Directions: There are 15 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C, and D. Choose the ONE that best fits into the passage and write the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet.
Since 1895 the National Trust has worked for the preservation of places of historic interest and natural beauty in England, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Today the Trust, 【A1】 _____ is not a government department but a charity, depends on the 【A2】 _____ support of the public and its own conservation society in Britain.
Wherever you go, you are close to land that is protected and 【A3】 _____ by the National Trust. Over 350 miles of 【A4】 _____ coastline: 90,000 acres of land, lakes and forests in one area of natural beauty 【A5】 _____; pre-historic and Roman ruins; moorlands and farmland, woods and islands, lengths of 【A6】 _____ water-ways; even seventeen whole villages—all are open to the public at all times subject only 【A7】 _____ the needs of farming, forestry and the protection of wildlife.
But the Trust’s protection 【A8】 _____ further than this. It has in its possession a hundred gardens and 【A9】 _____ two hundred historic buildings which it opens to paying visitors. Castles and churches, houses of 【A10】 _____ or historic importance, mills, gardens and parks 【A11】 _____ to the Trust by their former owners. Many houses retain their 【A12】 _____ contents of fine furniture, pictures, and other treasures accumulated over 【A13】 _____, and often the donor himself continues to live in part of the house as a 【A14】 _____ of the National Trust. The walking-sticks in the hall, the flowers, silver-framed photographs, books and papers in the rooms are signs that the house is still loved and 【A15】 _____ and that visitors are welcomed as private individuals just as much as tourists.
单选题
【A1】________
【正确答案】
B
【答案解析】句意： 这篇文章主要讲英国的国民托管组织是如何保护英国的名胜古迹的。 这里考查的是非限定性定语从句， is not a government department but a charity 只是作定语成分来限定the national trust, 句子真正的谓语动词是后面的depends on。 非限定性定语从句只能由which来引导。