Question

【題目】Choose the words or expressions and complete the passage(選擇最恰當?shù)倪x項完成短文）：

DC Hilton was one of the first Americans to find out that there was money to be made in the middle of the night.42 years ago he bought a small restaurant on US highway 69,in Oklahoma. His main customers were truck drivers and _______salesmen who drank coffee and ate cheeseburgers when they stopped to break their journey.

It was they who first tried to persuade Hilton to remain open all night. He thought about it for a while, and then suddenly made up his mind. He took the door key and threw it across the road. He hasn't closed the door______

Over the years his simple burger cafe has expanded into a 24-hour roadside empire, with a 100-seat restaurant, a petrol station, a mini shopping market, a car park for mobile homes(活動住房) and all night self-help laundry.

Hilton was a ______ in a 24-hour working trend which has now caught on around the world. Today not only restaurants but also banks, supermarkets, mail order firms, travel agencies and many other businesses are beginning to be open all night. ______ is this really a good thing?

A lot of research has been done in America on the effect of 24-hour working, and there is growing ______about the long-term dangers of a society that doesn't sleep. Americans are said to be sleeping 20% less than they did 100 years ago, and 55% claim to suffer at least occasionally from over-tiredness. Several of the worst man made disasters happened in the last few hours before dawn , when even the most experienced night-worker has difficulty ______awake.

【1】A.workingB.travellingC.enteringD.coming

【2】A.laterB.sinceC.everD.then

【3】A.hotelB.guideC.chiefD.pioneer

【4】A.ThusB.ThoughC.ButD.Therefore

【5】A.worryB.understandingC.interestD.sense

【6】A.stoppingB.becomingC.startingD.staying

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】B

【3】D

【4】C

【5】A

【6】D

【解析】

本文講述了DC希爾頓是第一個發(fā)現(xiàn)半夜也能賺錢的美國人，多年來他的簡單的漢堡咖啡館已經(jīng)擴展到一個24小時的路邊帝國,100個座位的餐廳,一個加油站,一個小的購物市場,移動房屋停車場和自助洗衣。

【1】句意：他的主要客戶是卡車司機和旅行推銷員，他們停下來休息時喝咖啡，吃奶酪漢堡。

A. working工作中，B. travelling旅行中，C. entering進入，D. coming到來。下文中的their journey對做出正確選擇作了提示，說明他們在旅途中。故選B。

【2】句意：從那以后他就沒關過門。

A. later稍后，B. since自從，C. ever曾經(jīng)D. then然后。這個句子的謂語動詞用了現(xiàn)在完成時，since常與完成時連用，故選B。

【3】句意：希爾頓是24小時工作制的先驅(qū)，這一潮流如今已風靡全球。

A. hotel酒店，B. guide導游，C. chief首領，D. pioneer先鋒。由第一段第一句話” DC Hilton was one of the first Americans to find out that there was money to be made in the middle of the night.”可知，本題故填D。

【4】句意：但這真的是一件好事嗎？

A. Thus因此，B. Though盡管，C. But但是，D. Therefore因此。根據(jù)下一段的內(nèi)容可判斷出is this really a good thing?是對二十四小時工作提出的質(zhì)疑，所以兩句之間是轉(zhuǎn)折關系，要用But填寫。故選C。

【5】句意：美國已經(jīng)做了很多關于24小時工作的影響的研究，人們越來越擔心一個不睡覺的社會的長期危險。

A. worry擔心，B. understanding理解，C. interest興趣，D. sense感覺。be growing worry about對……擔憂不斷增加，故選A。

【6】句意：一些最糟糕的人為災難發(fā)生在黎明前的最后幾個小時，即使是最有經(jīng)驗的夜班工人也很難保持清醒。

A. stopping停止，B. becoming變得，C. starting開始，D. staying保持。stay awake保持清醒的狀態(tài)。故選D。