Question

词语运用（10个小题，每小题1分，共10分）

，阅读短文，用方框内所给单词的正确形式填空，使短文意思通顺、完整。请将答案写在短文后相应题号的横线上。注意：①每个词只能用一次。②每空限填一词，有些词需要做相应的变化。③其中有两个多余选项。

destroy start language move million music except open by besides in many

The Library of Congress is American’s national library. It has ___1.___ of books and other objects. It has newspapers, popular publications and letters of historical interest. It also has maps, photos, art prints, movies, and ___2.___instruments. All together, it has ___3.___than 100 million objects.

The Library of Congress is ____4.___to the public Monday through Saturday, __5.___for government holidays. The Library of Congress was established in 1800. It___6.__with eleven boxes of books in one room of the Capitol building. ___7.___1814, the collection had increased to about 3,000 books. They were all ___8.___ that year when the Capitol was burned during America’s war with Britain.

To help re-build the library, Congress bought the books of President Thomas Jefferson. Mr. Jefferson’s collection included 7,000 books in seven ___9.___.

In 1897, the library___10.__into its own building, across the street from the Capitol.

 

Answer 1

1.millions

2.musical

3.more

4.open 70 except

5.started

6.By

7.destroyed

8.languages

9.moved

【解析】

试题分析：短文大意：这篇短文主要讲述了美国的国会图书馆的历史，它在1800年由11箱子书开始发展，后来在英美战中中被毁，战后又得以重建.

1. thousand等的复数形式和介词of搭配表示概数，根据所给单词million可知填复数名词millions，百万。

2.

3. than超过，根据所给单词many可知填形容词比较级more，更多的。

4.Open可用作形容词，故填open，开放的。

5. for除了，故填介词except，除……之外。

6.

7.

8. the Capitol was burned during America’s war with Britain.描述，可知这些书籍都被毁了。结合语境可知本句主语是动作对象，故用被动语态。根据所给单词，可知填过去分词destroyed，毁坏。

9.

10.

考点：考查选词填空