Question

【題目】Choose words or expressions and complete the passage.

Are you thinking of spending part of your summer holidays in Britain? We can help you. Just read the following introduction of its nicest holiday town—Brighton.

Brighton, a famous holiday town next to the sea in Sussex, on the southeast coast of England, is only 50 minutes on a fast train from London.

The town usually has a population of 134,000 people, but in the summer this number_________ a lot as Brighton gets a lot of tourists. They come here to spend their holidays by the sea and students come from lots of different countries. It is a very busy place at this time of the year, and there always seems to be a party going on!

A long time ago Brighton was a quiet fishing town. It_______had a different name from today’s, Bright helm stone. Later on, when swimming in the sea became popular, many rich and important people, as well as writers, musicians and _________________began to arrive and Brighton became a popular seaside holiday town. Prince George（later became King George IV）,first came to Brighton in 1783. He liked it so much and used to spend part of the summer there. He asked John Nash, who was a very famous builder at the time, to build him a palace. It took about 40 years to build the palace and it_______ half a million pounds! Many famous and important people enjoyed Brighton over the years. Now more than 400,000 tourists come to Brighton and the palace—Royal Pavilion—every year.

The Royal Pavilion, with its beautiful rooms and museum, is not the_________ interesting thing in Brighton. In May, this friendly and colorful town holds an international ___________ with many different kinds of music, dance, and theatre from all over the world.

So if you are also interested in this wonderful holiday town, why not come and enjoy?

【1】A. improvesB. raisesC. risesD. includes

【2】A. evenB. stillC. hardlyD. never

【3】A. fishermenB. policemenC. driversD. artists

【4】A. usedB. tookC. paidD. cost

【5】A. firstB. onlyC. wholeD. very

【6】A. placeB. prizeC. festivalD. photo

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】D

【4】D

【5】B

【6】C

【解析】

本文是一篇說明文，介紹了英國的一個度假小鎮(zhèn)布萊頓。介紹了小鎮(zhèn)的地理位置、人口、著名景點、發(fā)展歷史等。

【1】句意：這個小鎮(zhèn)通常人口是有134,000人，但是在夏天，這個數(shù)字會上升很多，因為布萊頓會迎來許多游客。

考查動詞詞義辨析。A. improves改善，提高；B. raises舉起，提起；C. rises升高，升起；D. includes包含。根據(jù)句意，可知此處表示人數(shù)增加。A選項的improve表示提高某種能力，B選項的raise為及物動詞，其后要接賓語，C選項的rise為不及物動詞，故選C。

【2】句意：它甚至還有過和如今不同的一個名字。

考查副詞。A. even甚至；B. still仍然；C. hardly幾乎沒有；D. never從未。根據(jù)前文說它曾經(jīng)是個安靜的小漁村，和如今不一樣，可知后文是更進一步描述它曾經(jīng)的不同，故選A。

【3】句意：許多富人和名人，包括作家、音樂家、藝術(shù)家等來到布萊頓，從此，布萊頓變成了一個受歡迎的海邊度假小鎮(zhèn)。

考查名詞詞義辨析。A. fishermen漁民；B. policemen警察；C. drivers 司機；D. artists藝術(shù)家。根據(jù)前文列舉的writers和musicians，可知此處列舉的是名人，故選D。

【4】句意：建這個宮殿花了四十年，耗資50萬英鎊。

考查動詞辨析。A. used使用；B. took花費；C. paid支付；D. cost花費。use通常表示使用某種工具；take用于固定句式it takes sb.+時間+to do sth.；pay的主語是人，其后接金錢；cost的主語為物，其后接金錢。故選D。

【5】句意：這座皇家宮廷，有著美麗的房間和博物館，卻并不是布萊頓唯一有趣的地方。

考查形容詞。A. first第一的；B. only唯一的；C. whole整個的；D. very十分。根據(jù)文意，可知布萊頓有許多好玩的地方值得一游，故選B。

【6】句意：在五月，這個友好又多彩的小鎮(zhèn)會舉辦一個國際節(jié)，會有來自世界各地的音樂、舞蹈和劇院等。

考查名詞詞義辨析。A. place地方；B. prize獎品； C. festival節(jié)日；D. photo照片。根據(jù)后文列舉的different kinds of music, dance, and theatre from all over the world，可知是舉辦一個國際節(jié)，故選C。