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【题目】 Coober Pedy is a small town in the Australian desert. It’s famous not only for its opals (猫眼石), but also for a very unusual ________the people there live and work underground.

Why do people choose to live under the ground? To avoid the hot days and cold nightsdaytime temperatures can ________ to 50 or more and on a cold night they can fall to zero. The locals say that their strange lifestyle is the only answer ________ the unpleasant climate (气候). In the underground homes, the temperature is always a very pleasant 19 to 24. But that’s not the only advantage; the people there don’t need to pay builders if they want to build a home or make any ________.

You would be very surprised to see ________ people manage to live underground. They have modern kitchens and bathrooms. “People think it’s ________ to live here and that we’re like ancient people, but that’s not true.” says Bev Smith, ________ has lived in Coober Pedy for over 30 years. “When my husband, Larry, and I first came here, life was very ________ and many people decided to leave. But now, things have changed a lot, we have got used ________ here and we’re very comfortable. We now have underground shops, hotels, restaurants, cafes and churches!”

Abigail and Brian Tynan left their large house in Melbourne (墨尔本) two years ago to have in an underground home. “My mouth ________ open when I saw my wonderful underground home,” remembers Brian. “I really enjoy living here.”

1A.questionB.problemC.matterD.reason

2A.fallB.dropC.riseD.raise

3A.withB.ofC.toD.in

4A.changesB.changeC.changedD.changing

5A.how wellB.how goodC.what goodD.what well

6A.possibleB.impossibleC.importantD.believable

7A.whichB.whomC.whoD.whose

8A.easyB.differentC.difficultD.interesting

9A.liveB.to liveC.livingD.to living

10A.feltB.fellC.cameD.made

【答案】

1D

2C

3C

4A

5A

6B

7C

8C

9D

10B

【解析】

文章主要介绍Coober Pedy这个小镇上的人因当地恶劣的气候条件而形成独特的生活方式。

1句意:它不仅以其猫眼石而闻名,而且还因为一个非常不寻常的原因而闻名——那里的人们在地下生活和劳作。

考查名词辨析。question问题;problem难题,困难;matter事情,困难;reason原因,理由。下文“the people there live and work underground.”是Coober Pedy闻名的另一个“原因,理由”。故选D

2句意:白天的温度可以升到50℃或更高……

考查动词辨析。fall落下,下落;drop落下,掉下;rise上升,升起;raise举起,提起。由下文“...fall to zero.”可知 ,上文应该是“rise to...”,前后呼应。rise是不及物动词,需借助介词to来连接宾语,而raise是及物动词。故选C

3句意:……他们奇怪的生活方式是应对恶劣气候的唯一办法。

考查介词。answer作名词,意为“回答,(试题、练习等的)答案,(问题的)解决办法”,其后必须用介词to来表示所属关系。answer to...意为“(应对)……的办法”。故选C

4句意:那里的人如果想盖房子或做任何改变,都不需要付钱给建筑工人。

考查宾语。any在此意为“任何的”,后接复数可数名词,change作名词,意为“改变,变化”,复数形式:changes。故选A

5句意:你会惊讶地发现人们努力在地下生活得多好。

考查感叹句。根据句子结构可知,这是一个感叹句。manage to do sth.“设法做某事”,动词短语,所以应用副词well来修饰,那么感叹句的引导词必须是how,即:how+形容词/副词+主语+谓语!故选A

6句意:人们认为在这里生活是不可能的……

考查形容词辨析。possible可能的,impossible不可能的,important重要的,believable值得相信的。根据语境可知,此句句意为:“人们认为在这里生活是不可能的……那不是真的”,根据but that’s not true,所以此空表示“不可能的”。故选B。

7句意:住在Coober Pedy30多年的Bev Smith说……

考查关系代词。关系代词which,指物,在从句中作主语或宾语。关系代词whom,指人,在从句中作宾语。关系代词who,指人,在从句中作主语或宾语。关系代词 whose,指人或物,在从句中作定语。根据句子结构可知,这是一个非限制性定语从句,先行词是Bev Smith,指人,且关系词在从句中作主语,所以用关系代词who引导定语从句。故选C

8句意:当我和我的丈夫Larry刚到这里的时候,生活是很艰难的。

考查形容词辨析。easy容易的,different不同的,difficult困难的 interesting有趣的。由下文“……many people decided to leave.”可知,“生活是很艰难的。”故选C

9句意:……我们已经习惯在这里生活。

考查固定搭配。live“居住,住在”,动词。get/be used to doing sth.“习惯做某事”,固定搭配,其中to为介词,后接名词或动名词作宾语。故选D

10句意:当我看到我美妙的地下家园时,我(惊讶得)张大了嘴巴。

考查谓语动词。根据句意及句子结构可知,此空填fellfall的过去式,在此作系动词,意为“进入(某状态),开始变成(某事物)”,后接形容词作表语,表示主语变成什么样。故选B

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