Question

In the last century there were not 　1　 big towns in the U.S.　2　 there are today.Most towns in the country were small.And in these small towns,the general store was 　3　 people 　4   the things they couldn't made or grow at home.

  5   the store sold   6   a good deal about life in the United States at that time.People bought tools that they needed on their farms.They bought salt,sugar,coffee and   7   that their farms didn't produce.They bought articles of   8   that they could not make themselves,and cloth or other materials that the  9   would make into dresses for themselves,shirts for the men and clothes for their children.

Life in the   10   century America was   11  .One proves that most people were satisfied with what they had   12   still they looked forward   13   courage to whatever the future would   14   them.It would be interesting to know   15   they would feel about life in the world today.  16   to them that life is too complex,or would they be glad to see that life is   17   in the past?

Nobody will   18   know the   19   people at that time would enjoy life today or not.Perhaps man is always the same of his kind.They did take things for granted,and also they did try to make life more comfortable.We have to admit that it is the same   20   people at present.

1.A.many                     B.so many             C.so much             D.a lot of

2.A.where             B.like                    C.what                  D.as

3.A.where             B.for                     C.in which             D.that

4.A.made                     B.bought               C.sold                D.paid for

5.A.That                B.No matter           C.Which             D.What

6.A.says                B.talks                  C.refers              D.tells

7.A.other things     B.another food    C.other foods         D.foods and drinks

8.A.clothes            B.clothing             C.dresses               D.suits

9.A.farmers           B.men                   C.women               D.children

10.A.eighteenth      B.nineteenth          C.twentieth            D.next

11.A.easy                     B.simple                C.interesting       D.tiresome

12.A.and which      B.and yet               C.and that              D.but what

13.A.in                 B.to                      C.of                   D.with

14.A.bring             B.take                   C.happen to           D.serve

15.A.what             B.whether              C.that                    D.how

16.A.Did it appear  B.Would it seem  C.What did it seem  D.What appeared

17.A.still what it used to be         B.better than what it was

C.much more easier than           D.no more than it was

18.A.never            B.always            C.once               D.ever

19.A.truth that              B.fact whether    C.idea how            D.information of

20.A.as                 B.for                     C.with                D.like

Answer 1

1-5 BDABD 6-10 DCBCB 11-15 BCDAD 16-20 BBDBC

解析:

1.B　上世紀美國沒有像今天這么多的大城市。

2.D　so…as。

3.A　這里 where 引導表語從句。

4.B　在這些小鎮，商店是人們買東西的地方。

5.D　what 在這里引導主語從句,表示商店里賣的東西 。

6.D　商店里賣的東西講述了那個時候的美國。

7.C　他們買鹽，糖，咖啡以及農場不生產的其他東西。

8.B　articles of clothing 表示“好幾件衣服”。

9.C　根據下文 shirts for men and clothes for their children,所以這里是women。

10.B　這里上個世紀是指十九世紀。

11.B　在十九世紀的美國，生活非常簡樸。

12.C　這里是兩個賓語從句并列。

13.D　 look forward to 表示“期待”with courage表示“勇敢地”，　他們勇敢地期待未來。

14.A　未來給他們帶來的一切。

15.D　今天是過去的未來,如果讓過去的人們知道今天的生活，那是非常有趣的。

16.B　這里幾句都是虛擬語氣,用would。

17.B　過去的人會不會很高興地看見今天的生活比過去好呢？

18.D　ever在否定句中表強調。

19.B　不可能知道過去的人會不會喜歡今天的生活。

20.C　就象現在的人不知道未來的生活一樣。