PART III CLOZE [15 MIN]
Decide which of the choices given below would best complete the passage if inserted in the corresponding blanks. Mark the best choice for each blank on Answer Sheet Two.
A person’s home is as much a reflection of his personality as the clothes he wears, the food he eats and the friends with whom he spends his time. Depending on personality, most have in mind a(n) “(31) ______ home”. But in general, and especially for the student or new wage earners, there are practical (32) ________ of cash and location on achieving that idea.
Cash (33) ________, in fact, often means that the only way of (34) _________ when you leave school is to stay at home for a while until things (35) _________ financially. There are obvious (36) ________of living at home—personal laundry is usually (37) _________ done along with the family wash; meals are provided and there will be a well-established circle of friends to (38) _________. And there is (39) _________ the responsibility for paying bills, rates, etc. On the other hand, (40) _________ depends on how a family gets on. Do your parents like your friends? You may love your family—(41) _________do you like them? Are you prepared to be (42) __________ when your parents ask where you are going in the evening and what time you expect to be back? If you find that you cannot manage a(n) (43) _________, and that you finally have the money to leave,
how do you (44) _________ finding somewhere else to live? If you plan to stay in your home area, the possibilities are (45) _________well-known to you already. Friends and the local paper are always (46) _________. If you are going to work in a (47) _________ area, again there are the papers—and the accommodation agencies, (48) _________ these should be approached with (49) _________. Agencies are allowed to charge a fee, usually the (50) ________ of the first week’s rent, if you take accommodation they have found for you.
3 B C. imaginary D. satisfactory
32. A. deficiencies B. weaknesses C. insufficiencies D. limitations
33. A. cut B. shortage C. lack D. drain
34. A. getting over B. getting in C. getting back D. getting along
35. A. improve B. enhance C. develop D. proceed
36. A. concerns . issues C. advantages D. problems
37. A. still B. always C. habitually D. consequently
38. A. call in B. call over C. call upon D. call out
39. A. always B C. little D. sometimes
4 B. enough C. many D. much
41. A. and B. but C. still D. or
42. A. tolerant B. hostile C. indifferent D. good-tempered
43. A. agreement B. consensus C. compromise D. deal
44. A. go about B. go over C. go in for D. go through
45. A. seldom B. less C. probably D. certainly
46. A. dependent B. a good source of information
C. of great value D. reliable
47. A. familiar B. cold C. humid D. new
48. A. though B. while C. since D. as
49. A. enthusiasm B. hesitation C. caution D. concern
50. A. same B. equivalent C. equal D. similarity
PART III CLOZE答案解析
1.正确答案为A)。 这句话讲的是一个人的性格,说他/她心中的“理想的家”,所以正确答案为ideal home。其余三项不合题义:perfect含义为“完满的”,imaginary为“想象中的”,而satisfactory为“满意的”。
2.正确答案为D)。虽然人们心中都有“理想的家”,但由于资金或地域的,这个理想却很难实现。所以这里应该选择limitations()。其他三个选项中,deficiencies意为“不足”,显然不能包括location;weaknesses意为“缺点”,不合题义;而insufficiencies也是“不足,不够”,且常为不可数名词。
3.正确答案为B)。这句话接着第一段谈到的limitations in cash and location展开,涉及“资金”方面的短缺。这四个选项中只有shortage和lack有这一含义。而lack常用lack of sth结构,所以正确答案为shortage。Cut意思是“减少;削减”,而drain作为名词意为“消耗”。
4.正确答案为A)。 get over意为“克服(困难等)”,get in意为“抵达;卷入”,get back意为“回来;恢复”,get along意为“过活;相处;进展”。根据上下文意思,要表达的是毕业生刚毕业时怎样度过暂时的困难(主要是因经济未而造成的),A项正合此意。
5.正确答案为A)。 四个选项中只有improve(改善,改进)符合上下文。即指“经济情况好转”。enhance为“加强”,develop是“发展”,而proceed为“前进”。故,正确答案为A)。
6.正确答案为C)。 从本句中破折号(起进一步解释的作用)后面的内容(不用自己洗衣服;不用自己动手做饭;朋友多)就可以看出,这里应该填入advantages一词,而不是选项中的其他的贬义词。
7.正确答案为C)。 这里要表达的是衣服通常和家里的衣服一起洗。A、D两项表达的意思明显与文意不符。而always放在usually之后则为重复。
8.正确答案为A)。 call over意为“点名”,call out意为“调动;大声呼叫”,这两项与文意不符。call upon意为“拜访”,而这里讲的是在自己家中的好处,所以只有call in“叫来,召来”才是正确选项。
9.正确答案为B)。这里一直在谈论在家住的advantages,所以本句应该是住在家里不用付帐单的意思,而不是“总是”(always)或者“有时”(sometimes)要付账单。选项C)little不是副词,不可选择。所以,正确答案只有rarely。
10.正确答案为D)。上文讲的是呆在家中的好处;通过On the other hand可以看出这里讲的是留在家中的受局限之处:大大依赖于家中的情况。A项与文意不符,B项不能用作名词。C项作主语时谓语动词应用复数形式,而这里是单数形式,所以应用much。
11.正确答案为B)。 你很爱你的家人,从内心深处来说,但是你是否适应他们的习惯,是否能忍受他们对你的种种呢?从上下文来说,这里只有转折关系最为恰当。故,正确答案为B)。
12.正确答案为A)。 B项“敌对的”和C项“不关心的”与文中意思不符。而good-tempered是指一个人的习性,表达的是一个一般性或者习惯性的情况,用在prepared to be后面不恰当。tolerant意为“忍受的;容忍的”,是正确选项。
13.正确答案为C)。 manage/make/strike a compromise意为“妥协;让步”,符合题意。make an agreement 意为“达成协议”,make a consensus意为“达成共识”,make a deal意为“达成协议”,均与语境不符。
14.正确答案为A)。 四个选项中,go about doing sth意思是“着手干某事”,go over为“过一遍”,go in for为“从事”,而go through为“经受,经历”。本句谈的是在你与家人意见不一致,而又有了足够的资金,准备离开家的情况。所以,正确答案为A)。
15.正确答案为D)。 这里谈的是住在家附近的好处。所以,这句话的意思是:对周围的环境比较熟悉。显然,首先可以排除seldom和less。Probably也不合题义,因为自己“肯定”(certainly)对住了多年的地方很熟悉。所以,正确答案为D)。
16.正确答案为D)。 A项不对,改为dependable(可靠的,可信赖的)才恰当。B项与C项都只是the local paper的情况,不能用来修饰人。因此只有D项(可信赖的)是正确的选项。
17.正确答案为D)。 从这一句可以看出,作者开始谈论另外一个情况:不住在家附近。所以要选择new,而不是familiar。选项B)cold和C)humid跟文章内容无关。所以,正确答案为D)。
18.正确答案为B)。 这里有轻微的转折对比意义,最恰当的选项当属B。从与上句逻辑关系推出,选项B)while在这里可表示转折关系:“但是”。作者的意思是,住在一个new area,也会有报纸等等,“但是”你却要小心从事。
19.正确答案为C)。 刚来乍到一个陌生地方,所以要小心从事。所以,正确答案选caution,而不是enthusiasm(热情),hesitation(犹豫)或者concern(关注)。
正确答案为B)。 “与第一周租金相当的费用”,这里应用equivalent(相等的,相当的)。the same后接介词as,A项不正确。equal后接to,也不正确。而similarity是“相似,类似”之意,不合句意