Professional sports are very popular in the United States and they are big business. The most popular sports are basketball, football and baseball. ___1___ has its own season. And ___2___ supporters. Professional teams are named for the cities ___3___ they are located. When a team plays in a championship game, most people in the city ___4___ the game with interest and enthusiasm. Basketball is ___5___ around the world. Professional basketball games in the US ___6___ indoors during winter months. From November to April ___7___ can find a professional basketball game several nights a week in most large ___8___ cities. Basketball is an American sport. It ___9___ the national pastime.

The game is played in the evening ___10___ every night of the week and ___11___ weekends as well. The season begins in April and ___12___ in the October. Football ___13___ most popular professional sport in the US. It is played on Sundays ___14___ the fall from August to January. American football is different ___15___ international football, ___16___ Americans called soccer. Both games require ___17___ and specialized skills. Professional players are very ___18___.The most famous players ___19___ millions of dollars for their playing skill. American best players have higher ___20___ than the country’s president.

1. A. Every????????????????? B. Both????????????????????? C. Each????????????????????? D. All

2. A. million???????????????? B. millions????????????????? C. million of??????????????? D. millions of

3. A. when?????????????????? B. where??????????????????? C. who?????????????????????? D. whose

4. A. follow????????????????? B. walk????????????????????? C. run???????????????????????? D. jump

5. A. well-known????????? B. well?????????????????????? C. known??????????????????? D. fame

6. A. played????????????????? B. is played??????????????? C. plays?????????????????????? D. are played

7. A. somebody??????????? B. one??????????????????????? C. anyone??????????????????? D. everybody

8. A. America?????????????? B. England???????????????? C. American???????????????? D. English

9. A. was called??????????? B. has been called?????? C. is called?????????????????? D. be called

10. A. nearly???????????????? B. close???????????????????? C. closely??????????????????? D. near

11. A. at?????????????????????? B. in????????????????????????? C. on????????????????????????? D. during

12. A. finish????????????????? B. finishing??????????????? C. finished?????????????????? D. finishes

13. A. became?????????????? B. is become????????????? C. is becoming???????????? D. has become

14. A. during???????????????? B. while???????????????????? C. on????????????????????????? D. at

15. A. of?????????????????????? B. from????????????????????? C. with?????????????????????? D. about

16. A. when????????????????? B. that??????????????????????? C. where???????????????????? D. which

17. A. strong???????????????? B. strength????????????????? C. strengthen?????????????? D. stronger

18. A. well pay????????????? B. good pay???????????????? C. well paid???????????????? D. good paid

19. A. make????????????????? B. had???????????????????????? C. got???????????????????????? D. received

20. A. money??????????????? B. salaries??????????????????? C. pay???????????????????????? D. wage

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1. C。前面提到football, basketball 和 baseball 三種體育活動(dòng)，此句指每項(xiàng)活動(dòng)都有自己的季節(jié)。every不能作主語，both、each、all均能作句子的主語，但只有each表示單數(shù)意義。

2. D。millions of 后接可數(shù)名詞復(fù)數(shù)，其余選項(xiàng)不可與名詞復(fù)數(shù)連用。

3. B。由where(= in the cities)引導(dǎo)定語從句，從句意為：這些職業(yè)球隊(duì)所在的城市。

4. A。follow 意為“注視、注意、傾聽”，此處指多數(shù)城市里的人們帶著興趣和熱情觀看球賽。

5. A。well-known 意為“出名的”，句意為：籃球聞名于全世界。

6. D。play 意為“進(jìn)行…比賽”。此句意為：在冬天的幾個(gè)月里，美國職業(yè)球賽在室內(nèi)進(jìn)行，表示現(xiàn)階段的情況。選A時(shí)態(tài)不符，選C主謂數(shù)不一致。

7. B。one 泛指某個(gè)人。

8. C。上下文均提到American。

9. B。此處宜用現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)，表示從過去到現(xiàn)在一直稱籃球?yàn)閲裣不顒?dòng)。

10. A。根據(jù)四個(gè)選項(xiàng)，只有nearly(幾乎)可用于句中，表示幾乎每個(gè)晚上。

11. C。weekend 前面用介詞on。

12. D。此句意為：季節(jié)開始(begins)于四月，結(jié)束(finishes)于十月。這是由and并列兩個(gè)謂語動(dòng)詞，形式上用一致。

13. D。此處宜用現(xiàn)在完成時(shí)表示從過去到現(xiàn)在足球都是十分流行的職業(yè)體育活動(dòng)。

14. A。在秋季，可用in the fall或during the fall。

15. B。be different from 意為“與…不同”。

16. D。非限制性定語從句應(yīng)由which(= football)引導(dǎo)，不用that。

17. B?；@球和足球都需要體力(strength)和技能(skills)。

18. C。由下文可知：職業(yè)運(yùn)動(dòng)員所得薪水很高，故選well paid。

19. A。make 意為“獲得、掙得”。

20. B。pay 意為“工資”，普通用詞。wage 意為“工資”指發(fā)給從事體力勞動(dòng)者的工錢。salary 意為“薪金”，指發(fā)給做比較重要工作的、具有較高技術(shù)或從事腦力勞動(dòng)的人員的工資，如公司職員、秘書、教師官員等，總統(tǒng)(president)屬官員，故要選salary。
第二篇

As my train was delayed for two hours, I had plenty of time to spare. After buying some newspapers to read on the journey, I made my way to the ___1___ office to collect my heavy suitcase I had ___2___ there three days before. There were only a few people ___3___, and I took out my wallet to find the receipt for my case. The receipt didn’t seem to be where I had left it. I ___4___ the contents, and railway tickets, money scraps of paper and photos fell out of it; but no matter how ___5___ I searched, the receipt was nowhere to be found.

