To others and themselves the British have a reputation for being conservative——not in the narrow political sense, but in the sense of adherence to accepted ideas and unwilling to question them.The reputation comes partly from their 1 .For 900 2 they have suffered 3 invasion nor revolution (except in 1649
4 1688) nor disastrous defeat in 5 .Their monarchy (君主政體) survives 6 serious question.Under its normal 7 the political arrangements have been 8 stable that, except for the 9 interruptions in the seventeenth 10 , they have been adopted throughout 11 centuries to meet changing needs without violent 12 .Britain, in 1978, was 13 in managing without 14 written constitution; some fragmentary definitions of 1688 still 15 .There had been 16 quarrels, social and economic as well 17 political, but the quarrels had been 18 , usually 19 compromise.The underlying 20 had not been broken.
1.A.language B.future C.history D.literature
2.A.centuries B.years C.minutes D.seconds
3.A.neither B.as C.or D.either
4.A.too B.but C.or D.and
5.A.home B.study C.peace D.war
6.A.and B.without C.with D.neither
7.A.name B.people C.leadership D.enemy
8.A.so B.very C.too D.such
9.A.two B.one C.no D.couple
10.A.month B.day C.year D.century
11.A.a B.any C.the D.few
12.A.changes B.change C.altered D.changed
13.A.common B.popular C.unique D.angry
14.A.two B.a C.some D.their
15.A.survive B.surviving C.survives D.survived
16.A.bitter B.happy C.pleasant D.unhappy
17.A.for B.as C.to D.at
18.A.settling B.settles C.settle D.settled
19.A.for B.at C.to D.by
20.A.continue B.continuity C.continuous D.continued
Cloze Test 33
1.【答案】C
【解析】由于下文緊接著敘述到過去900年的有關(guān)情況。故應(yīng)選history，才能與下文銜接。
2.【答案】B
【解析】根據(jù)句子意思判斷。
3.【答案】A
【解析】應(yīng)選neither才能與其后出現(xiàn)的nor構(gòu)成并列連詞neither…nor…。
4.【答案】D
【解析】根據(jù)句子意思判斷。
5.【答案】D
【解析】需選一名詞與前面的介詞in構(gòu)成介詞短語，且這個短語在語意上要與前面的disastrous defeat相吻合。故選D可以滿足這個條件。
6.【答案】B
【解析】without serious question意為“沒有嚴(yán)重的問題”。
4 1688) nor disastrous defeat in 5 .Their monarchy (君主政體) survives 6 serious question.Under its normal 7 the political arrangements have been 8 stable that, except for the 9 interruptions in the seventeenth 10 , they have been adopted throughout 11 centuries to meet changing needs without violent 12 .Britain, in 1978, was 13 in managing without 14 written constitution; some fragmentary definitions of 1688 still 15 .There had been 16 quarrels, social and economic as well 17 political, but the quarrels had been 18 , usually 19 compromise.The underlying 20 had not been broken.
1.A.language B.future C.history D.literature
2.A.centuries B.years C.minutes D.seconds
3.A.neither B.as C.or D.either
4.A.too B.but C.or D.and
5.A.home B.study C.peace D.war
6.A.and B.without C.with D.neither
7.A.name B.people C.leadership D.enemy
8.A.so B.very C.too D.such
9.A.two B.one C.no D.couple
10.A.month B.day C.year D.century
11.A.a B.any C.the D.few
12.A.changes B.change C.altered D.changed
13.A.common B.popular C.unique D.angry
14.A.two B.a C.some D.their
15.A.survive B.surviving C.survives D.survived
16.A.bitter B.happy C.pleasant D.unhappy
17.A.for B.as C.to D.at
18.A.settling B.settles C.settle D.settled
19.A.for B.at C.to D.by
20.A.continue B.continuity C.continuous D.continued
Cloze Test 33
1.【答案】C
【解析】由于下文緊接著敘述到過去900年的有關(guān)情況。故應(yīng)選history，才能與下文銜接。
2.【答案】B
【解析】根據(jù)句子意思判斷。
3.【答案】A
【解析】應(yīng)選neither才能與其后出現(xiàn)的nor構(gòu)成并列連詞neither…nor…。
4.【答案】D
【解析】根據(jù)句子意思判斷。
5.【答案】D
【解析】需選一名詞與前面的介詞in構(gòu)成介詞短語，且這個短語在語意上要與前面的disastrous defeat相吻合。故選D可以滿足這個條件。
6.【答案】B
【解析】without serious question意為“沒有嚴(yán)重的問題”。