【題目】 Coober Pedy is a small town in the Australian desert. It’s famous not only for its opals (貓眼石), but also for a very unusual ________—the people there live and work underground.

Why do people choose to live under the ground? To avoid the hot days and cold nights—daytime temperatures can ________ to 50℃ or more and on a cold night they can fall to zero. The locals say that their strange lifestyle is the only answer ________ the unpleasant climate (氣候). In the underground homes, the temperature is always a very pleasant 19℃ to 24℃. But that’s not the only advantage; the people there don’t need to pay builders if they want to build a home or make any ________.

You would be very surprised to see ________ people manage to live underground. They have modern kitchens and bathrooms. “People think it’s ________ to live here and that we’re like ancient people, but that’s not true.” says Bev Smith, ________ has lived in Coober Pedy for over 30 years. “When my husband, Larry, and I first came here, life was very ________ and many people decided to leave. But now, things have changed a lot, we have got used ________ here and we’re very comfortable. We now have underground shops, hotels, restaurants, cafes and churches!”

Abigail and Brian Tynan left their large house in Melbourne (墨爾本) two years ago to have in an underground home. “My mouth ________ open when I saw my wonderful underground home,” remembers Brian. “I really enjoy living here.”

【1】A.questionB.problemC.matterD.reason

【2】A.fallB.dropC.riseD.raise

【3】A.withB.ofC.toD.in

【4】A.changesB.changeC.changedD.changing

【5】A.how wellB.how goodC.what goodD.what well

【6】A.possibleB.impossibleC.importantD.believable

【7】A.whichB.whomC.whoD.whose

【8】A.easyB.differentC.difficultD.interesting

【9】A.liveB.to liveC.livingD.to living

【10】A.feltB.fellC.cameD.made

【答案】

【1】D

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【5】A

【6】B

【7】C

【8】C

【9】D

【10】B

【解析】

文章主要介紹Coober Pedy這個小鎮(zhèn)上的人因當?shù)貝毫拥臍夂驐l件而形成獨特的生活方式。

【1】句意：它不僅以其貓眼石而聞名，而且還因為一個非常不尋常的原因而聞名——那里的人們在地下生活和勞作。

考查名詞辨析。question問題；problem難題，困難；matter事情，困難；reason原因，理由。下文“the people there live and work underground.”是Coober Pedy聞名的另一個“原因，理由”。故選D。

【2】句意：白天的溫度可以升到50℃或更高……

考查動詞辨析。fall落下，下落；drop落下，掉下；rise上升，升起；raise舉起，提起。由下文“...fall to zero.”可知 ，上文應該是“rise to...”，前后呼應。rise是不及物動詞，需借助介詞to來連接賓語，而raise是及物動詞。故選C。

【3】句意：……他們奇怪的生活方式是應對惡劣氣候的唯一辦法。

考查介詞。answer作名詞，意為“回答，(試題、練習等的)答案，(問題的)解決辦法”，其后必須用介詞to來表示所屬關系。answer to...意為“（應對）……的辦法”。故選C。

【4】句意：那里的人如果想蓋房子或做任何改變，都不需要付錢給建筑工人。

考查賓語。any在此意為“任何的”，后接復數(shù)可數(shù)名詞，change作名詞，意為“改變，變化”，復數(shù)形式：changes。故選A。

【5】句意：你會驚訝地發(fā)現(xiàn)人們努力在地下生活得多好。

考查感嘆句。根據(jù)句子結構可知，這是一個感嘆句。manage to do sth.“設法做某事”，動詞短語，所以應用副詞well來修飾，那么感嘆句的引導詞必須是how，即：how+形容詞/副詞+主語+謂語！故選A。

【6】句意：人們認為在這里生活是不可能的……

考查形容詞辨析。possible可能的，impossible不可能的，important重要的，believable值得相信的。根據(jù)語境可知，此句句意為：“人們認為在這里生活是不可能的……那不是真的”，根據(jù)but that’s not true，所以此空表示“不可能的”。故選B。

【7】句意：住在Coober Pedy30多年的Bev Smith說……

考查關系代詞。關系代詞which，指物，在從句中作主語或賓語。關系代詞whom，指人，在從句中作賓語。關系代詞who，指人，在從句中作主語或賓語。關系代詞 whose，指人或物，在從句中作定語。根據(jù)句子結構可知，這是一個非限制性定語從句，先行詞是Bev Smith，指人，且關系詞在從句中作主語，所以用關系代詞who引導定語從句。故選C。

【8】句意：當我和我的丈夫Larry剛到這里的時候，生活是很艱難的。

考查形容詞辨析。easy容易的，different不同的，difficult困難的 ，interesting有趣的。由下文“……many people decided to leave.”可知，“生活是很艱難的�！惫蔬xC。

【9】句意：……我們已經(jīng)習慣在這里生活。

考查固定搭配。live“居住，住在”，動詞。get/be used to doing sth.“習慣做某事”，固定搭配，其中to為介詞，后接名詞或動名詞作賓語。故選D。

【10】句意：當我看到我美妙的地下家園時，我（驚訝得）張大了嘴巴。

考查謂語動詞。根據(jù)句意及句子結構可知，此空填fell，fall的過去式，在此作系動詞，意為“進入（某狀態(tài)），開始變成（某事物）”，后接形容詞作表語，表示主語變成什么樣。故選B。

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