Question

【題目】Different people have different ideas about time. People in the USA think that it is______ to know the time. In cities in America, there are clocks in stations, factories and other buildings. Radio announcers(播音員)______ you the correct time during the day. Most Americans also have______ with them______ they go. They want to do certain things at certain time. They don't like to be late.

But time is not so important to everybody in the world. ______ you visit a country in South America, you will find that people there don't like to______. If you had an appointment(約會(huì)) with somebody, he could______ be late, because he may not want to arrive on time.

In South America, even the radio programs may not begin______. The men on the radio may not think it is important to tell the exact time. People in South America think that clocks or watches are just______. They think that you let a clock or a watch ______ your life if you do everything on time.

【1】A. realistic B. Familiar C. fair D. important

【2】A. take B. tell C. ask D. learn

【3】A. watches B. clocks C. radios D. books

【4】A. whenever B. Whatever C. wherever D. whichever

【5】A. Where B. Why C. When D. What

【6】A. come B. rush C. walk D. go

【7】A. probably B. Specially C. slowly D. certainly

【8】A. at a time B. in time C. at times D. on time

【9】A. steel B. toys C. machines D. metal

【10】A. grasp B. Catch C. control D. choose

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【4】C

【5】C

【6】B

【7】A

【8】D

【9】C

【10】C

【解析】

短文大意：本文是一篇說(shuō)明文，作者以美國(guó)人和南美人對(duì)待時(shí)間的不同態(tài)度為例，說(shuō)明了不同國(guó)家和地區(qū)的人對(duì)時(shí)間有不同的看法。

【1】句意：美國(guó)人認(rèn)為知道時(shí)間是很重要的�？疾樾稳菰~辨析題。根據(jù)下一段的轉(zhuǎn)折But time is not so important to everybody in the world. 但是時(shí)間并不是對(duì)世界上的每個(gè)人來(lái)說(shuō)都那么重要，可知選D。

【2】句意：廣播播音員告訴你白天的準(zhǔn)確時(shí)間�？疾閯�(dòng)詞辨析題。A. take拿；B. tell告訴；C. ask問；D. learn學(xué)。根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境和常識(shí)，可知tell符合句意，故選B。

【3】句意：大多數(shù)美國(guó)人都會(huì)隨身攜帶手表�？疾槊�詞辨析題。動(dòng)詞have需接名詞做賓語(yǔ)；根據(jù)下文They want to do certain things at certain time.，可知手表是最方便的，故選A。

【4】句意：無(wú)論走到哪里，大多數(shù)美國(guó)人都會(huì)隨身攜帶手表�？疾檫B詞辨析題。本句是地點(diǎn)狀語(yǔ)從句，go需用地點(diǎn)副詞修飾，wherever用于強(qiáng)調(diào)；根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，可知選C。

【5】句意：當(dāng)你訪問南美洲的一個(gè)國(guó)家時(shí)，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)那里的人們不喜歡匆忙�？疾檫B詞辨析題。where表地點(diǎn)方位；why表提問；when表時(shí)間；what表事物。本句是時(shí)間狀語(yǔ)從句，需用when引導(dǎo)；根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，可知選C。

【6】句意：當(dāng)你訪問南美洲的一個(gè)國(guó)家時(shí)，你會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn)那里的人們不喜歡匆忙�？疾閯�(dòng)詞辨析題。根據(jù)下文If you had an appointment with somebody, he could probably be late, because he may not want to arrive on time.，可知南美人做事是不倉(cāng)促的，rush急速行進(jìn)，故選B。

【7】句意：如果你和某人約好了，他可能會(huì)遲到，因?yàn)樗�可能不想�?zhǔn)時(shí)到達(dá)�？疾楦痹~辨析題。A. probably可能地；B. Specially特別地；C. slowly緩慢地；D. certainly當(dāng)然地。本句是原因狀語(yǔ)從句，根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，可知probably合乎句意，故選A。

【8】句意：在南美洲，甚至廣播節(jié)目也不能準(zhǔn)時(shí)開始�？疾榻樵~短語(yǔ)辨析題。A. at a time依次；B. in time及時(shí)，指不超時(shí)；C. at times有時(shí)；D. on time準(zhǔn)時(shí)，強(qiáng)調(diào)正點(diǎn)。根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，可知廣播是要求準(zhǔn)點(diǎn)開播的，故選D。

【9】句意：南美洲人認(rèn)為鐘表只是機(jī)器�？疾槊�詞辨析題。A. steel鋼制品；B. toys玩具；C. machines機(jī)器；D. metal金屬。根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境和鐘表的屬性，可知machines符合句意，故選C。

【10】句意：他們認(rèn)為如果你按時(shí)完成一切，你就可以讓鐘或表控制你的生活。考查動(dòng)詞辨析題。A. grasp 急切（或貪婪）地抓住B. catch趕上；C. control控制；D. choose選擇。根據(jù)句意語(yǔ)境，可知ABD三項(xiàng)意思都與句意不合，故選C。

本題是完形填空，它集閱讀理解、語(yǔ)法、詞法、句法于一體，是難度最大的題，重點(diǎn)考查語(yǔ)言綜合運(yùn)用的能力。解題的方法第一要帶著空，通讀文章，搞清事件發(fā)生的背景。緊緊抓住上下文語(yǔ)境所提供的信息,充分利用各種線索，語(yǔ)法知識(shí),以及句子之間的關(guān)系，詞的搭配，結(jié)合上下文背景語(yǔ)境，結(jié)合句意選擇適合語(yǔ)境的選項(xiàng)。