2016年成人学位英语考试完型填空专项练习及答案010
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Do you know insurance(保险)? Buying insurance is a( 1 )by which people can protect themselves (57) large losses. Protection against fire is one kind of insurance. Large numbers of people pay (3) sums of money (4) an insurance company. Although thousands of people have paid for fire insurance, only (5) will lose their homes by fire. The insurance company will pay for these homes (6) of the sums of money it has collected.
The first modem fire insurance company was (7) in London, England, in 1666. A great fire had just (8) most of the city, and people wanted to protect against (9) losses. The fire company grew rapidly. (10) , other companies were founded in other areas.
Benjamin Franklin helped form the f'u'st fire insurance company in America in 1202. He also (66) a new kind of insurance for (12) . The new insurance would offer protection against the loss of crops( 13 )storm.
In 119, Benjamin Franklin helped start (14) new insurance. This company, which offered( 15) insurance, collected some money (16) from different men. Although a man died, his family was given a large sum of money. Today, this company is (17) in business.
Over the years, people have 18 from many new kinds of insurance when they have suffered from 19 accidents as car, plane crashes. Tomorrow, almost everyone has (20) kind of insurance.
请回答(1)题
A.idea
B.sole
C.thought
D.means
参考答案:D
参考解析:by means of“通过…的方式/手段”,固定搭配。
请回答(57)题
A.against
B.to
C.from
D.on
参考答案:A
参考解析: protect sb.against sth.“保护某人免受…的伤害”,固定搭配。从下文“protection against fire”也可以看出。
请回答(3)题
A.small
B.large
C.little
D.a lot of
参考答案:A
参考解析: a big/large/small sum of money“一大笔/小笔钱”。人们上保险的钱对于保险公司来说,是很小的数目,所以选A。
请回答(4)题
A.for
B.to
C.off
D.into
参考答案:B
参考解析: pay money to sb.“向某人付钱”,固定搭配。
请回答(5)题
A.few
B.quite a few
C.a few
D.many
参考答案:C
参考解析: 四个选项都可修饰可数名词。few“几乎没有”,表示否定;quite a few“相当多”;a few“少数几个”;many“许多”。因为文中出现了only,就说明“有”,但“不多”,所以选C。
请回答(6)题
A.out
B.to
C.by
D.of
参考答案:A
参考解析: out of“从…当中,出于”,如six out of ten(十分之六)。该句意思是“保险公司从收到的保险金里拿出一部分支付给这些家庭。”
请回答(7)题
A.recognized
B.found
C.come into being
D.formed
参考答案:D
参考解析: form“形成,组建”;recognize“认识到,认出,识别出”;found“建立”,但可惜的是该词是原形,没有用过去分词,与原句中的“was”构成被动语态;而come into being“产生”没有被动语态。.
请回答(8)题
A.injured
B.hurt
C.destroyed
D.harmed
参考答案:C
参考解析: destroy表示“破坏,毁坏,消灭”,程度较深,一般无法挽救;injure通常指“人受伤”;hurt往往指“(人心理、感情)受到伤害”;harm“损害,伤害”,但此词比destroy程度轻很多。1666年伦敦的那场大火在历史上都是罕见的,所以该用destroyed。
请回答(9)题
A.longer
B.farther
C.further
D.deeper
参考答案:C
参考解析: further“进一步的,更深一层的”;longer“更长的,更久的”;farther“更远的”,指距离;deeper“更深的”。人们害怕再有进一步的损失,所以选c。
请回答(10)题
A.Quickly
B.Soon
C.Slowly
D.Immediately
参考答案:B
参考解析: soon“不久”,强调时间快;quickly“很快地”,强调动作迅速;immediately“立即,马上”,强调立竿见影。
请回答(66)题
A.insisted
B.suggested
C.advised
D.wanted
参考答案:B
参考解析: suggest“建议,提出”;insist(on doing)/that…“坚持做/认为…”;advise“劝告,忠告”;want“想要”。联系上下文,B符合题意。
请回答(12)题
A.workers
B.salesmen
C.farmers
D.people
参考答案:C
参考解析: 根据下文中出现的crops可知,应是farmers。
请回答(13)题
A.by
B.from
C.for
D.with
参考答案:A
参考解析: by“通过,经过”。意即“经过暴风雨后造成的粮食损失”。
请回答(14)题
A.other
B.the other
C.others
D.another
参考答案:D
参考解析: another“又一,再一”,修饰名词单数。前面有了一项火灾保险,又制定了一项新的保险应用another来表示。other往往修饰复数名词,表示“其他的”;the other往往和one相搭配,表示“一个…,另一个…”;others则表示“其他人,其他物”,是复数,后不能再跟名词。
请回答(15)题
A.life
B.flight
C.fire
D.traffic accident
参考答案:A
参考解析: life insurance“人身保险”。
请回答(16)题
A.regularly
B.often
C.usually
D.always
参考答案:A
参考解析: regularly“定期地”,保险费是定期收取的。
请回答(17)题
A.still
B.yet
C.already
D.often
参考答案:A
参考解析: still“仍然,仍旧”;yet“然而”,表转折;already“已经”;often“经常”。
请回答(18)题
A.heard
B.paid
C.benefited
D.offered
参考答案:C
参考解析: benefit from“从…中受益”;hear from“收到某人来信”;pay和offer都是及物动词,不与from连用。该句意思是“人们从许多种类的保险中受益。”
请回答(19)题
A.such
B.many
C.the
D.more
参考答案:A
参考解析: such as“诸如,像”,固定搭配,表列举。
请回答(20)题
A.certain
B.any
C.some
D.one
参考答案:C
参考解析: some“某一个”,表不确指,后跟单数名词。也可说a certain。该句意思是几乎每个人都上了某种保险。
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