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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Answer 1

1. D  此句中指出的是:中國人該找到的空間。顯然用room, 而不是其它實物體名詞。

2. B  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側重到多處觀光,強調路線曲折。

3. A  根據(jù)句意,中國人是首次登北極,故用first。

4. C  選項A、 B和D不合句意;announce多強調宣布公眾所關心的社會問題。

5. D  短語a while ago方才, 剛才。

6. C  hold back阻止, 抑制; 其它搭配均不合句意。

7. A  which引導非限制性定語從句,關系代詞which在從句中作主語。

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

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

10. C  眾所周知的時刻,known as polar day作定語,修飾a time。

11. A  版圖與擴展之間存有主謂關系,故用spreading。

12. D  work out設計出, 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。

13. B  根據(jù)第12題句意,可知。

14. B  such as表示列舉, for example = for instance舉例說明,such that如此。

15. A  have something to do with 與......有關。

16. C  選項A、D不合句意;B為不及物動詞;故選C。

17. C  in greater depth意為在更深層處,greater強調與此之前的含蓄比較。

18. A  include強調包含有,而contain表示內容,不用進行時,including為介詞。

19. D  of與抽象名詞連用相當于該名詞的形容詞,即of great support = very supportable。

20. C  為which was established的省略形式。