新设一个能源部/The~Of new playground swill benefit the local children.新游戏场的建立将有益于当地的儿童。
mirror 镜子:She looked into the mirror.她在照镜子。
decoration ①装饰,装璜:the~of interiors内部装饰②装饰品:Christmas~s圣诞节用装饰品’
[解析] 前文曾提及音乐反映了那个时代的紧张局势,也反映了对美国社会产生影响的一些变革。因此,此句的意思是歌曲是美国政治与社会进程的一种反映,选项中,有“反映”意思的为“mirror”,此处借用的是它的引申义“写照”,如a mirror or the times"时代的真实写照”。其它选项tool工具;creation创造;decoration装饰。故选C。
【正确答案】
C
【答案解析】[解析] 由上文“half a million young people(50万年轻人)”可知,这是一个大型的集会,是年轻人聚在一起的意思。选项come along表“发生,陪伴”;come up意为“走进,上来”; come together意为“集合”,符合文意;come out意为“出来,出现”。故本题选C。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[相关考点] unity ①单一(性),独一(性),唯一(性)②团结;联合;统一(性);一致(性);整体性:There is a need for greater~in the party.党内有必要加强团结。/~in marriage联姻
reality ①实在;真实,真实性:All science is basically a search for~.全部科学从根本上说就是求真。/belief in the~。of miracles相信奇迹实有其事②现实,实际;事实;实体:accept(face)~承认(面对)现实/He is out of touch with~.他脱离现实。
popularity ①普及,流行;大众化:the~of table tennis乒乓球运动的普及/Instant foods are gaining in~.方便食品越来越普遍了。②讨人喜欢(或得人心、广受欢迎)的特点;声望:the announcer's immense~with radio audiences电台听众对这位广播员的极度喜爱/The new president won(或achieved)great~.新任总统深得人心。
individuality ①个性;个人特征:Individuality is the salt of common life.个性为平凡生活增添风味。/The advertisement lacks any~.这则广告一点儿特色也没有。②个体;个人;单个实体
[解析] 由后文“unrest(不安的状态,动荡的局面)”可知,人们渴望结束这动荡的社会状态,渴望团结、统一。选项unity意为“团结,统一”,符合文意。故选A。
【正确答案】
A
【答案解析】[相关考点] presentation ①赠送;授予;奉献;赠送(或授予、奉献)仪式:the~of a gift赠礼/the~of the colours授旗仪式②赠送(或授予、奉献)物;赠品,礼物:The scholarship was an annual~.奖学金每年颁授一次。
performance ①进行;施行:the successful~of an activity一项活动的成功进行②履行;执行;完成:the~of one's duty职责的履行/the~of a command命令的执行
publication ①出版物:A magazine is a~.杂志是一种出版物。/a long list of~s列有一长串出版物名字的书单②出版,刊印:two years after the~of the book在此书出版两年后/be accepted for~被接受将予出版
[解析] 前文曾提及伍德斯的音乐反映了美国的政治与美国社会进程,所以此句意为“伍德斯托克事件表达了希望”,选项中presentation意为“表达”,符合文意;display意为“陈列,显示”;performance意为“表现,演出”;publication意为“公布,发行”。结合句意,此题选A。