1.A.分析:空格后面的从句中缺少状语结构,因此判断A合适。Where引导定语从句。
考点:定语从句。
2.C.分析:借助与空格并列的结构的含义“通过掠夺”判断空格2的含义是“纵火”。
catch fire 着火
考点:习惯搭配结构,上下文语意决定词语选择。
3. A) reasonable B) reasonably C) reasonless D) reason
4. A) for the sake of B) for fear of C) in case of D) in favor of
5. A) of B) with C)by D) up
6. A) at all B) after all C) at last D) in the end
Important people on both sides, who would in other respects appear to be __3__ men, get up and calmly argue __4__ violence -- as if it were a legitimate (合理的)solution, like any other. What is really frightening, what really fills you __5__ despair, is the realization that when it comes to the crunch(关键时刻), we have made no actual progress __6__.
3.A. 分析:被选项A和C在含义上是正反项,所以重点注意。空格后是名词,空格处需要起修饰作用的形容词,因此也排除B和D。空格后面出现的是并列的结构,而这些结构中出现了“平静地争辩”这样的字眼,因此判断A(讲道理的)是答案。
考点:上下文语意决定词语选择。
4.D.分析:空格后面的结构中出现“好象它是合理的解决方法”,借此判断D(以支持)是答案。
for the sake of 为了
for fear of 为了避免, 害怕
in case of adv.假设, 万一
考点:上下文语意决定词语选择。
5.B. 分析:空格前出现fill,而fill..with..(使..装满..)是固定的搭配结构。
考点:固定搭配结构。
6.A.分析:被选项C和D含义和用法均接近,因此彼此排除掉。比较:finally:finally可以放在句子中的任何位置,而in the end, at last只能出现在据守或句未。如果B是答案,通常会有一个逗号使该短语和句子的其他部分的结构隔开,而原文中没有逗号,因此判断A是答案。Not at all: adv.一点也不
考点:固定搭配结构。
7. A) record B) recording C) recorded D) records
We may wear collars and ties instead of war paint, but our instincts remain basically unchanged. The whole of the __7__ history of the human race, that tedious documentation of violence, has taught us absolutely nothing.