Question

It is already home to whales, seals and polar bears, but soon the Arctic (北極) must find __1__ for some Chinese visitors.

A team of nine scientists will __2__ to the Arctic this month to mark the opening of China's __3__ Arctic scientific research station, SOA (the State Oceanic Administration (國家海洋局) has __4__.

Construction of the station finished a while __5__, but operations were held __6__ during the polar night, __7__ normally runs from late October to the end of February. __8__this period, the sun never __9__ over the Arctic. And from mid-July to the end of August, the sun never sets, a time__10__ as polar day (極晝).

With territories (版圖) __11__ far up into the northern half of the globe, China __12__Arctic studies to learn __13__ about its climatic and environmental changes. Many of these, __14__ sand storms and heavy droughts, are believed to have __15__ to do with the Arctic.

Research teams __16__ the area in 1999 and 2003, but the new station will allow scientists to study the Arctic in __17__ depth.

The station is a two-storey building and __18__ a laboratory, office, reading room, bedroom and storeroom. It can hold 20 to 25 researchers.

"It will be __19__ great support to the scientists' research there," said Xia Limin, an officer in SOA.

This year the SOA also plans to upgrade (提升) two existing scientific bases in the Antarctic (南極洲). They are "Great Wall", which was set up in 1985, and "Zhongshan", __20__ five years later.

A. house                   B. hotel                       C. palace                     D. room

A. journey                 B. travel                             C. trip                         D. tour

A. first                      B. second                     C. third                       D. fourth

A. told                      B. spoke                      C. announced                      D. published

A. before                  B. later                        C. after                        D. ago

A. forward                B. toward                    C. back                        D. ahead

A. which                   B. through which          C. that                         D. where

A. During                 B. While                      C. When                      D. As

A. raises                    B. rises                        C. lifts                         D. carries

A. knows                 B. to know                   C. known                     D. knowing

A. spreading            B. spreads                    C. to spread                 D. spread

A. works out            B. picks out                 C. keeps out                 D. carries out

A. less                     B. more                       C. few                         D. much

A. for example        B. such as                    C. for instance              D. such that

A. something           B. anything                  C. everything                      D. nothing

A. showed               B. went                       C. visited                     D. got

A. great                   B. greeting                   C. greater                    D. greatest

A. includes              B. contains                   C. including                 D. containing

A. to                B. for                          C. at                            D. of

A. establishing         B. to establish              C. established               D. establish

Answer 1

【小題1】D

【小題2】B

【小題3】A

【小題4】C

【小題5】D

【小題6】C

【小題7】A

【小題8】A

【小題9】B

【小題10】C

【小題11】A

【小題12】D

【小題13】B

【小題14】B

【小題15】A

【小題16】C

【小題17】C

【小題18】A

【小題19】DC

【小題20】

解析:

【小題1】此句中指出的是:中國人該找到的空間。顯然用room, 而不是其它實(shí)物體名詞。

【小題2】journey和trip只作名詞,travel和tour既可作名詞,又可作動詞; travel正式的通常概念上的旅行,最后一定要返回出發(fā)地;tour側(cè)重到多處觀光,強(qiáng)調(diào)路線曲折。

【小題3】根據(jù)句意,中國人是首次登北極,故用first。

【小題4】選項(xiàng)A、 B和D不合句意;announce多強(qiáng)調(diào)宣布公眾所關(guān)心的社會問題。

【小題5】短語a while ago方才, 剛才。

【小題6】hold back阻止, 抑制; 其它搭配均不合句意。

【小題7】which引導(dǎo)非限制性定語從句,關(guān)系代詞which在從句中作主語。

【小題8】根據(jù)句意,此處該用介詞during。其它為連詞,不合句意。

【小題9】作幾個(gè)常用詞的用法比較:rise(太陽、水、氣等的)升起;raise(人為的)升起;lift舉起;carry攜帶。

【小題10】眾所周知的時(shí)刻,known as polar day作定語,修飾a time。

【小題11】版圖與擴(kuò)展之間存有主謂關(guān)系,故用spreading。

【小題12】 work out設(shè)計(jì)出, 做出;pick out 挑選; keep out 使在外; carry out貫徹, 執(zhí)行。本句句意為:中國在實(shí)施著許多研究,目的是想了解更多的北方氣候和環(huán)境的變化。故選D。

【小題13】根據(jù)第12題句意,可知。

【小題14】such as表示列舉, for example = for instance舉例說明,such that如此。

【小題15】have something to do with 與......有關(guān)。

【小題16】選項(xiàng)A、D不合句意;B為不及物動詞;故選C。

【小題17】in greater depth意為在更深層處,greater強(qiáng)調(diào)與此之前的含蓄比較。

【小題18】include強(qiáng)調(diào)包含有,而contain表示內(nèi)容,不用進(jìn)行時(shí),including為介詞。

【小題19】of與抽象名詞連用相當(dāng)于該名詞的形容詞,即of great support = very supportable。

【小題20】為which was established的省略形式。