2. If better use is ______ your spare time, you'll make greater progress in that.
A.spent
B.taken
C.made of
D.used of
A B C D
C
[解析] make use of...为固定短语。本题可以用还原法做题,即If you make better use of your spare time,......
3. —How wise of you to come round, hut why? —______ that all is right.
A.See
B.To see
C.Seeing
D.For seeing
A B C D
B
[解析] 单从答语上看,很难确定哪个是正确答案。若用“补全法”,联系问句,在头脑中补上省去的部分,便可知孰对孰错。问句中与答语有直接联系的部分是“but why”,它的完整意思是“...but why have you come round”,其完整答语应是“I've come round to see that all is right”。答语中省去了主、谓部分,只保留了作目的状语的不定式。由此可知正确选项是B。
5. He knew the problem was serious and promised to look into it ______ he reached office.
A.at that moment
B.for that moment
C.immediately
D.soon
A B C D
C
[解析] immediately=as soon as
6. Shall we ______ our discussion and have some tea or coffee, please?
A.break off
B.break down
C.break into
D.break out
A B C D
A
[解析] break off our discussion意为“打断讨论”,其他三项break down(出故障;打碎),break into(闯入,破门而入),break out(爆发)均与句意不符。
7. He knows so much about the story. He must have read the book, ______?
A.mustn't he
B.doesn't he
C.hasn't he
D.didn't he
A B C D
C
[解析] “He must have read the book”中must表示“一定,想必”等推测意义,而不表示“必须、禁止”等意义。“He must have read the book”相当于“I'm sure he has read the book”相一致,即用hasn't he,而不用mustn't he。
8. As ______ rule, apples are sold by ______ weight and eggs by ______ dozen.
A.a; 不填; the
B.a; the; the
C.a; a; the
D.the; 不填; 不填
A B C D
A
[解析] as a rule(通常地)是固定词组;在度量名词前,表示付工资、卖、租等方式时,用the,如paid by the hour (day, moth, piece...),sold by the yard (dozen, ton...),比较by weight(按重量)。
Part 2 The establishment of the Third Reich influenced events in American history by starting a chain of events which culminated in war between Germany and the United States. The complete destruction of democracy, the persecution of Jews, the war on religion, the cruelty and barbarism of the Nazis, and especially the plans of Germany and her allies, Italy and Japan, for world conquest caused great indignation in this country and brought on fear of another world war. While speaking out against Hitler's atrocities, the American people generally favored isolationist policies and neutrality. The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1936 prohibited trade with any belligerents or loans to them. In 1937, the President was empowered to declare an arms embargo in wars between nations at his discretion. American opinion began to change somewhat after President Roosevelt's "quarantine the aggressor" speech at Chicago (1937) in which he severely criticized Hitler's policies. Germany's seizure of Austria and the Munich Pact for the partition of Czechoslovakia (1938) also aroused the American people. The conquest of Czechoslovakia in March, 1939, was another rude awakening to the menace of the Third Reich. In August, 1939, came the shock of the Nazi-Soviet Pact and in September the attack on Poland and the outbreak of European war. The United States attempted to maintain neutrality in spite of sympathy for the democracies arrayed against the Third Reich. The Neutrality Act of 1939 repealed the arms embargo and permitted "cash and carry" exports of arms to belligerent nations. A strong national defense program was begun. A draft act was passed (1940) to strengthen the military services. A Lend Act (1941) authorized the President to sell, exchange, or lend materials to any country deemed necessary by him for the defense of the United States. Help was given to Britain by exchanging certain overage destroyers for the right to establish American bases in British territory in the Western Hemisphere. In August, 1940, President Roosevelt and Prime Minister Churchill met and issued the Atlantic Charter, which proclaimed the kind of a world which should be established after the war. In December, 1941, Japan launched the unprovoked attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor. Immediately thereafter, Germany declared war on the United States.
1. One item occurring before 1937 that the author does not mention in his list of actions that alienated the American public was ______.
A.the burning of the Reichstag
B.German plans for world conquest
C.Nazi barbarism
D.the persecution of religious groups
A B C D
A
[解析] 由第一段的“The complete destruction of democracy, the persecution of Jews, the war on religion, the cruelty and barbarism of the Nazis, and especially the plans of Germany and her allies, Italy and Japan, for world conquest caused great indignation in this country and brought on fear of another world war.”可推知B、C、D项都在文中提到了,故本题正确答案为A。
2. The Lend-Lease Act was designed to ______.
A.help the British
B.strengthen the national defense of the United States
C.promote the Atlantic Charter
D.avenge Pearl Harbor
A B C D
B
[解析] 由第二段的“A Lend Act (1941) authorized the President to sell, exchange, or lend materials to any country deemed necessary by him for the defense of the United States.”可推知B项“加强美国国防”是正确的。
3. The American Policy during the years 1935—1936 may be described as being ______.
A.watchful
B.isolationist
C.peaceful
D.indifferent
A B C D
B
[解析] 由第一段的“While speaking out against Hitler's atrocities, the American people generally favored isolationist policies and neutrality. The Neutrality Acts of 1935 and 1936 prohibited trade with any belligerents or loans to them.”可推出答案为B项,“孤立主义的”。
4. The Neutrality Act of 1939 ______.
A.permitted the selling of arms to belligerent nations
B.antagonized Japan
C.permitted the British to trade only with the Allies
D.led to the Lend-Lease Act
A B C D
A
[解析] 由第二段的“The Neutrality Act of 1939 repealed the arms embargo and permitted 'cash and carry' exports of arms to belligerent nations.”可推出A正确。
5. The United States entered the war against Germany ______.
A.because Germany declared war
B.because Japan was an ally of Germany
C.after Germany had signed the Nazi-Soviet Pact
D.after peaceful efforts had failed
A B C D
A
[解析] 由第一段的“...the American people generally favored isolationist policies and neutrality”可知美国一直倾向于中立政策。第二段“In December, 1941, Japan launched the unprovoked attack on the United States at Pearl Harbor. Immediately thereafter, Germany declared war on the United States.”之后,美国才不得不参战。A正确。