Question

认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Few Americans stay in one place for a lifetime. We ________ from the city to the suburbs, from high school to college in a different state, from a job in one region to a better job ________, from the home where we ________ our children to the home where we plan to live in ________. With each move we are ________ making new friends, who become part of our new life.

For many of us the ________ is a special time for forming new friendships. Today, millions of Americans go on vocation ________, and they go not only to see new sights but also — in those places where they do not feel too ________— with the hope of meeting new people. No one really ________ a vacation trip to produce a close friend, but the beginning of a friendship is possible. Surely in every country people ________ friendship.

The word “friend” to American people can be ________ to a wide range of relationships — to someone one has known for a few weeks in a new place, to a close business companion, to a childhood playmate, to a man or woman, to a ________ colleague. There are real ________ among these relations for Americans — a friendship may be ________, casual, situational or deep and lasting. But to a European, who sees only our surface behavior, the differences are not clear.

As Europeans see it, all kinds of “friends” flow ________ of Americans' homes with little ceremony. They may be parents of the children's friends, house guests of neighbors, members of a committee, business associates from another town or even another country. ________ as a guest into an American home, the European visitor finds no ________ differences. The atmosphere is ________. Most people, old and young, are called ________ first names. Americans’ characteristic openness to different styles of relationship makes it possible for us to find new friends abroad with whom we feel ________.

1.A. driveB. commuteC. moveD. settle

2.A. abroadB. elsewhereC. somewhereD. nowhere

3.A. deliverB. protectC. educateD. raise

4.A. retirementB. deathC. illnessD. sadness

5.A. mostlyB. mainlyC. rarelyD. forever

6.A. winterB. summerC. springD. autumn

7.A. alongB. freelyC. togetherD. abroad

8.A. aloneB. strangeC. scaredD. remote

9.A. allowsB. desiresC. expectsD. imagines

10.A. formB. developC. ignoreD. value

11.A. usedB. appliedC. stuckD. dedicated

12.A. kindB. generousC. trustedD. helpful

13.A. differencesB. varieties

C. distinctionsD. diversities

14.A. informalB. reliableC. shallowD. fragile

15.A. in and outB. on and onC. by and byD. up and down

16.A. MovingB. FlowingC. GoingD. Coming

17.A. obviousB. heavyC. explicitD. strong

18.A. weirdB. stressedC. relaxedD. strange

19.A. withB. onC. forD. by

20.A. at bestB. at homeC. at heartD. at hand

Answer

1.C

2.B

3.D

4.A

5.D

6.B

7.D

8.B

9.C

10.D

11.B

12.C

13.A

14.C

15.A

16.D

17.A

18.C

19.D

20.B

【解析】

试题分析:本文介绍了美国人的生活。美国人一生当中总是在搬迁，或者是因为上学的缘故，或者是因为工作的原因，还有的是因为退休后找个好地方养老。如今，很多美国人喜欢在夏天出国旅游，除了观光还希望能够开始一段友谊，而美国人对友谊的态度也非常开放。

1. 考查动词。A. drive驾驶；B. commute交换；C. move移动；D. settle解决，定居。根据上句Few Americans stay in one place for a lifetime.（几乎没有美国人一生只留在一个地方。）可知，我们从城市移到郊区，从高中移到大学。故选C。

2. 考查副词。A. abroad在国外；B. elsewhere在别处；C. somewhere在某处；D. nowhere无处。从一个地区的一份工作到别处的更好的工作。故选B。

3. 考查动词。A. deliver递送；B. protect保护；C. educate教育；D. raise提高，养育。从养育孩子的家到计划退休居住的家。故选D。

4. 考查名词。A. retirement退休；B. death死；C. illness疾病；D. sadness伤心。从养育孩子的家到计划退休居住的家。故选A。

5. 考查副词。A. mostly多半地；B. mainly主要地；C. rarely几乎不；D. forever永远。随着每次移动，我们永远交新朋友。故选D。

6. 考查名词。A. winter冬天；B. summer夏天；C. spring春天；D. autumn秋天。根据下句：今天，数百万美国人到国外度假。因为夏天是一个度假的好时候，所以对我们大多数人来说夏天是一个交友的特殊时候。故选B。

7. 考查副词。A. along一起，向前；B. freely自由自在地；C. together在一起；D. abroad到国外。今天，数百万美国人到国外度假。故选D。

8. 考查形容词。A. alone独自的；B. strange奇怪的；C. scared害怕的；D. remote遥远的。在度假的那些地方遇见新朋友他们并不感到太奇怪。故选B。

9. 考查动词。A. allows允许；B. desires渴望；C. expects期盼；D. imagines想象。没有人真正地期盼在度假中交一个亲密的朋友。故选C。

10. 考查动词。A. form形成；B. develop发展；C. ignore忽视；D. value评估，估价，珍惜。当然在每个国家都珍惜友谊。故选D。

11. 考查动词。A. used使用；B. applied应用；C. stuck被卡住的；D. dedicated把……用于。美国人能把“朋友”这个单词广泛地应用在人际关系中。故选B。

12. 考查形容词。A. kind和蔼的；B. generous慷慨的；C. trusted可信的；D. helpful有益的。对一个可信的同事。故选C。

13. 考查名词。A. differences差异，不同；B. varieties种类；C. distinctions区别；D. diversities多样性。对美国人来说上文提到的这些关系有真正的不同。故选A。

14. 考查形容词。A. informal非正式的；B. reliable可靠的；C. shallow浅的；D. fragile易碎的。一种有友谊可能是肤浅的，随便的，环境形成的或深厚的，永久的。故选C。

15. 考查固定搭配。A. in and out进进出出；B. on and on继续不停地；C. by and by不久，马上；D. up and down上上下下。正如欧洲人所看到的，各种各样的朋友进进出出美国家庭，毫无礼仪可言。故选A。

16. 考查动词。A. Moving移动；B. Flowing流动；C. Going去；D. Coming来。作为一个客人来到美国家庭，欧洲游客会发现没有明显的区别。故选D。

17. 考查形容词。A. obvious明显的；B. heavy重的；C. explicit明确的；D. strong强壮的。欧洲游客会发现没有明显的区别。故选A。

18. 考查形容词。A. weird怪异的；B. stressed紧张的；C. relaxed放松的；D. strange奇怪的。气氛是放松的。故选C。

19. 考查介词。句意：多数人，老人和年轻人，用名字称呼。因为是被动语态，故选D。

20. 考查词组。A. at best充其量；B. at home在家；C. at heart内心里；D. at hand近在手边。美国人对不同类型关系的开放性特征，使我们感觉到和新朋友在一起就像在家里一样。故选B。

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