Question

   This week in Lifestyle we have two very different views on city life compared to life in a small town. Mike Larson lives in a 1 town and he thinks the way of life there is much better than that in a big city. In Mike's opinion,a small town is 2 ,and it has a clean and safe environment,especially for children.

People 3 very friendly and there aren’t so many problems with dangerous people as there are in the city. And of course,the houses in a small town are 4 expensive than those in a big city.

   But Mike says there are some bad things 5 living in a small town. There aren’t enough things for young people 6 and there aren’t many shops. Public environment isn’t very good,7 . The school in his town isn't big enough to give his children everything they 8 ,and there isn’t a hospital. But Mike says ,“I enjoy 9 in a small town and I'm too old to move anyway. ”

   Cathy Ramos,on the other hand,says the city is the place for her. The city has the best 10 like very good schools and hospitals. It also has great shopping centers and large stores where you can buy 11 you want. There's also 12 transport： buses and taxis,and the airport is near the city.

   Cathy says 13 there are problems in a big city. It's so busy and there are too many 14 on the road and it's definitely more expensive than a small town. There's more danger,and it isn’t as 15 as the country.[2013湖北恩施]

() 1. A. small   B. huge   C. big   D. large

() 2. A. peace   B. peacefully   C. peaceful   D. noise

() 3. A. aren’t   B. is   C. isn’t   D. are

() 4. A. more   B. less   C. least   D. little

() 5. A. to   B. about   C. from   D. for

() 6. A. to do   B. doing   C. done   D. did

() 7. A. too   B. either   C. as well   D. also

() 8. A. pass   B. receive   C. get   D. need

() 9. A. to live   B. live   C. living   D. lived

() 10. A. parks   B. zoos   C. services   D. libraries

() 11. A. something   B. nothing   C. none   D. anything

() 12. A. plenty of   B. lot of   C. a lot   D. plenty

() 13. A. certain   B. suddenly   C. quickly   D. certainly

() 14. A. ships   B. planes   C. cars   D. subway

() 15. A. clean   B. cleaner   C. dirtier   D. dirty

Answer 1

1. A 2. C 3. D 4. B 5. B 6. A 7. B 8. D 9. C 10. C 11. D 12. A 13. D 14. C 15. A

閱讀提示:本文通過(guò)兩個(gè)人的所言，列舉了城鎮(zhèn)與城市的不同，并說(shuō) 出了各自的利弊。

1. A由前句提示和后句中a small town提示，此處表示Mike住在 一個(gè)小的城鎮(zhèn)里。

2. C由and后的clean and safe提示，此處應(yīng)該是表示環(huán)境好，故排 除noise,且跟在系動(dòng)詞is后，要用形容詞。故選C項(xiàng)。

3. D 由空后 there aren’t so many problems with dangerous people... “沒(méi)有如此多的危險(xiǎn)人物問(wèn)題”可知，此處應(yīng)該是突出“人們友好”。 故用are。

4. B結(jié)合常識(shí)可知，城鎮(zhèn)的房子應(yīng)該是不如大城市的房子貴。故用 less。

5. B由后文舉例說(shuō)明城鎮(zhèn)的不足可知，此處表示關(guān)于住在小城鎮(zhèn)的 不利方面。故用about。

6. A此處表示“要做的事”，是to do不定式做定語(yǔ)，故選A項(xiàng)。

7. B當(dāng)表示“也”時(shí):too用于肯定句句末,用逗號(hào)隔開(kāi);either.用于 否定句句末，用逗號(hào)隔開(kāi);also多用于動(dòng)詞前;as well相當(dāng)于also 和too,用于句末但無(wú)需用逗號(hào)隔開(kāi)。故選B項(xiàng)。

8. D由前句“城鎮(zhèn)不夠大”可提示，此處表示不能滿足孩子們的所 需。故選D項(xiàng)。

9. C enjoy+doing “喜歡做某事”,故用C項(xiàng)。

10. C 由…like very good schools and hospitals 舉例“像好的學(xué)校、 醫(yī)院�！笨芍�，此處是說(shuō)有好的服務(wù)機(jī)構(gòu)。故選C項(xiàng)。

11. D由句子前半句“城市有好的購(gòu)物中心和大商店”可知，應(yīng)該是 能買到任何所需的東西。故用anything“任何東西”。

12. A表示“許多”的短語(yǔ)常有:plenty of/ a lot of…，故選A項(xiàng)。

13. D上段說(shuō)明了城市的好處，由后句列舉城市繁忙、房?jī)r(jià)高可知， 此段在說(shuō)城市“當(dāng)然”也存在不足，且做狀語(yǔ)，故用D項(xiàng)。

14. C在路上的應(yīng)該是汽車，故用C項(xiàng)。

15. A城市與農(nóng)村相比較，應(yīng)該不如農(nóng)村“干凈”，且as…as中間加 原級(jí)，故用A項(xiàng)。