When my turn came, I ___6___ the situation sorrowfully to the assistant. The man looked at me ___7___ as if to say that he had ___8___ this kind of story many times and asked me to ___9___ the case. I told him that it was an old, brown looking ___10___ no different from the many cases I could see on the shelves. The assistant then gave me ___11___ and told me to ___12___ of the chief contents of the case. If they were ___13___, he said, I could take the case away. I tried to ___14___ all the articles I had ___15___ packed into the case and wrote them down as they came to me.

After I had done this, I went to ___16___ among the shelves. There were hundreds of cases there. For one dreadful moment, it ___17___ to me that if someone had ___18___ the receipt up he could have easily claimed(認(rèn)領(lǐng)) the case already. This hadn’t happened ___19___, for after a time I found the case lying in a corner. After examining the articles inside, the assistant was ___20___ and told me I could take the case away.

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1. A. posting??????????????? B. working??????????????? C. luggage????????????????? D. manager’s

2. A. left????????????????????? B. forgotten?????????????? C. found??????????????????? D. bought

3. A. standing?????????????? B. crowding????????????? C. talking?????????????????? D. waiting

4. A threw??????????????????? B. put?????????????????????? C. looked?????????????????? D. emptied

5. A. often??????????????????? B. much?????????????????? C. hard????????????????????? D. soon

6. A. said????????????????????? B. searched????????????? C. spoke??????????????????? D. explained

7. A. now and then??????? B. up and down???????? C. here and there??????? D. back and forth

8. A. knew??????????????????? B. realized???????????????? C. heard??????????????????? D. seen

9. A. describe??????????????? B. draw??????????????????? C. take out???????????????? D. show

10. A. object????????????????? B. matter????????????????? C. subject????????????????? D. wallet

11. A. a paper??????????????? B. a note?????????????????? C. a message???????????? D. a form

12. A. sign names?????????? B. make a list??????????? C. write down?????????? D. draw a picture

13. A. everything??????????? B. wrong????????????????? C. correct???????????????? D. ready

14. A. draw??????????????????? B. remember???????????? C. read???????????????????? D. remind

15. A. carelessly????????????? B. suddenly????????????? C. hurriedly?????????????? D. immediately

16. A. see?????????????????????? B. watch????????????????? C. find????????????????????? D. look

17. A. happened????????????? B. occurred?????????????? C. appeared????????????? D. seemed

18. A. picked????????????????? B. collected?????????????? C. taken?????????????????? D. stolen

19. A. fortunately??????????? B. unluckily?????????????? C. by chance??????????? D. presently

20. A. disappointed????????? B. surprised????????????? C. satisfied??????????????? D. worried

【答案與解析】

1. C。luggage office 意為“行李寄存處”，作者去領(lǐng)取小提箱(suitcase)，可知他是去行李寄存處。

2. A。leave 意為“留下、委托”。這里表示把行李寄存在行李寄存處。

3. D。wait 意為“等候”。由后面的when my turn came(輪到我的時(shí)候)可知在行李寄存處已經(jīng)有人排隊(duì)等候了。

4. D。empty 意為“倒空”。這里表示把皮包里的東西全部倒出來，尋找寄存物品的收據(jù)(receipt)。

5. C。hard意為“努力地”。這里表示無論怎樣努力尋找，可是哪兒也找不到。

6. D。explain意為“解釋”。由于收據(jù)沒有找到，只好向管理員解釋情況。

7. B。look at sb up and down 意為“上下打量著某人”。

8. C。hear 意為“聽說”。表示聽說過這種故事。這里指管理員以前經(jīng)常遇到類似的情況。

9. A。describe意為“描述”。由于沒有收據(jù)，管理員就要作者描述他的手提箱的模樣。

10. A。object意為“物體”。這里指手提箱。

11. D。a form意為“一份表格”。

12. B。make a list意為“列表”。因?yàn)闆]有收據(jù)，管理員就要作者把他的箱子里的東西列一份清單，以便證實(shí)該手提箱是作者本人的。

13. C。correct意為“正確的”。只有當(dāng)清單上的東西的名稱與手提箱內(nèi)的物品相吻合時(shí)，才能取走手提箱。

14. B。remember意為“回憶起”。要寫清單，就必須回憶起手提箱里所放的物品(articles)。

15. C。hurriedly 意為“匆忙地”。I had hurriedly packed into the case是定語從句，修飾articles，表示出發(fā)時(shí)匆忙。因此，現(xiàn)在要寫清單，就需要盡力回憶。故選hurriedly與上下文相符。

16. D。look 意為“看”，強(qiáng)調(diào)看的動(dòng)作。

17. B。occur 意為“被想到”。It occurs to sb that… 意為：某人想到…。

18. A。pick up 意為“拾起、撿起”。這里指作者突然想到要是收據(jù)被別人撿到，他就可能會(huì)把手提箱領(lǐng)走。

19. A。unfortunately 意為“幸虧”。句意為：幸虧手提箱沒有被人領(lǐng)走。

20. C。satisfied 意為“滿意的、信服的”。這里指經(jīng)過物品與清單的核對(duì)，管理員確信了手提箱是作者的，因此讓作者領(lǐng)走了。

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