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1、GCT英语完型填空专项训练及答案解析Passage 9To 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 years they have suffered
2、_2_ invasion nor revolution (except in 1649 and 1688) nor disastrous defeat in _3_ . Their monarchy (君主政体) survives without serious question. Under its normal _4_ the political arrangements have been so stable that, except for the _5_ interruptions in the seventeenth century, they have been adopted
3、throughout _6_ centuries to meet changing needs without violent changes. Britain, in 1978, was _7_ in managing without a written constitution; some fragmentary definitions of 1688 still _8_ . There had been bitter quarrels, social and economic as well _9_ political, but the quarrels had been settled
4、, usually _10_ compromise. The underlying continuity had not been broken.1. A. language B. future C. history D. literature2.A.neither B. as C. or D. either3.A.home B. studyC. peace D. war4.A.name B. people C. leadership D. enemy5.A.two B. one C. no D. couple6.A.a B. any C. the D. few7.A.common B. po
5、pular C. unique D. angry8.A.survive B. surviving C. survives D. survived9.A.for B. as C. to D. at10.A.for B. at C. to D. by1.【答案】C【解析】由于下文紧接着叙述到过去 900年的有关情况。故应选 history，才能与下文衔接。（北京安通学校提供）2.【答案】A【解析】应选 neither才能与其后出现的 nor构成并列连词 neithernor。3.【答案】D【解析】需选一名词与前面的介词 in构成介词短语，且这个短语在语意上要与前面的disastrous defea
6、t相吻合。故选 D可以满足这个条件。4.【答案】C【解析】“在领导下”的表达方式是 under theleadership.5.【答案】A【解析】上面提到 1649和 1688两次革命，所以 A项正确。6.【答案】C【解析】the centuries 特指那些稳定的世纪。7.【答案】C【解析】根据上下文意思,应选 unique “独一无二的；唯一的”。8.【答案】D【解析】应选 survived才与上下文时态一致。9.【答案】B【解析】as well as 为一并列连词。10.【答案】D （北京安通学校提供）【解析】by compromise 意为“通过折衷、妥协的办法”。如：We shoul
7、d settle our differences by compromise. 我们应采取折衷的办法来解决我们之间的分歧。Passage 7The rocket engine, with its steady roar like that of a waterfall or a thunderstorm, is an impressive symbol of the new space age. Rocket engines have _1_ powerful enough to shoot astronauts beyond the earths gravitational pull and
8、 _2 _them on the moon. We have now become travelers space.Impressive and complex _3_ it may appear, the rocket, which was invented in China over 800 years _4_ , is a relatively simple device. Fuel that is _5_ in the rocket engine changes into gas. The hot and rapidly _6_ gas must escape, but it can
9、do so only through an opening that _7_ backward. As the gas is radiated with great force, it _8_ the rocket in the opposite direction. Like the kick of a gun that it is fired, it _9_ the laws of nature described by Sir Isaac Newton when he discovered that “for every action, there is _10_ equal and o
10、pposite reaction.”1. A. shown B. been C. appeared D. proved2. A. send B. land C. take D. carry3. A. that B. so C. as D. sometimes4. A. in advance B .before C. earlier D. ago5. A. round B. contained C. stored D. burned6. A. heating B. escaping C. expanding D. conducting7. A. turns B. goes C. faces D.
11、 directs8. A. attracts B. leads C. pulls D. pushes9. A. states B. proves C. follows D. breaks10. A. no B. an C .another D. the1.【答案】D （北京安通学校提供）【解析】因其后接形容词 powerful作表语故应填系词。shown 不是系词；been 和appeared虽可作系词但与句意不符；而 proved可作系词，意为“证明是”，符合句意。2.【答案】B【解析】因 land on意为“使着陆”, 而 send, take和 carry表示“把送到上去” 时,常接介词
12、 to, 故应选 land.3.【答案】C【解析】原句是表示让步的状语从句，而且是一个倒装句，故只能选 C as。4.【答案】D【解析】该句为 which引导的定语从句，意为“中国发明火箭是在距今 800多年前。” 句中谓语是一般过去时，故应选 D. ago。5.【答案】D【解析】根据句子意思判断，burned 正确。6.【答案】C【解析】根据句子意思判断，应选 expanding gas膨胀的气体。7.【答案】C【解析】faces 意为“朝着”。8.【答案】D【解析】根据句子意思判断，应为 push“推”。9.【答案】C【解析】根据句子意思判断, follow 在这里是遵循的意思。10.【答
13、案】B【解析】根据上下文,只能用不定冠词 an。（北京安通学校提供）Space is a dangerous place, not only because of meteors (流星) but also because of rays from the sun and other stars. The atmosphere again acts _1_ our protective blanket on earth. Light gets through, and this is essential _2_ plants to make the food which we eat. Hea
14、t, _3_ , makes our environments tolerable and some ultraviolet rays (紫外线的) penetrate the atmosphere. Cosmic (宇宙的) rays of various kinds come _4_ the air from outer space, but a great quantity of radiation from the sun are screened off. _5_ men leave the atmosphere they are exposed to this radiation;
15、 but their spacesuits or the walls of their spacecraft, if they are inside, _6_ prevent a lot of radiation damage. Radiation is the greatest known danger to explorers in _7_ . Doses of radiation are measured in units called “rems (雷目)”. We all _8_ radiation here on earth from the sun, from cosmic ra
16、ys and from radioactive minerals. The “_9_” dose of radiation that we receive each year is about two milligrams; it _10_ according to where you live, and this is a very rough estimate.1. A. for B. with C. on D. as2. A. with B. from C. under D. for3. A. again B. also C. besides D. too4. A. across B .to C. from D. through5. A. As soon as B. As well asC. As much as D. As possible as6. A. get B. make C. have D. d
